Come Home - A Reverse Scholarship

Golden Belt Community Foundation

This is a competitive process with an open, rolling deadline. “Recent” means applicants must have received an undergraduate or graduate degree at either a four-year college or university, or a two-year community college degree, or received a certificate through a qualified and eligible skilled trades program within the last seven (7) years from the date of application. Applicants must have outstanding student debt associated with their degree or certificate education. Proof must be provided such as copy of a loan statement. Preference will be given to applicants who can demonstrate a previous residency of at least four years within the Area, or who can demonstrate that their immediate family
currently resides within the Area. Applicants may not be already residing within the Area at the time of their application. Applicants must demonstrate a desire to move to the Area, find or create employment, and make Barton, Pawnee, Rush, or Stafford county their permanent and primary
residence. Applicants who are selected to receive a scholarship have up to 120 days to demonstrate a written job commitment from an employer somewhere within the county or be able to demonstrate their own entrepreneurial ability to create their own company and/or be successfully self-employed within the Area.