Southfield Youth Assistance Scholarship Guidelines

  1. Applicant family must meet HUD financial guidelines regarding income
  2. Applications must be completed in full and have supporting documents attached. Financial supporting documents must include one of the following to show household income: most recent IRS 1040, SSI/Social Security letter, or School Free Lunch approval.
  3. Child must be a resident of or attend a school in the City of Southfield or Lathrup Village (public or private). Non-residents must provide school enrollment documentation.
  4. Only one activity request per application and only one application per child per SYA fiscal year. The maximum grant allowable, per child, is $300 per SYA fiscal year. However, a second request may be approved on an exception basis for special circumstances and/or if the request is from a caseload family. Scholarships will be limited to participant fees only (excluding uniforms, costumes and other fees attached to the activity.) Submission does not guarantee approval.
  5. A maximum grant allowable, per family, of $600 per SYA fiscal year.
  6. Applicant families must be willing to contribute at least 10% toward cost of activity that grant request is made for. Waived when activity is over $330 and we are only approving the maximum of $300. (If activity cost is $400 family will be paying the $100 difference, which is higher than 10%, required.)
  7. Applicant requesting a grant this year, who was awarded a grant in the previous year, must have submitted an Evaluation Form covering the previous grant. Failure to have received an Evaluation Form is grounds for automatic rejecting of current application.
  8. Rejected application resubmissions may be returned to Southfield Youth Assistance to be reconsidered.
  9. Where feasible all activities will utilize facilities inside the Cities of Southfield or Lathrup Village, or within the Southfield School System.
  10. Requests for summer school will be considered on a case-by-case basis. As a general rule Southfield Youth Assistance will not pay for more then one (1) credit of summer school.
  11. Certain requests, i.e., tutoring, summer school, etc., require a letter of recommendation from the child's teacher or counselor and indicate how activity will help child.

As with all guidelines exceptions will always arise and will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis. Any request for exception must be discussed with the chairperson of Southfield Youth Assistance prior to approval.

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Updated 2/21/10