HSED Scholarships

• These scholarships are offered by and funded by the City of Racine and are only for people who live in the City of Racine.
• You can check to see if your home address is actually in the City by looking up your address at https://myvote.wi.gov – if that site says people at that address vote at a City of Racine polling place, it’s in the City. Otherwise, it’s not.

• Complete the City of Racine HSED Scholarships Application.

We’re no longer accepting applications

• You can earn up to $1,500 if you enroll in and graduate from YWCA SEW’s HSED program.
• The total amount you’ll receive in scholarship payments depends on your progress in the program.

• The City’s HSED Scholarship is meant to help support you and your family while you focus on earning your HSED.
• You can use the scholarship payments however you’d like: to pay the rent, child care, car payments, utilities, buy a laptop, etc.
• Please note that receiving up to $1,500 from this Scholarship may affect your eligibility for public benefits and your taxes. Please reach out to the City’s Financial Empowerment Center (FEC) to get free, 1:1, confidential, professional help to achieve your financial goals and address any impacts from receiving the scholarship.

• You can earn a total of three separate scholarship payments, one after each completed milestone.
• The total amount you can earn in scholarship payments depends on your progress in the program that you make AFTER you submit your HSED Scholarship Application. We cannot award scholarships for progress made in the program BEFORE you applied for the HSED Scholarship.

• You must enroll in YWCA SEW’s HSED program. Get started here www.YWCASEW.org/grow
• After you have completed enrollment, you’ll be contacted by the City of Racine via email to complete these final steps for the scholarship. Make sure to check your email!
• You will need to:
  • Sign a Scholarship Acknowledgement Form;
  • Complete a W9 form;
  • Provide verification of your City of Racine residency; and
  • Complete a short online survey
• You will not receive any scholarship payments until after all of your documentation is complete.

• If you have not yet enrolled in YWCA SEW’s HSED program, you can apply for the City HSED Scholarship at any time. Funding is limited, though, so don’t wait to get started!
• If you’re already enrolled in YWCA SEW’s HSED program, you will only be eligible for a partial scholarship amount based on the milestones you complete AFTER applying for the HSED Scholarship.
• While you can apply for the City HSED Scholarship at any time, we recommend you apply sooner rather than later, especially because you can only earn scholarship payments for milestones you complete AFTER you have applied for the scholarship.

• You can earn a total of three scholarship payments.
• You will earn one scholarship payment each time you achieve a milestone in the program after your scholarship application date. The City will be notified when milestones are met and verified. Those milestones are:
  • Completion of Health and Career Courses ($400 scholarship payment);
  • Completion of Science and Math Courses ($700 scholarship payment); and
  • Completion of Social Studies and Language Arts Course ($400 scholarship payment).

• You will receive checks by mail from the City of Racine.
• You may also pick up your scholarship checks from the Mayor’s Office at City Hall.
• You will be contacted by the City when your scholarship check is ready for mail or pick up.

• The City has approved a set amount of money for these scholarships; once that funding is gone, the City will not be able to offer additional scholarships.

• Contact Tammy Seleski, Program Support Specialist at 262-898-5532 or tseleski@ywcasew.org

• Contact City of Racine Mayor Mason’s office at 262-636-9104 or email grow@cityofracine.org