Recipents
  Process
  Fact Sheet
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  Scholarship Application

1. Applicant (student child of fatally or catastrophically injured worker) or other interested party contacts Kids’ Chance of Indiana, Inc. or Kids’ Chance Board Member to inquire about scholarship availability and application.
   
   
2. Kids’ Chance of Indiana, Inc. provides scholarship application or his/her representative the following:
   • Kids’ Chance Scholarship Fact Sheet
   • Kids’ Chance Scholarship Application Form, including
   • Supporting Documentation for Scholarship Application
     
     
3. Applicant and his/her parent/guardian/representative complete the application form and return the completed application along with additional supporting documents to kids’ Chance.  See the application form for required supporting documentation.
   
   
4. Preliminary review of application by Kids’ Chance of Indiana Scholarship Award Selection Committee to determine completeness of application with respect to essential information.  If application is not completely satisfactorily, the additional information necessary is requested of the applicant.
   
   
5. Scholarship Award Selection Committee issues request to the Indiana Workers’ Compensation Board to verify eligibility of applicant – i.e. that the applicant’s parent has sustained a compensable work-related death or catastrophic injury/illness, while working for an Indiana employer (although neither the student applicant or the injured/deceased worker need be legal residents of Indiana).
   
   
6. Once eligibility of applicant has been verified by Indiana Workers’ Compensation Board, Scholarship Award Committee performs thorough review of application and confirms accuracy of information provided.
   
   
7. Scholarship Award Selection Committee makes a recommendation to the Kids’ Chance Board of Directors as to the advisability of awarding scholarship and the amount to be awarded, taking into consideration the funds available to Kids’ Chance at the time.
   
   
8. Kids’ Chance Board of Directors considers all applications of confirmed eligible applicants and, after reviewing the student’s application and considering the recommendations of the Scholarship Award Selection Committee, makes a final determination as to whether award is to be made and the amount of the stipend.  Scholarships are awarded for an annual period, (either by academic or calendar year) contingent upon documented satisfactory academic/educational performance by the recipient.
   
   
9. Kids’ Chance of Indiana Board of Directors notifies the applicant as to his/her award and procedure to be followed to receive scholarships monies – i.e. tuition payment, funds for books/supplies, room and board, payments, etc.
   
   
10. Scholarship recipient and/or the educational institution attended provide Kids’ Chance with timely documentation of satisfactory academic/educational performance (quarterly or semester grade reports) in order to continue to receive the scholarship monies previously granted.