Scholarship Applications
KCPA Scholarship Application Portal for 2023-24 is now CLOSED.
Winners will be notified by late September.
If you missed the deadline for the upcoming school year but would like to be notified about the application for the 2024-25 school year, please email info@kidschanceofpa.org and we will send you an email when the application opens. If you or a child are not of college age yet but would qualify for the scholarship, please visit HERE for more details and to enter your information.
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Kids’ Chance of Pennsylvania provides college or trade school scholarship grants to children of Pennsylvania workers who have suffered a traumatic injury or death at the workplace or in the line of duty. We are pleased to announce the scholarship application portal for the 2023-2024 school year is now open! Please click the following link to create your account and upload your information:
https://apply.mykaleidoscope.com/scholarships/KidsChancePAScholarApp2324
We need the following information from you, the applicant: 1) Your 2023-24 FAFSA Student Aid Report (SAR), 2) Your 2023-24 Financial Aid Award Letter if you are a high school senior, or your Spring 2023 Student Account Statement if a current college student, and 3) your latest Transcript.
From your parents, we need documentation showing proof of compensable injury or death. Examples of acceptable PA Bureau Documents: Notice of Compensable Payable (LIBC 495), Agreement for Compensation for disability or permanent injury (LIBC 336), Agreement for Compensation for Death (LIBC 338), Compromise and Release Agreement (LIBC755), and Judge’s Decision awarding compensation benefits.
All documents can be uploaded to the scholarship portal as they become available, and the final deadline for all documentation is June 15, 2023.
The Financial Aid Office Form is available for download in the application and is due by July 31, 2023. Scholarship recipients will be notified by early October 2023.
If you have any questions, please contact Kathy at info@kidschanceofpa.org or 215-302-3598.
Because I am a Spanish a major, studying abroad in a Spanish-speaking country
Because I am a Spanish a major, studying abroad in a Spanish-speaking country is highly recommended. Because of my Kids’ Chance scholarship, I had the wonderful experience of spending six weeks studying Spanish at Univeritas Castellae in Valladolid, Spain this past summer.
Kids’ Chance of PA has not only supported me, but also my four older sisters
Kids’ Chance of PA has not only supported me, but also my four older sisters who recently graduated from college. Your support to our family has really had an impact on our lives. Thank you again for your generosity and compassion.
University of Pittsburgh
Thank you once again for the generous scholarship!
Thank you once again for the generous scholarship! I love it here at PSU. The classes and professors are all amazing and all the clubs and organizations keep me busy every day.
I would like to thank you for the opportunity you have given me with the scholarship I received
I would like to thank you for the opportunity you have given me with the scholarship I received. I am attending Lehigh Carbon Community Center and majoring in Early Education to become a kindergarten teacher. I am very grateful for the help I have received from Kids’ Chance.
I would like to thank you so much for the scholarship money
I would like to thank you so much for the scholarship money. Getting scholarship money makes the start of any school year easier. I am currently in Plastics and Polymer Science at Pennsylvania College of Technology.
I am so thankful and appreciative of everything your organization has done
I am so thankful and appreciative of everything your organization has done to help me obtain not only my goals but those of so many children who face similar situations.
