Ohio Safety Officers College Memorial Fund

Ohio Department of Education

Undergraduate tuition assistance to a child, spouse, and qualified former spouse of peace officers, fire fighters and certain other safety officers who are killed in the line-of-duty, anywhere in the United States. It also provides undergraduate or certificate tuition assistance to the children and spouses of a member of the armed services of the U.S., who has been killed in the line of duty during Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, or a combat zone designated by the President of the United States.

Qualifications:

Applicant must:

– Be a current Ohio resident; not required to have been an Ohio resident at the time the service member was killed

– Be obtaining an associate’s or bachelor’s degree or enrolled in a certificate program.

– Be (1) a child, spouse, and qualified former spouse of peace officers, fire fighters and certain other safety officers who are killed in the line-of-duty, anywhere in the United States or (1) a child/spouse of a member of the armed services of the U.S., who has been killed in the line of duty during Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, or a combat zone designated by the President of the United States.

– NOT be eligibe for the Ohio War Orphan & Severely Disabled Veterans’ Children Scholarship Program.

Award Amount:
100% of tuition and general fees at public institutions; varied amount (updated annually) at private non-profit and for-profit institutions

Deadline: