Wives Behind the Badge, Inc. Releases 2014 Law Enforcement Children’s Scholarship Information

LOS ANGELES - Jan. 2, 2014 - PRLog -- Wives Behind the Badge, Inc. (WBTB) has released the applications for its 2014 Law Enforcement Children’s Scholarship Program.  The scholarship provides financial assistance for the higher educational needs of the children (natural or adopted) of law enforcement officers.  Applicants must be a dependent child of a law enforcement officer (full-time active service, retired, or killed in the line of duty), must be enrolled at or accepted to an accredited four-year college/university or community college, and must be active in the community through volunteer work. These children are eligible to submit an application for the two available scholarships – a first prize, which is a one-time payment in the amount of $1000.00, and a second prize, which is a one-time payment in the amount of $500.00.

Applicants must complete and submit an application by April 15, 2014.  The scholarship committee will review applications and the WBTB Board of Directors will announce the winner May 15, 2014  Visit http://www.wivesbehindthebadge.org/our-work/scholarships/ to download the complete scholarship description and application.  For more information about the scholarship, email scholarships@wivesbehindthebadge.org.

Wives Behind the Badge is continuously seeking funding through private donations, corporations, police associations, and grants to help support its projects and programs. This funding is used for our programs including our scholarship progam. For more information on how you can help, please visit www.wivesbehindthebadge.org or email donate@wivesbehindthebadge.org.