Project Description Country: USA Location: Fort Collins Total Budget: $2,500 Areas of Focus: Maternal and child health, Basic education and literacy Activity Type: Education: Scholarship Summary: Community College Tuition Scholarship for Single Parents Northern Colorado is an expensive place to live. With rents high and rising and the current inflation, life is unaffordable for many. Not least for single parents who are trying to raise a family on one income. Education is the path to a better life for parent and child. This project is an opportunity for a single parent with the grit and determination to complete an Associates degree while working and raising a family. This project will contribute to the tuition at Front Range Community College for a deserving single parent who is eligible for the state College Opportunity Fund. Depending on the degree program, tuition rates range from $150 to $350 per credit hour. However, RAW will only contribute up to $625 per semester for up to two years towards the cost of tuition for an appropriate certificate program or Associate degree. Most importantly the RAW education committee, consisting of experienced educators, will work closely with Project Self-Sufficiency to select the student and to mentor the student throughout their college program. They will advise the student on courses to take, career opportunities, additional sources of funding, and other matters related to their program of education. Addendum to Project Description (added after the project was signed) We propose to expand the scope of the scholarships supported by this project in two ways: 1. To support clients of Project Self-Sufficiency at Ames Community College as well as Front Range Community College. 2. For students who are receiving Federal or State grants that pay for tuition and fees, we shall provide child care or other living expenses to enable them to attend college. Project Self-Sufficiency actively supervises client expenditures for living expenses. However, members of the Club's Local Projects committee will also continually monitor the scholarship recipient's academic progress and living expenditures. Project Contact Person District: 5440 Rotary Club of: Fort Collins After Work Primary Contact: Ursula Harrison Email: rotaryafterwork@yahoo.com Project Status Paid This project is "Paid". This means that the funds from the district have been issued. This project is now being ready for implementation. When this is done, a report needs to be uploaded on the project page and the "Reported" button needs to be clicked, then the status of the project will be changed to "Reported". Project listed for the 2022-23 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Fort Collins After Work (5440) 1-Jun-22 $833 $1,667 $2,500 Total $833 $1,667 $2,500

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History Log Entries 1-Jun-22 by Randall Looper Neil, Can you add the budget to the documents area. 1-Jun-22 by Randall Looper Neil, Can you remind Ursula your 22-23 President that she still needs to answer the qualifying questions and send them to Robin Steele or myself in order to qualify for a District grant in 22-23. Thanks, Randy 1-Jun-22 by Neil Harrison System Entry: Creation of project page. 2-Jun-22 by Neil Harrison System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 2-Jun-22 by Neil Harrison System Entry: Project signed by Neil Harrison. 2-Jun-22 by Neil Harrison System Entry: Project signed by Ursula Harrison. 2-Jun-22 by Neil Harrison System Entry: Project reverted to "Submitted" - Ursula Harrison added to the list of signatories. 2-Jun-22 by Neil Harrison System Entry: Project signed by Neil Harrison. 6-Jun-22 by Randall Looper System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 1-Sep-22 by Randall Looper Neil, I have mailed the check for grant 4357 on 9/1/22. Please reply to this history log when your club treasurer receives the check. Randy 1-Sep-22 by Randall Looper System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 2-Sep-22 by Neil Harrison We propose to expand the scope of the scholarships supported by this project in two ways: 1. To support clients of Project Self-Sufficiency at Ames Community College as well as Front Range Community College. 2. For students who are receiving Federal or State grants that pay for tuition and fees, we shall provide child care or other living expenses to enable them to attend college. Project Self-Sufficiency actively supervises client expenditures for living expenses. However, members of the Club's Local Projects committee will also continually monitor the scholarship recipient's academic progress and living expenditures. 6-Sep-22 by Randall Looper I approve the addendum to this grant. Randy 9-Jan-23 by Randall Looper Neil, Please provide a quarterly history log update as to the status of this project. 12-Apr-23 by Randall Looper Neil, Please provide a quarterly history log update as to the status of this project. Randy 12-Apr-23 by Neil Harrison Two payments have been made to Bring the Power (previously Project Self-Sufficiency to be paid out for the purchase of necessities by the selected recipient. The most recent payment was for the Spring semester. Further payments will be made during the next school year. 14-Oct-23 by Randall Looper Neil, Please complete a quarterly history log update of the project. 16-Oct-23 by Neil Harrison We are currently verifying with Project Self-Sufficiency student's status and continued eligibility within the terms of the scholarship for this semester's funding. 15-Jan-24 by Randall Looper Neil Please provide a quarterly history log update as to the status of this project. 19-Jan-24 by Neil Harrison We are searching for a new candidate for this project as we believe that the previous recipient has dropped out of college. 8-Jun-24 by Randall Looper Neil, Can you send a history log quaterly update of this project. Randy 19-Oct-24 by Randall Looper Neil, This project is now over 2 years old.If this project is complete please complete the final report and upload it and the receipts to the documents area of the grant. If it is not finished please do a history log on to how and when the project will be complete. Randy 19-Dec-24 by Neil Harrison We made contact with the subject student through Bring the Power/Project Self-Sufficiency. We recognize this was a mistake as we have had delays in getting information about the student's academic progress. We withheld our scholarship over the summer of 2024 because of poor grades and are working with her through Bring the Power/Project Self-Sufficiency to assess her progress. In the event that we determine that her academic progress is insufficient, we expect to deny further support. Although this grant is more than 2 years old, not all funds have been expended because of withholding of the scholarship during the student's periods of low academic performance.