{"id":1429,"date":"2021-03-25T12:24:53","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T12:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uuphost.org\/purchase\/?p=1429"},"modified":"2021-03-25T12:24:54","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T12:24:54","slug":"benefit-trust-fund-scholarship-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/purchase\/benefit-trust-fund-scholarship-program\/","title":{"rendered":"BENEFIT TRUST FUND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uupinfo.org\/benefits\/pdf\/2019BTFscholarshipProgram.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A UUP BENEFIT TRUST FUND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FLYER<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>A UUP Benefit Trust Fund Scholarship Program is available for undergraduate students through the Spring 2022 semester. Scholarships of $500 per semester are available for eligible dependent children of active, UUP-represented SUNY employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uupinfo.org\/contract\/forms\/NYSHIPFORMFALL2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FORM FOR MEMBERS ELIGIBLE FOR THE NEW YORK STATE HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM (NYSHIP)<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uupinfo.org\/contract\/forms\/NonNYSHIPFORMFALL2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FORM FOR NON-NYSHIP-ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Eligibilty guidelines for the program are below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Scholarships can be used for books, supplies and room and board costs; it cannot be used to pay for tuition.<\/li><li>A maximum of one $500 scholarship per dependent child will be awarded each semester, even if both parents are UUP-represented employees.<\/li><li>Eligible dependents, up to age 26, must be enrolled in a SUNY state-operated campus. Dependent children who turn 26 anytime during the semester in which they are applying are no longer eligible.<\/li><li>Each dependent child is eligible for a maxiumum of eight scholarships. Scholarship checks will be issued in the UUP-represented employee&#8217;s name.<\/li><li>Applications must be postmarked by 60 days after the end of the semester for which the dependent child is applying.<\/li><li>The scholarship form outlines specific criteria that UUP-represented employees and their dependent children must meet to qualify for the scholarship. There are two different forms based on a member&#8217;s eligibility for the New York State Health Insurance Program. Non-NYSHIP-eligible employees will need to provide documentation verifying that they are the parent of the student.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, call the UUP Benefit Trust Fund at 800-887-3863.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A UUP BENEFIT TRUST FUND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FLYER A UUP Benefit Trust Fund Scholarship Program is available for undergraduate students through the Spring 2022 semester. Scholarships &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/purchase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/purchase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/purchase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/purchase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/purchase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1429"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/purchase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1430,"href":"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/purchase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1429\/revisions\/1430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/purchase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/purchase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uuphost.org\/purchase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}