MPOA Scholarship

Purpose

The Monrovia Police Officers' Association will award one scholarship each year to a student with an intellectual or developmental disability who plans to continue his/her education in a university, community college, or trade/vocational school, with the sole or main intent of gaining the knowledge and/or training necessary to improve life-skills, gain employment, and become more self-sufficient.

For purposes of this scholarship application, the Monrovia Police Officers' Association adopts the definition used by the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, which is that an intellectual or developmental disability is “a disability characterized by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning (reasoning, learning, problem solving) and in adaptive behavior, which covers many everyday social and practical skills.”

Amount

The award is currently set at $1,000.00, to be awarded in a lump-sum prior to the student’s first term of attendance at his/her chosen institution.

Selection Process

Applicants will submit a form which is available for download on this page. Once all applications are received, a selection committee made up of five members of the Monrovia Police Officers' Association will meet to review the applications and select the award winner.

NOTICE

The Monrovia Police Officers' Association requests permission to use the award winner’s likeness and/or the award winner’s family members’ likenesses on promotional materials including, but not limited to, the Monrovia Police Officers' Association website, informational pamphlets, mailers, and other publications.

Criteria

The students eligible for assistance must be graduating high school or home-schooled students in the Monrovia Unified School District who have been recognized as having an intellectual or developmental disability, and who will be continuing their education at a university, community college, or trade/vocational school. Proof of acceptance and a promise to attend said university, community college, or trade/vocational school is required before award disbursement. Consideration will be based on financial need, which can be demonstrated in many ways. Students should submit a scholarship application on the form provided by the Monrovia Police Officers' Association.

Deadline

The application deadline is May 1st, after which date applications will no longer be accepted. The Monrovia Police Officers' Association will use the postmarked date to determine mailed entries.

Guidelines

Scholarships will be awarded on an annual basis and disbursed in one lump-sum payment to the financial aid/bursar’s office of the student’s chosen school prior to the first term of attendance. There is no restriction on the funds’ use other than that they must be applied to school-related expenses, e.g. books & supplies, tuition, lab fees, etc.

Renewal Process

This scholarship is not renewable. Previous scholarship recipients cannot re-apply.