Single Mother Scholarship

Mother must be willing to relocate to Omaha Nebraska. Can take two children up to age nine. Scholarships for African American Single Mothers The Sister Thea Bowman Foundation has four scholarships for African-American single mothers and their child to attend the College of St. Mary in Omaha, Nebraska. The Foundation will grant $30,000.00 over a period of four years to the College of St. Mary on behalf of each student. In return the College of St. Mary will match that grant with an additional $24,000. The student must be an African-American single mother who has completed high school. She must be from low income housing. She must be able to gain admission to College of St. Mary. She need not be Catholic. Each student will have an African-American mentor during her course of study at the College of St. Mary. Each student will also have an African-American host family from Omaha who will also serve as mentor. Each mother may take up to two children with her to the College of St. Mary. The cut off age for the child is nine. Each mother will ! live in a dorm with other single mothers and their children. This dorm has been especially renovated to accommodate mothers and their children. Their are special facilities in the dorm, such as playrooms, kitchens and baths built especially to facilitate living with children in a dorm. Each student will have to fill out an application for both The Sister Thea Bowman Foundation and for the College of St. Mary. PLEASE NOTE. THIS IS NOT A FULL SCHOLARSHIP. EACH STUDENT MUST QUALIFY FOR FINANCIAL AID AND LOANS. Contact Info If interested, please contact Mary Lou Jennings, Executive Director of the Sister Thea Bowman Foundation at: marylouj11@aol.com