State Government Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs–Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet

Conservation of Natural Resources Scholarship Betty Barrick/Nontraditional Students Eligibility: Must be at least age 25 and pursue an undergraduate degree in agriculture or a related natural resources field.

George R. Crafton Scholarship Eligibility: Must be a high school senior applying for enrollment in the forthcoming year in an area related to agriculture. Preference given to a student majoring in conservation of natural resources.

Contact: Veterans Affairs Office of school or Tuition Waiver Coordinator, Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs, 321 West Main Street, Suite 390, Louisville, KY 40202; 502.595.4447 or 800.928.4012; kdva.tuitionwaiver@ky.gov; www.veterans.ky.gov. For the entire statutes, visit www.lrc.state.ky.us

Eligibility: Must be the child, stepchild or nonremarried spouse of a service member who was a Kentucky resident when he or she entered military service and who was killed while in service or died of a service-connected disability. Student must provide documentation of relationship to parent or spouse as well as documentation showing the parent’s or spouse’s military service and cause of death. If the student also receives a scholarship payable to the school, the scholarship must be applied to incidental expenses and any balance returned to the student if the terms of the scholarship allow. Award: Tuition waiver at any state-supported university, college or vocational school Number: Unlimited

Eligibility: Must be the child or stepchild under the age of 26 or the non-remarried spouse of a deceased veteran who was a resident of Kentucky or married to a resident of Kentucky at the time of death and who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during a national emergency, war declared by Congress or action of the United Nations or who was killed on active duty or died of a service-connected disability acquired while on active duty. Student must provide documentation of relationship to parent or spouse as well as documentation showing the parent's or spouse's military service and cause of death. A stepchild must have been a member of the veteran's household when the veteran died. If the student also receives a scholarship payable to the school, the scholarship must be applied to incidental expenses and any balance returned to the student if the terms of the scholarship allow. Award: Tuition waiver at any state-supported university, college or vocational school for no more than 45 months Number: Unlimited

during a national emergency, war declared by Congress or action of the United Nations or who was killed on active duty or died of a service-connected disability acquired while on active duty. Student must provide documentation of relationship to parent or spouse as well as documentation showing the parent's or spouse's military service and cause of death. A stepchild must have been a member of the veteran's household when the veteran died. If the student also receives a scholarship payable to the school, the scholarship must be applied to incidental expenses and any balance returned to the student if the terms of the scholarship allow. Award: Tuition waiver at any state-supported university, college or vocational school for no more than 45 months. Number: Unlimited

Eligibility: Must be the disabled child of a veteran who acquired a disability as a direct result of the veteran's service. The child claiming benefits must have acquired a disability determined by the U.S. Veterans Administration as compensable. Must document the parent-child relationship. The National Guard or Reserve veteran must have served on state active duty, active duty for training or inactive duty training or the veteran must have served on active duty with the U.S. Armed Forces, and the discharge must have been honorable. The veteran must be a resident or, if deceased, must have been a resident of Kentucky.

Award: Tuition waiver at any state-supported university, college or vocational school Number: Unlimited

Eligibility: Must be the child or stepchild under the age of 26 or the spouse of a permanently and totally disabled member of the Kentucky National Guard or Reserve Component injured while on state active duty, active duty for training or inactive duty training; or a permanently and totally disabled war veteran; or a 100% service-connected disabled veteran regardless of wartime service; or prisoner of war or member of the Armed Services declared missing in action.

A living veteran must be rated permanently and totally disabled for pension purposes or 100% disabled for compensation purposes by the U.S. Veterans Administration or the Department of Defense. If the veteran is deceased, the claim will be based on the rating held by the veteran at the time of death. If a prisoner of war or missing in action, the veteran must have been declared as such by the Department of Defense. Members of the Kentucky National Guard must be rated permanently and totally disabled as provided in KRS Chapter 342. Must document the parent's, stepparent's or spouse's service and rating.

a prisoner of war or missing in action, the veteran must have been declared as such by the Department of Defense. Members of the Kentucky National Guard must be rated permanently and totally disabled as provided in KRS Chapter 342. Must document the parent’s, stepparent’s or spouse’s service and rating.

Award: Tuition waiver at any state-supported university, college or vocational school for up to 45 months

Number: Unlimited

Contact: Individual listed under each program

Eligibility: Must be an adversely affected worker, as determined by the U.S. Department of Labor, who lost a job due to a reduction in workforce or total plant closure as a result of foreign trade.

Award: Varies based on tuition, books and other required costs. Benefits available for an allotted number of weeks (stipulated by program amendment year and federal law) of paid occupational training, job search assistance and assistance to relocate to a new job. Number: Unlimited

Deadline: None. When this book went to press, the program was funded through June 30, 2021.

Contact: Workforce and Employment Services Division, 275 East Main Street, 2WA, Frankfort, KY 40621; https://kcc.ky.gov/training/Pages/Trade-Adjustment-Assistance.aspx

Eligibility: Anyone can get workforce services from a number of different programs through a Kentucky Career Center. The programs prepare eligible youth who face significant barriers to success to enter either postsecondary education, training or employment upon completion of their secondary education. In-school programs serve youth ages 14–21. Out-of-school programs serve youth ages 16–24.