Scholarship Application Process

Students between the ages of 16-25 whose parent’s on-the-job death or injury resulted in a substantial decline in family income are eligible to apply. The applicant must meet adequate academic standards set by the selection committee. Scholarships may be used to pay for technical school or undergraduate college tuition, books, housing, meals or transportation.

• Applicant must be between the ages of 16 – 25 years old.
• Applicant must be the child or legal dependent of a worker killed or seriously injured in a compensable work-related accident or occupational disease covered under Nevada law.
• Student applicant and/or deceased/injured worker are not required to be a legal resident of Nevada.
• Applicant must be enrolled, accepted or applying for acceptance as a full-time or part-time student at a university, college or technical school.

• To begin the application process the student or the parent or guardian should open up the scholarship application link. Hopefully, the process of filling out the application is easy and all information requested is available.
• Kids chance of Nevada has a special Scholarship Committee devoted to reviewing your application. One of the members of that committee will voluntarily spend the time necessary to make sure your application is complete and if necessary contact you for additional information. That individual is very important to the processing of your application and therefore please make sure you stay in contact with that individual.
• Once the application is in final form, Kids Chance of Nevada has developed a system whereby the approval of the application and the amount to be allocated to the scholarship is seamless and expeditious. From the time you have your application in final form to the time that you are informed of the amount of your scholarship, no more than 60 days should elapse, with some exceptions.
• All scholarship funds are disbursed to the designated school.
• In order to maintain your scholarship it is important that you maintain a satisfactory academic performance and send to your Kids Chance contact verification of class enrollment and your semester’s grade report. You must reapply every semester showing evidence of your continuation of an academic program and your recent past successes academically.

Any preliminary questions that you may have can be addressed by contacting the designated individual listed on the portal. Thank you for considering Kids Chance as an opportunity to help you in your academic endeavors.

• A completed Kids’ Chance of Nevada Scholarship Application.
• Proof of enrollment or acceptance at University/College/Technical School
• Completed financial aid release form
• Documentation of accepted workers compensation claim – Copy of death certificate of deceased parent, letter from claims adjuster accepting claim/liability, Decision and Order by an Appeals Officer or Stipulated Agreement indicating that the parent’s injury or death was determined to be work-related/compensable. Please do not send medical records. If received by headquarters they will be destroyed after scholarship application cycle.

When a worker is severely injured or killed on the job, it doesn’t just affect them — it affects their entire family.

These injuries can come at any time – when children are grown, and even when they’re still quite small.

Thinking about the future is put off, and when the time comes, the cost of higher education can be well out of reach.

We can help you and your child, no matter how old they are.

Please still apply even if the dependent is not yet of age or ready to progress to the next level in their academic career. Kids Chance of Nevada works with Kids Chance of America to ensure we remain in touch with you until the time comes for the dependent to be considered as a recipient.