College Scholarships

Every June, CCH awards $4,000 scholarships, renewable through college, to at least five graduating seniors who experienced homelessness while in high school.

Applications are now closed. Applications for the 2025-26 school year will open in January 2025.

Who is eligible to apply for the 2025-26 school year?

• High school seniors who will graduate from a Chicago or suburban high school during the 2024-25 school year, by June 2025

OR

• a youth leader who is active with CCH (no older than 24)
• a former youth client of the CCH Law Project (no older than 24)

Undocumented students are welcome to apply.

Every applicant must have:

• Experienced homelessness, living in a shelter, on the street, in a car, or other public place, or doubled-up in someone else’s home.
• Been admitted to or enrolled in an accredited 2-year or 4-year public or private college or university for the 2025-26 school year as of May 9, 2025. Scholarships will not be awarded to attend for-profit schools.
• A cumulative, weighted high school or college GPA of 2.5 or higher.

Filed a completed FAFSA (standard college financial aid form) application by May 9, 2025, unless a student applying cannot apply for FAFSA because of immigration status.