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Who is Eligible for this Program?

The Scholarship Resource Program is available to the following members of Team Coast Guard:

Active Duty, Reserves, Retirees and their dependents
Civil Service employees
Exchange System employees, and
MWR employees.

Please note that most Scholarships identify specific eligibility requirements.

Purpose of Program

The Scholarship Resource Program is intended to provide information and resources on scholarships to members of Team Coast Guard.

Program Confidentiality

Discussions of the Scholarship Resource Program with Work-Life personnel are confidential.

Definitions

Definitions relating to scholarships are provided within the reference sources and applications packages for each specific scholarship.

Services and Resources Available

The following services and resources are available within the Scholarship Resource Program:

Need a Lift - A college financial aid handbook
Application procedures for the Sobel Scholarship and other CG Foundation Scholarships
Links to scholarship resources

Requesting Services or Resources

These services or resources can be obtained by contacting the Family Resource Specialist at your Regional Work-Life Staff. Work-Life Staffs are located at Integrated Support Commands CG-wide. To contact the Work-Life Staff closest to you, call 1-800-872-4957, followed by the extension listed next to the following ISC locations:

Alameda (252)
Boston (301)
Cleveland (309)
Honolulu (314)
ketchikan (317)
Kodiak (563)
Miami (307)

New Orleans (308)
Portsmouth (305)
San Pedro (311)
Seattle (313)
St. Louis (302)
Washington, DC (932)

Related Program Information

The Coast Guard does not endorse the web sites listed below. They are provided to help in your search for scholarship information. BEWARE OF SCHOLARSHIP SCAMS! It is important to check references and to research programs found on the web. DO NOT send monies to unidentified sources. Please report any link that you find not working or services not appropriate for Team Coast Guard to the point of contact indicated below.

Program References

The following references provide details related to Scholarships:

COMDTINST 5760.9 The Arnold Sobel Endowment Fund Scholarship

Related Web Sites

The following web sites provide information related to Scholarships:

http://www.accessgroup.org/ -- Information on financial services for college students
http://www.iln.net/main/college -- Get help with your college search & financial aid. Take a look at American colleges listed by state
http://fastweb.com -- Fast Web Scholarship search engine
http://www.srnexpress.com/ -- Financial Aid
http://eric-web.tc.columbia.edu/hbcu/financial_aid/merit.html -- Financial Need, Academic Achievement, and Merit Based Scholarships
http://www.cgspouses.net/clubs/scholarship.shtml -- National Council of Coast Guard Spouses’ Club Scholarship information
http://www.scholarships-usa.com/ -- A free scholarship search
http://scholaraid.studentadvantage.com/ -- A Scholarship search engine
http://www.uncf.org/ -- The United Negro College Fund
http://www.ronbrown.org/p-tsp.htm -- The Ron Brown Scholar Program
http://www.ed.gov/thinkcollege/ -- US Department of Education
http://www.college-scholarships.com/100college.htm -- 2001 Colleges, College Scholarships and Financial Aid Pages.
http://fafsa.ed.gov/ -- U.S. Department of Education web site on Federal Student Aid, which includes the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cgi/tuition/educationfunding.html -- "This page is a listing of scholarships on the CG Institute's Web Site. Click on "Scholarships, Grants and Loans" to access the list."
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-w/g-wt/g-wtl/career/ -- click on "Financial Aid." Career Central site.

Point of Contact

If you are unable to contact the Family Resource Specialist at your Regional Work-Life Staff, or need additional assistance beyond the information provided here, please contact the Headquarters Scholarships Program Manager, Ms. Yvette Wright at (202) 267-6728 or by Email at Ywright@comdt.uscg.mil

"Links from this page to non-Coast Guard sites are provided as a customer service and do not represent any implicit or explicit endorsement by the United States Coast Guard of any commercial or private issues or products presented there."

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