{"id":99315,"date":"2025-03-18T13:58:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T17:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/?p=99315"},"modified":"2025-03-18T13:58:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T17:58:15","slug":"pullan-young-supporting-prisoners-families-scholarship-empowering-students-impacted-by-incarceration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/2025\/03\/18\/pullan-young-supporting-prisoners-families-scholarship-empowering-students-impacted-by-incarceration\/","title":{"rendered":"Pullan &amp; Young Supporting Prisoners\u2019 Families Scholarship: Empowering Students Impacted by Incarceration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">$1,000<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pullan &amp; Young law firm has established the Supporting Prisoners&#8217; Families Scholarship to assist students whose lives have been affected by a loved one\u2019s incarceration. This scholarship aims to provide financial support for individuals striving to further their education despite the challenges they face. Each semester, one student will receive a $1,000 award to help ease the burden of educational expenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eligibility:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Family Impact<\/strong>: Applicants must have a parent or family member who has been incarcerated.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Enrollment<\/strong>: Applicants must be enrolled in or accepted into an accredited U.S. college or university for the Spring 2025 semester.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Degree Program<\/strong>: Open to both undergraduate and graduate students.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Age Requirement<\/strong>: Applicants must be 18 years of age or older at the time of application.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Application Requirements:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Essay<\/strong>: Submit a 500-word essay answering the prompt about the challenges faced as a student with an incarcerated loved one and how this scholarship will help.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Proof of Enrollment<\/strong>: Provide documentation confirming enrollment in a college or university.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Headshot<\/strong>: Submit a recent student headshot.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Consent<\/strong>: Agree to allow the scholarship team to publish your essay, name, and photo if selected as the winner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Deadline:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The application deadline for the Spring 2025 semester is <strong>September 15, 2025.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more details and to apply, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pullanyoung.com\/scholarship\">Pullan &amp; Young scholarship page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>$1,000 The Pullan &amp; Young law firm has established the Supporting Prisoners&#8217; Families Scholarship to assist students whose lives have been affected by a loved one\u2019s incarceration. This scholarship aims to provide financial support for individuals striving to further their education despite the challenges they face. Each semester, one student will receive a $1,000 award &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/2025\/03\/18\/pullan-young-supporting-prisoners-families-scholarship-empowering-students-impacted-by-incarceration\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pullan &amp; Young Supporting Prisoners\u2019 Families Scholarship: Empowering Students Impacted by Incarceration&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4846,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[100109,7504],"class_list":["post-99315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-financial-aid","tag-scholarship"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4846"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99315"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99316,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99315\/revisions\/99316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}