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| Large State Schools the Best for Families |
Good colleges for single mothers and parenting students:
We have found the big state schools,
such as University of Florida at Gainesville, or University of
California at Davis, the best because they have received the
federal grant to provide subsidized day care (sometimes
free for Pell grant recipients or based on a sliding scale).
| About Welfare, Taniff Assistance: |
College moms going to college on Taniff: Now
many states let you count class time and work study jobs as the
workfare requirements. Go to the Links page for information about the Welfare Rights
Intiative at Hunter College.
| Financial Aid Information: |
It is possible for mothers to go to the universities:
Compare these financial aid amounts to tuition and housing costs!
Pell grant---$4,050
New for 06/07: Academic Competitiveness Grant:
$750 for the first year of study, $1,310 for the second year
for Pell Grant recipients
New for 06/07: National Smart Grant: $4,000 a year for
3rd and 4th year Pell grant recipients that major in the physical,
life or computer sciences, mathematics, technology, engineering
or a foreign language determined to be critical for national
security..
SEOG---------$4,000 (see below for details)
Work study---$5,000 (varies)
State grant--$5,000 (varies) Also please look into scholar's
incentive grants at your colleges financial aid departments.
Perkins Loans at 5%: $4,000 /Federal
Stafford Loans (at 5.3% interest) $2,625 for the first year,
$3,500 for the second year, and $5,500 for the 3rd and 4th years.
(loans not recommended if you can avoid them, see below)
Financial Aid information: fafsa.ed.gov
Scholarship information: raisethenation.org
| The Supplemental
Education Opportunity Grant. |
 Although a college student could be eligible
for the maximum award, now about $4,000 per year, the schools
often only give several hundred dollars. They are allowed to
spread the amount over a large group of students, rather than
give the maximum per student. However, I needed the full amount
when I was a student back in the 70's at the University of Arkansas,
so I asked for the full amount and was told the money was "all
gone." However when I returned with a lawyer from the Legal
Aid office at the Law School on campus, they miraculously found
the money.
College mom beware: Now, some small
private schools will admit students, then give them huge loans
to pay their exorbitant tuition. Single moms should not be the
ones paying for the expenses of the colleges. That is why I recommend
applying to several schools and comparing the financial aid package.Know that Title 9 (for complete text of Title IX click here) is a law that says that any service offered
one student can not be denied another according to gender, and
although that statute has only been applied to sports, it includes
all programs. Know you are backed by laws that protect your right
to be in school!
So: avoid loans, go for the maximum Pell grant and SEOG
grant and state grants and work study and ask about other grants
and scholarships. Be sure that your financial aid package will
cover your expenses. Know what you are eligible for and continue
to fight for a sufficient financial aid package, even if you
have to get a legal aid lawyer to help.
-----Katherine Arnoldi (Thanks to Enid Mastrianni!)
See http://www.monkey.com for free scholarship info.
Also Arkansas
has a great scholarship page: http://www.ark.org/scholarship
/index.php/search/scholarships/new
For Other Scholarship
information go to :
raisethenation.org
For information about The
Katherine Arnoldi
Scholarship Fund for Teenage Mothers click herecopyright
by
Katherine Arnoldi
College Mom
Magazine is featured in an article,
"Student Moms, Pushed Off Campus," in the October 2007
issue of Glamour magazine. If you like to see articles like this
in Glamour, then write them at letters@glamour.com
or Glamour, 4 Times Square, New York,
NY 10036-6593 or fax them at 212 286 6922. Thanks!!
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