Family Support Services Scholarship

Family Support Services Scholarship Award Application

The Connecticut Funeral Directors Association is committed to excellence in funeral service education. CFDA will award eight (8) $500 scholarships (one in each Connecticut county) to students interested in pursuing careers in a profession that provides emotional or medical support to families.

All scholarships will be awarded at the discretion of the Scholarship Award Committee of the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association. Awards will be based on application information, academic record and the evaluation of the required essays. The decision of the Scholarship Award Committee will be final. The Committee reserves the right not to award the scholarship if there are no applicants or if the applicants do not meet the standards of the Committee.

Application deadline is Friday, April 13, 2012.  Download the application here. (PDF)
 

Eligibility Criteria

• The applicant must be a legal resident of the State of Connecticut.
• The applicant must be a high school senior who will graduate in June 2012.
• The applicant must submit the application form and a current high school  transcript.
• The applicant must have maintained at least a B grade point average in the 10th, 11th and 12th grades.
• The application form must be neat and legible.
• The applicant must be pursuing a career in a profession that provides emotional or medical support to families. This includes such professions as counseling, social services, psychology, psychiatry, nursing, medicine, social, gerontology and funeral service.

Essays

Explain the process or events that influenced your decision to pursue a career in family support services. If you need additional space, please feel free to attach a typewritten essay.

To Apply

Application deadline is Friday, April 13, 2012.  Download the application here. (PDF)

Completed forms are mailed to:

Connecticut Funeral Directors Association
Attn: John Cascio
364 Silas Deane Highway
Wethersfield, CT 06109

http://www.ctfda.org/html/scholarship-family.html