HOPE Network grants for single mothers can help with tuition or day care | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
HOPE Network
March 26, 2018
HOPE Network is offering its Edmund Springman Edu­cational Grants to area single mothers pursuing post-high-school education (technical school or college). The money may be used to cover tuition, day-care costs while the mother is in school, or both.
Up to seven grants of $1,000 or more will be awarded for the summer and fall 2018 & spring 2098 semesters. Applications must be postmarked by April 30.
Applicants must be HOPE Network members, and can sub­mit membership applications (see form on website) when ap­plying for the grant. Applicant must be a single mother of a child under 18 or a single female legal guardian of a minor child. She must reside in Milwaukee, Waukesha, Washington, Ozaukee, or Racine Counties. Grant winners will volunteer 10 hours to HOPE Network or a local community organization.
Applicants may print out the application form from HOPE Network’s website and submit with 3 photocopies of everything, as speci­fied on the form. Website is: www.hopenetworkinc.org
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HOPE Network is a volunteer-based grass-roots support system providing emotional, educational, and material support to single pregnant women and single mothers and their children in the greater Milwaukee area. Key programs are: cribs and safe sleep education, 28-page quarterly resource news magazine, scholarships, a clothing bank, and family events. HOPE Network was founded in 1982 by local resident Gail Grenier Sweet. Since 1988, HOPE Network has awarded $100,200 in educational grants to 98 single mothers.