Starts 8/31: AARP Scholarship Program for Low Income Women 40+ for Education / Training

The AARP Foundation announces a new scholarship program to help low-income women 40+ 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 at www.aarp.org/womensscholarship

Applications are only available online.

Priority will be given to women who:

• individuals returning to the workforce after
  an extended absence;

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

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

Scholarship recipients will be notified in January 2008 and funds will be made available shortly thereafter.

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