Ford Motor Company Fund and LULAC Announce $400,000 in Grants and Scholarships for Education
July 15 2016 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
- Ford Motor Company Fund and the League
of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) announce 2016 Ford
Driving Dreams Grants and scholarships
- Ten LULAC councils to receive grants to
implement high school dropout prevention programs and provide
resources to students to pursue a higher education
- Ford Driving Dreams Grants has invested
more than $1.3 million, assisting more than 1,500 students and 60
Councils across the country
Today, Ford Motor Company Fund, the philanthropic arm of Ford
Motor Company, named the recipients of the Ford Driving Dreams
(FDD) Grants at the 87th Annual LULAC Convention in Washington, DC.
A total of $400,000 in scholarships and grants will be awarded to
10 Councils and LULAC National Educational Service Centers, Inc.
(LNESC) to support programs that encourage Latino students to
graduate from high school, and provide resources to help them
pursue a higher education. Ten Councils will receive $180,000 in
FDD Grants to implement dropout prevention programs. Through LNESC,
$220,000 in scholarships have been awarded to Hispanic students in
San Antonio, Houston, and Puerto Rico.
Currently, according to the National Center for Education
Statistics, the high school graduation rate for Latinos is at an
all-time high at 71 percent, a 10 percent increase from 2006. Yet,
the Hispanic dropout rate is 10.6 percent, higher than the national
dropout rate of 6.5 percent
Ford Motor Company Fund will award eight LULAC Councils a
$20,000 grant over two school years to implement high school
dropout prevention programs in collaboration with a local
educational entity. The eight grant recipients that will implement
their programs this fall are:
- LULAC Council #4609 Arlington, VA
- LULAC Council #7 Laredo, TX
- LULAC Council #333 Milwaukee, WI
- LULAC Council #40002 Portland, OR
- LULAC Council #754 Rogers, AR
- LULAC Council #15164 Toa Alta, PR
- LULAC Council #11125 Washington,
DC
- LULAC Council #5273 Waukegan, IL
As a result of their success in 2014, LULAC Council #2848,
Anaheim, Calif., and LULAC Council #44040, Provo, Utah, were
selected to each receive a $10,000 grant from Ford Motor Company
Fund to continue their programs for an additional school year.
These model Councils will continue the programs that uniquely
promote on-time high school graduation through student engagement
activities such as mentoring and academic support.
“We are very proud of our work with LULAC, because together we
are able to provide the resources to help the Councils build
brighter educational futures for thousands of students in their own
communities,” said Joe Avila, community outreach manager, Ford
Motor Company Fund. “Education has long been a priority for Ford,
and we are committed to helping our youth acquire the tools they
need for future success.”
“Helping young people succeed is a constant effort we have made
possible in association with Ford Motor Company Fund so students
can graduate high school on time and pursue a college education.
Today we celebrate and recognize the work of the Councils who are
making sure that their communities are being empowered through
academic excellence,” said Brent Wilkes, national executive
director of LULAC.
Ford Driving Dreams Grants has invested more than $1.3 million
since its launch in 2010. More than 1,500 students and 60 Councils
have been able to leverage their success across the country. LULAC
Council #21006 in Silver Spring, Maryland, used the $20,000 FDD
grant awarded in 2014 to implement a program to help Latino
students achieve their academic dreams with GapBuster, Inc., their
educational partner.
One student is Luis Rosales, who, with 37 other students in the
program, successfully graduated high school on time. Rosales
recently graduated with honors from Montgomery Community College
and this fall will attend Georgetown University School of Business
on a full scholarship. Rosales and the FDD students started the
first LULAC Youth Council in Maryland and is now a board member of
GapBuster, Inc.
Each FDD grant recipient will develop a sustainable program that
reflect the local education landscape and relies on partnerships
with local education institutions. For more information on the Ford
Driving Dreams Grants, visit www.lulac.org/ford
Ford Motor Company Fund, invests more than $10 million a year in
scholarships and other education initiatives across the country. In
addition to Ford Driving Dreams, other Ford Fund educational
programs include Ford Blue Oval Scholars, Ford Next Generation
Learning, Ford College Community Challenge and the Ford STEAM Lab.
For more information, visit
www.forddrivingdreams.com.
About Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services
Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services works with
community and global partners to advance driving safety, education
and community life. Ford Motor Company Fund has operated for more
than 65 years with ongoing funding from Ford Motor Company. Ford
Driving Skills for Life is free, interactive, hands-on safety
training focused on skill development and driving techniques, while
addressing inexperience, distractions and impaired
driving. Innovation in education is encouraged through Ford
Blue Oval Scholars, Ford Driving Dreams, Ford Next Generation
Learning and other innovative programs that enhance high school
learning and provide college scholarships and university grants.
The Ford Volunteer Corps enlists more than 30,000 Ford employees
and retirees each year to work on local projects that strengthen
their communities and improve people’s lives in more than 40
countries around the world. For more information, visit
www.community.ford.com
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high-resolution photos and video, visit www.media.ford.com.
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