NEW JERSEY COUNTY JAIL WARDENS ASSOCIATION
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION
NAME - _______________________________________________________________ AGE - _____
FIRST LAST MIDDLE INITIAL
DATE OF BIRTH - _____________________ SOCIAL SECURITY # - _________________________
ADDRESS - __________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________ZIP - ____________
HIGH SCHOOL - ____________________________________ HS GRADUATION YEAR - ______
CAREER PLANS (MAJOR FIELD OF STUDY) - __________________________________________
COLLEGE - __________________________________________________________________________
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION RULES
All applicants must be children or grandchildren of a Corrections employee from an active, eligible member county of the New Jersey County Jail Wardens Association.
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.
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 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.
Only 2009 high school graduates are eligible.
A typewritten or computer generated essay of not less than 400, or more than 500 words, on
the following topic is required: "Why a college education is important to me"
Attach the essay to this form and return it to a member of the
NJCJWA for submittal to the Executive Board on or before July 7, 2009.
It is the endorsing members responsibility to submit all essays with the completed form to
The NJCJWA Executive Board no later than July 7, 2009
Winners will be announced at the NJCJWA regular meeting or training conference in September 2009
Please note - no essays will be returned. All decisions of the executive board will be final.
Incomplete applications are not eligible and will not be considered.
NJCJWA INFORMATION/APPLICATION ENDORSEMENT
I hereby certify that I am a member in good standing of the New Jersey County Jail Wardens
Association, my county has been represented at a minimum of 25% of the regular monthly meetings of the NJCJWA from June of 2008 to June of 2009, and verify that the information contained herein is accurate and has my endorsement.
NAME - _____________________________________ TITLE - _____________________________
SIGNATURE - _______________________________ COUNTY - __________________________
NJCJWA EXECUTIVE BOARD VERIFICATION I have verified that the above endorsement was made by a member of the NJCJWA and was receivedby me on (date) _________________.
Executive Board member sign - __________________________________
All completed applications and essays will be reviewed by the Scholarship Committee in July and scholarship awards will be announced in August 2008.