LPA offers different types of scholarships, medical grants, conference attendance assistance grants and adoption assistance grants. Below are a list of current Scholarships or Funds. If you have any question just email [email protected].

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Scholarship Application
Scholarship info and applications are available online from early January and due by mid-April in the year prior to the school year you are planning on attending college. For example, if your intent is to attend college starting in Fall of 2008, then you would need to apply by April of 2008.
Scholarships are given, in order of preference to:

• members of LPA who have a medically diagnosed form of dwarfism
• immediate family members of dwarfs who are also paid members of LPA
• people with dwarfism who are not members of LPA
• disabled students in general
• non-disabled students who can demonstrate a need for financial educational assistance

To be considered eligible by the LPA Scholarship Committee you must submit a completed application for the scholarship, a letter of request, and three (3) letters of reference. One reference letter must be from an officer of LPA, one must be a professional reference (i.e. employer, teacher, high school counselor, clergyman, volunteer coordinator, public official), and one must be a personal reference (non-relative). Also, starting next year, we will be asking applicants to describe in their letter of request how they intend to "give back" to LPA once their education is complete. Volunteer service to LPA is not required to receive a scholarship, but it will increase your chances of a favorable review of your application.

[Download the Scholarship Application] | [LPA Scholarship - Letter of Recommendation]

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Georget Bock Charitable Trust
It is the intended primary purpose of the Little People of America George Bock Charitable Trust (Trust) to reimburse the costs of major d warf-related medical expenses not covered by insurance. It is not intended to cover deductibles, co-insurance fees, routine medical expenses, well-baby care or accident related costs. In order to adhere to the agreement with the donor Trust, priority is placed on applications from LPA members of the Garden State Chapter and the state of New Jersey, with excess available funds granted to applications from outside the state of New Jersey. Any remaining funds for the year are to support the adoption of short stature children where anticipated dwarfism related medical complications create a barrier to placement.

*Allocations for grants for the Fund to LPA members will be considered throughout each fiscal year. There will be no application deadline.

[Download Charitable Trust PDF]

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LPA Health Advocacy Fund
It is the intended primary purpose of the Little People of America Health Advocacy Fund shall be to provide monies for a one-time use to assist LPA members in contributing toward their financial obligations for various dwarf-related medical expenses. The fund shall be used to provide assistance toward the remaining medical expenses after coinsurance, insurance deductibles, and other payments toward medical expenses have been applied. The intent is to not necessarily pay for all remaining eligible unpaid expenses, but rather to provide some financial assistance toward an individual’s or a family’s eligible unpaid expenses where demonstrated financial burden or need exists.

Examples of expenses for medical procedures that will be considered for assistance under this Fund (but are not limited to) are surgeries related to a specific dwarfism condition, placement/removal of shunts, decompression surgery, and orthopedic procedures. This Fund will not be used for cosmetic purposes or extended leg-lengthening procedures.

*Allocations for grants for the Fund to LPA members will be considered throughout each fiscal year. There will be no application deadline.

[Download the LPA Health Advocacy Fund PDF]

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Kitchens Travel Fund
The Kitchen's First Time Conference Attendees Scholarship is available to all current LPA members who are first time National Conference Attendees. This scholarship is named after one of our first members, the late Mary Kitchens. Mrs. Kitchens felt strongly that the LPA experience should be available to all who desired it. Mrs. Kitchens and her late husband, Lee, an LPA Founding Member, sowed the seeds to grow this important program into one of LPA finest and most beneficial. Each year LPA is pleased to provide $8,000 - $10,000 in Kitchens Fund Grants.

[Download the Kitchens Travel Fund PDF]