Varies
Avg. Amount Awarded
338
Days
March 1 2025
Application Deadline
No
Renewable
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What you'll need:
  • Checkmark Other - Activities Chart; Copy of layoff notice, no-fault termination notice, or termination letter from former employer; Unemployment insurance verification; Copy of documentation (letter) verifying that you are receiving workforce investment services as a dislocated worker; Documentation of self-employment
  • Checkmark Application Form
  • Checkmark Essay
  • Checkmark Financial Need Analysis
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Congressman Peter DeFazio Scholarship

Description

The Congressman Peter DeFazio Scholarship is for dislocated workers residing in Oregon's Fourth Congressional District. Applicants must submit one of the following: Copy of layoff notice, no-fault termination notice, or termination letter from former employer on company letterhead; Unemployment insurance verification; Copy of documentation (letter) verifying that you are receiving workforce investment services as a dislocated worker; and Documentation of self-employment that resulted in business closure as a result of economic conditions in the community in which you reside or because of natural disaster.

Eligibility Requirements

  • CheckmarkMust be an undergraduate student
  • CheckmarkMust attend two-year college
  • CheckmarkBoth full-time and part-time students
  • CheckmarkRestricted to residents of Oregon
  • CheckmarkRestricted to students studying in Oregon

How to Apply

What you'll need:

  • Checkmark Other - Activities Chart; Copy of layoff notice, no-fault termination notice, or termination letter from former employer; Unemployment insurance verification; Copy of documentation (letter) verifying that you are receiving workforce investment services as a dislocated worker; Documentation of self-employment
  • Checkmark Application Form
  • Checkmark Essay
  • Checkmark Financial Need Analysis
  • Checkmark Transcript
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Contact Walter Recinos-Perez
Scholarship Processing Coordinator
walter.recinos@hecc.oregon.gov
Tel: 541-687-7409 Address 3225 25th Street SE
Salem, OR 97302