1. Hancock County
Community Foundation
Scholarships 101

2. Where Does the Money Come From?

3. Scholarship Guidebook

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2017
February 1, 2017

5. George and Icy Vaughn Performing Arts Scholarship

12. Questions?

13. 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

14. 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)

15. 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.

16. 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. & 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

17. Hancock County Community Foundation, Inc.
Questions?
Katie Coffin
Scholarship Officer
Hancock County Community Foundation, Inc.

18. 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.