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AARP has a new Scholarship Program
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AARP Foundation
The AARP Foundation has a new scholarship program to help low-income women 40+ 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 Aug. 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 Oct. 31, 2007. Scholarship recipients will be notified in January 2008, and funds will be made available shortly thereafter.