Adult scholarships available for low-income women to pursue education, training.

This post comes from District Chronicles. The AARP Foundation has a new scholarship program to help low-income women 40 and above to participate in education and training opportunities. Approximately 100 scholarships ranging from $500 to $5,000 are expected to be awarded in the first round. The process opens August 31, 2007 online at www.aarp.org/womensscholarship. Applications are only available online.

Priority will be given to women who are:

1. returning to the workforce after an extended absence;

2. individuals who are underemployed (in a job with limited pay, limited growth opportunities and limited benefits); or

3. grandmothers or other female relatives raising another family member's child/children (with the ability to demonstrate significant financial responsibility for those child/children).

The application deadline is October 31, 2007. Scholarship recipients will be notified in January 2008 and funds will be made available shortly thereafter.