College isn't free, but you can get lots of money to help you out. Many students can get the entire cost of school paid for. Come here for the best list of scholarships in the Y-K. Plus you can click on the links for instant access to the online applications.
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FAFSA First
Free Application for Financial Student Aid
The first step to get money for college is filling out the FAFSA. Most local scholarships require you to fill out the FAFSA to be eligible for their scholarships.
CLICK HERE TO APPLY at www.fafsa.ed.gov
Contact us for help. Filling this form out can be difficult, but with some advice by people who already know how can be very helpful. If you don't have anyone to help, or even if you want some advice from a college give us call!
We can also help find scholarships for students interested in specific fields of study like teaching, technology, engineering, mathematics, science, health , etc...
Amy Gronke
Talent Seach
1-800-478-5822 x559
or
(907) 543-4559
Financial Aid Resources
for Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Students
Are you working on your FAFSA? You must fill it out to be eligible for many of these scholarships.
*Deadlines change from year to year. Contact the scholarship office soon to make sure you know the correct deadlines.
YKHC Health Care Professional Scholarship
Contact: YKHC Learning Center
Phone: (907) 543-6980
(Funds students who are accepted or enrolled into an accredited program in a health care field and who are members of one of the 58 villages served by YKHC. Recipients must commit to employment with YKHC after completion of their program.)
Association of Village Council Presidents, Inc.
Contact: varies depending on what village you are from
Phone: 1-800-478-3521
Pouch 219
Bethel, Ak 99559
Phone: 907-543-7320 Fax: 907-543-3596
(Applicant must be an enrolled member in one of AVCP Inc.’s federally recognized tribes.)
Calista Scholarship Fund www.calistacorp.com/share2.html
Phone: 1-800-277-5516
Alaska Native Calista Shareholders and Lineal Descendants of Calista Shareholders
301 Calista Court, Suite A
Anchorage, Ak 99518-3028
Phone: 907-279-5516 Toll Free: 1-800-277-5516 Fax;907-272-5060
(June 30th is the deadline for applications each year. Funding is not limited to any specific field of study. Recipients must be an Alaska Native shareholder or a lineal descendant of an Alaska Native shareholder with ties to the Calista region. )
Kuskokwim Native Association
(Funds students whose parents’ come from the following villages: Aniak, Chuathbaluk, Crooked Creek, Georgetown, Lime River, Lower Kalskag, Upper Kalskag, Red Devil, Russian Mission, Sleetmute, Stony River.)
PO Box 127
Aniak, Ak 99557
Phone 907-675-4387 Toll Free: 1-800-478-5875 Fax: 907-675-4387
Kuskokwim Educational Foundation
Phone: 800-478-2171 or (907) 243-2944 ext.106
(Funds students from villages along the Kuskokwim River from Lower Kalskag to Stony River. KEF has the Mary Morgan-Wolf Memorial Scholarship program for students entering into a health-related field.)
Orutsaramuit Native Council
Phone: 543-2608
(Funds students enrolled to the Calista Corporation and residing in Bethel.)
Louis Bunyan Memorial Scholarship – Coastal Villages Region Fund www.coastalvillages.org
CVRF; Box 1166; Bethel AK 99559 or call 543-3813 or 1-800-959-3813
(For residents of CVRF communities: Chefornak, Chevak, Eek, Goodnews Bay, Hooper Bay, Kipnuk, Kongiganak, Kwigillingok, Mekoryuk, Napakiak, Napaskiak, Newtok, Nightmute, Oscarville, Platinum, Quinhagak, Scammon Bay, Toksook Bay, Tuntutuliak, Tununak; Due dates: May 31 for fall semester; October 31 for winter/spring
Yukon Delta Fisheries Development Association
Attn: Scholarship Committee
C/O Douglas Redfox; Box 210; Emmonak AK 99581 or fax to 1-877-985-6695 or 907-949-1203
[Preference will be given to students whose application materials demonstrate a cultural and historical relationship as well as a subsistence and or commercial fishing relationship to the areas of Alakanuk, Emmonak, Kotlik, Sheldon Pt., Mt. Village or Grayling. Due date: March 1 to the University of Alaska campus (Anchorage, Fairbanks or Southeast)]
Statewide or National Financial Aid Resources
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Awards
Phone: 1-800-684-8361
(ANTHC offers several $5,000 Education & Development awards to undergraduate college students Note: The deadline for this year has already passed: February 7, 2003.)
Indian Health Service Scholarship Program
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium: 800-684-8361
(Health Professions Preparatory Scholarship Program provides financial assistance for American Indian and Alaska Native students only to enroll in courses that will prepare them for acceptance into health professions schools. February 28, 2003 is the deadline for applications.)
USA Funds Access to Education Scholarship Program
Phone: 1-800-537-4180
(USA Funds Access to Education Scholarships offer financial support to students with economic need. Up to 50 percent of awards are targeted to members of ethnic minority groups or individuals with physical disabilities. March 15 is the deadline for applications each year.)
University of Alaska Foundation Scholarships
Phone: (907) 474-7687
University of Alaska Anchorage Scholarships
Phone: (907) 786-1586
University of Alaska Fairbanks Scholarships
Phone: (907) 474-7256
University of Alaska Southeast Scholarships
Phone: (907) 465-6255
Alaska Pacific University Scholarships
Phone: (907) 564-8341
Other Links
You may also access additional valuable scholarship and educational information at www.students.gov.
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