Hancock County Community Foundation Scholarships 101

Where Does the Money Come From?

Scholarship Guidebook

+ 2017 February 1, 2017

George and Icy Vaughn Performing Arts Scholarship

Questions?

Tips for Applications & Essays Include: Community Service Honors & Activities Extra-curricular involvement Anything positive that makes you stand out! Don’t Include: Errors: spelling, punctuation, grammar, syntax Embellishment and wordiness – more is NOT better DISHONESTY

Scholarship Selection Process Competitive Scholarships: available to graduating seniors, college students and non-traditional students county-wide. School Specific Scholarships: available to graduating seniors of the school that is specifically named. Applications are evaluated blindly (without name and contact info)

Financial Need-Based Scholarships HCCF administers several Need-Based Scholarships Applicants that apply for need-based scholarships are required to complete a College Costs Estimator form (CCE). The estimator is similar to the FAFSA. It is administered by the National Center for College Costs (NCCC). NCCC provides HCCF with a financial report which is used by selection committees to determine financial need.

FAFSA Days November 9, 2016 8:30 a.m. – 7 p.m. at New Palestine High School with National Center for College Costs November 10, 2016 8:30 a.m. – 7 p.m. at Mt. Vernon High School with National Center for College Costs November 14, 2016 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. & 3-7 p.m. at Greenfield-Central High School with ISM College Planning February 4, 2017 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. at Hancock Co Public Library with National Center for College Costs

Hancock County Community Foundation, Inc. Questions? Katie Coffin Scholarship Officer Hancock County Community Foundation, Inc. 317.462.8870 kcoffin@givehcgrowhc.org

Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program (LECSP) I. September: HCCF Scholarship Committee determines criteria. HCCF Scholarship Officer submits application to participate in LECSP to ICI (Independent Colleges of Indiana) June: ICI approves participation and student application Application Link is provided to the four county school guidance departments in August. School Guidance distributes link to top 15% of class (based on 6th semester) Students submit online applications by September 9, 2016. All applicants are reviewed blindly by outside readers. Outside readers nominate two candidates from each school as Finalists. Top 8 Finalist are submitted to HCCF by outside readers on October 5, 2016. HCCF Scholarship committee members review applications prior to personal interviews on October 18, 2016. HCCF Scholarship committee conducts personal interviews with each of the 8 finalists, using a weighted score process. The committee will identify two recipients and an alternate. HCCF Scholarship Officer submits recommendations to ICI for approval. HCCF staff and Scholarship committee will attend each school board meeting to recognize the 8 finalists at their respective high schools prior to the announcement of the recipients. Once approval of recipients is received, HCCF notifies finalists via personal phone calls to non-recipients then the two recipients will be notified with a personal phone call by December 12, 2016. A reception will take place to honor graduating Lilly Scholars and celebrate the 2016 recipients.