LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund (ASPSF) received a $30,000 grant from the Dallas-based Carl B. & Florence E. King Foundation.
According to ASPSF, the grant will provide scholarships and resources to low-income single-parent students in the Arkansas Delta, helping them "achieve their educational and career goals."
"This grant will significantly enhance our ability to provide financial assistance, mentoring, and additional resources to single parents in the Arkansas Delta," ASPSF Executive Director Jenn Morehead said. "By investing in their education, we are investing in the future of their families and our communities. The King Foundation's generosity will help us break the cycle of poverty and create opportunities for a brighter future."
ASPSF, which works to create stronger, more educated and more self-sufficient families throughout Arkansas, said the funding will help develop flexible scholarships and support services, such as professional developmental workshops to assist parents through school and start new careers with family-supporting wages.
The funding will directly impact the lives of many single parents through ASPSF’s flexible scholarships and support services, such as professional development workshops, to help single parents stay in school, graduate, and start a new career with family-supporting wages.
This is ASPSF’s second grant from the King Foundation. In 2022, the foundation awarded the organization $25,000.
