Health Education for Latinos Program
WHAT WE DO
The Health Education for Latinos Program (HELP) provides annual scholarships to Latino low-income students, to help them in their education health careers. This economic support helps them to make their higher education dreams come true.
OUR PARTNERS
The HELP Fund receives administrative support from three 501C (3) entities which operate the application process as well as the allocation of the scholarship’s funds to students. Donations for the HELP fund are made to either MCCNC ,UWLF, and CHP are fully tax deductible.
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Community Health Partnership
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United We Lead Foundation
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Mexican Cultural Center
HOW WE DO IT
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Candidate Selection
During our Scholarship cycle, candidates are selected from the pool of applicants provided by CHP from San Jose, UWLF from Fresno and MCCNC from Sacramento - through their IME-Becas Scholarship Program. All these fiscal agencies collaborate directly with the Mexican Consulates of their respective areas.
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Review Process
HELP applications are evaluated by a sub-committee composed of the HELP Advisory Board members and Schreider Award members, following established criteria. The final selection of recipients is made based on the quality of the applications.
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Application Review
The HELP scholarship recipient selection is done in conjunction with CHP, UWLF and MCCNC, who review the applications and then, filter candidates who have listed health related career goals.
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Scholarship Awards
Once the recipients of the scholarships are selected, CHP, UWLF and MCCNC execute the administrative procedures, including the payments of the scholarships to the grantees.
WHY WE DO IT
“To achieve our goals, we don’t only have to plan, we have to dream; we don’t only have to act, but we have to believe in what we do”.
- Anatole France
It is often said “health equals wealth.” Indeed, the well-being of a population is a determinant of its social and economic success. Our focus is to improve the health of the Latino community. We believe that one of the most powerful instruments of that change, are health professionals from the community. This has a strong multiplier effect both from providing direct medical services at their places of origin, and from addressing the underlying causes of health disparities in the population.
Generally, the students most committed to public service are often first-generation college and/or children of immigrants. In our country there is a huge demand and need for Latino students in health education career tracks. Disparities of health are becoming greater between immigrants and non-immigrants. But higher education attainment rates of young people whose parents have no college experience, are generally low, and even lower among low-income students. That is why aid through scholarships is straightforward.
