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Project CARE

Project CARE

Project CARE, presented by the WGTC Foundation, provides emergency funding assistance throughout the year to faculty, staff, and students.

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Purpose and Scope

The purpose of Project CARE is to provide financial assistance and/or food pantry assistance to students and employees of West Georgia Technical College who are in need of assistance. Project CARE is funded by the WGTC Foundation.

  • The financial assistance (stipend) will be based on the funding availability and will be offered to current students and employees in both adult and technical education programs.

 

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

  1. A legal resident of the United States.
  2. Must be a current student or employee of West Georgia Technical College (will be required to show student ID and enrollment will be verified).
  3. May only receive funding once every twelve months.
  4. Funds awarded based on a Committee review and recommendation to the Board of Trustees and until funds are depleted.

The application for financial assistance will be available electronically via the WGTC website. The Foundation reserves the right to amend the application at any time.

Project CARE Committee will be comprised of 1 member of senior leadership, 2 staff members, and 1 faculty member of WGTC. The Committee will review the applications and recommend those students and employees who receive assistance through Project CARE. The recommendation will then go through the standard funding approval process per the Foundation Board of Trustees. The Foundation Board will vote on the amount of money to budget for awards on a yearly basis.

 

CONFIDENTIALITY

Your application and its contents are reviewed by a Project CARE Committee comprised of faculty and staff. Your application is then recommended to the Foundation Board of Trustees for approval. Your application and its contents are kept strictly confidential. Should you be contacted by the WGTC Foundation and are interested in sharing your Project CARE story for marketing or publication purposes, you will need to give your written approval for said use; otherwise all information is assumed to be confidential.

 

NOTIFICATION OF AWARDS

You will be notified via the e-mail address you provide below of your award acceptance or denial.

When you are ready to begin your application, select the button below.

Please send any questions you may have to Ashley.Akins@westgatech.edu.

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