I’ve very excited! I recently found out that I was approved to receive a $6,000 grant for school! How is that? Well, I explained the process in more detail on my old blog, A Lot of Savings. Be sure to read that post for details on how you can apply for this grant as well.
The gist of it is, you find your local training center (mine was our local unemployment office), attend a meeting on the program, fill out paperwork, attend another more detailed session, fill out more paperwork, meet with a caseworker, submit any necessary documents, take tests to make sure you can take college level courses, turn in any still necessary documents, find out whether or not you have been deemed “qualified and suitable” for this grant, meet with caseworker to pick up grant once approved.
That’s basically the process I went through, and from start to finding out I was approved took about four months. But $6,000 for school is so worth it! I’m currently attending our local community college and that is being funded by a Pell grant that I received after filling out the FAFSA earlier this year. I’m going to use the $6,000 grant to attend a specialized training school completely focused on web design. It’s a two month program focused solely on web design. I’ll revisit things I’ve learned this semester like HTML and CSS and Dreamweaver. I need a review for these things anyway. The more you write code, the better you’ll be at it. Then I’ll learn new things like XML, Flash, and JavaScript.
I’m really looking forward to it!
Unfortunately, I can’t tell exactly how you can qualify for this program as well. That information is never divulged. I just know that there are different ways to qualify for this grant so it’s worth a shot. 🙂
yaaaayyyyy for you! praise God!