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Coming Up: "What Home Means to Me" Poster Contest

Hey Kids: Before you know it, our annual “What Home Means to Me” poster contest will begin so be thinking about your poster idea. We now have a gallery of state and national winning posters on display in our main office. You, too, could win!

Scholarships

The Tennessee Association of Housing and Redevelopment is once again sponsoring higher education scholarships of up to $1,500 per academic year for full-time students.

The scholarships are renewable each semester, contingent upon full-time enrollment with a minimum GPA of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale.

ELIGIBILITY for recent high school graduates or adults entering or currently enrolled:

1. Resident of a public housing authority or assisted housing for a minimum of 12 months prior to January 1, 2016, and must reside in public or Section 8 housing to continue receiving the scholarship.
2. High school graduate, GED graduate or student expecting to graduate by June 2016.
3. Entering college, regardless of age • Planning to enroll in an accredited college as a first-time freshman in the 2016 fall semester. This includes any accredited university, college, community college or vocational, technical or business school.

Adults already enrolled can also apply.

• Application must be completed and postmarked by the due date of April 8, 2016.

These applications require time to complete, so don’t delay. Call me at (931) 526-9793, ext. 213, or Kathy at ext. 212 for more details or an application. TNT and KIDS Matter will not meet if school is closed for bad weather or if bad weather is approaching. If unsure, please call me. Remember to “like us” on our Facebook pages at Teens Need Training and Highlands Residential Services to check out all the great things happening.