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All applicants must be children or
grandchildren of a Corrections employee from an active, eligible
county or member, or children or grandchildren of an active,
eligible Platinum member of the New Jersey County Jail Wardens
Association.
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Only member counties who have been
represented at a minimum of 25% of the regular monthly meetings
(from June to June) are eligible to submit applications.
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Only five (5) scholarships of
$1,000.00 each (total of $5,000.00) will be awarded and no county
will receive more than one association scholarship. If less than
five (5) applications are received the total funding for
scholarships ($5,000.00) will be evenly divided among the eligible
applicants.
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Additional vendor scholarships may
be awarded based on annual scholarship donations.
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Only 2025 high school graduates are
eligible as are previous recipients who are seniors.
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Please include current grade point
average and civic and/or volunteer contributions.
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A typewritten or
computer generated essay of not less than 500,
or more than 700 words on the following topic is required: "The
social impact of a college education in today's society".
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Attach the essay to this form and
return it to Warden Teechey Blango (TBlango@co.burlington.nj.us),
NJCJWA Scholarship Committee Chairman for submittal to the Executive
Board on or before August 31, 2025.
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It is the endorsing members
responsibility to submit all essays with the completed form to the
Chairman no later than August 31, 2025.
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Winners will be announced at the
2025 NJCJWA November Monthly Meeting.
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Incomplete applications are not eligible and will not be considered.
Please note - no essays will be returned. All
decisions of the executive board will be final.
