Build Hope Scholarship Program 2025

Investing in our youth will help our residents to reach their goals. Build Hope, Inc., is HACLA’s non profit affiliate which provides scholarships to encourage students to pursue higher education following high school. In collaboration with the Community Safety Partnership Bureau (CSPB), the program is open to public housing, Section 8, and CSP residents who are graduating high school seniors or have a GED/high school equivalency, who are/will be enrolled in a vocational or technical school, community college, or four-year university in the Fall of 2025. In addition, the scholarship application is open to prior scholarship recipients who are continuing scholars enrolled in college, university, technical or vocational programs. Every applicant must show enrollment of at least 6 units.

Scholarships of $750 - $5,000 will be awarded to selected students that participate with Project SOAR's educational navigators.

Selected scholarship recipients must participate in The Build Hope, Inc. Scholarship Celebration. The ceremony will take place on Saturday, July 12, 2025.

For questions call or email: Rebekah Reyes

(213) 905- 3489

[email protected]

Please see here for a video recording with instructions on completing the application.

Translation Instructions:

1. Translations work best on a Google Chrome Web Browser.

2. Right click on an empty/blank space on the page.

3. Select “translate to” option.

4. In the google translate pop window select the three dots.

5. Select the first option “choose another language”.

6. Select your preferred language for translation.

7. Repeat this process on each page of the application.

Instrucciones de traducción:

1. Las traducciones funcionan mejor en un navegador web Google Chrome.

2. Haga clic derecho en un espacio vacío / en blanco en la página.

3. Seleccione la opción "traducir a".

4. En la ventana emergente del traductor de Google, seleccione los tres puntos.

5. Seleccione la primera opción "elegir otro idioma".

6. Seleccione su idioma preferido para la traducción.

7. Repita este proceso en cada página de la solicitud.

1. Carefully complete the application. Please list all relevant facts related to your personal and academic achievements. Additional sheets of paper may be attached.

2. Submit a copy of your most recent transcript with GPA from school. (Unofficial is permitted) If you cannot obtain a transcript, please provide a screenshot of your online grade portals to show current overall GPA.

3. For transcripts and for proof of class enrollment or future class registration date, your name must be within the document.

4. For new student applicants, provide a letter of recommendation from a teacher, professor, mentor, advisor, counselor, employer or community leader. The document must contain a letterhead, a signature from the recommender, and contact information for any follow-up questions.

5. Enclose with your application, a recent photo of yourself, preferably a clear photo of you participating in your community or in school. This photo may be used in marketing materials if you are selected as a scholarship recipient.

6. For graduating high school seniors/incoming college freshmen, provide a letter of acceptance with your name and term/year from any community college, CSU, UC, or other accredited college, university, and technical school that you will be attending this fall. For all other applicants, provide a registration letter showing proof of continued enrollment that includes (a) your name, (b) the college name, (c) the term (must show Fall 2025), and (d) total unit numbers. Any omission of these requirements may disqualify you from receiving a scholarship for 2025

1. Applicants must be HACLA residents who will be graduating from an accredited public, charter or private high school in 2025, or have a GED/high school equivalency who plan to pursue a higher education, including prior scholarship recipients who are continuing scholars already enrolled in college or a vocational program.

2. Applicants must be enrolled in at least 6 units for the 2025 fall term. Incoming freshmen must provide a college acceptance letter while continuing students must provide proof of class enrollment for the fall 2025 term.

3. Applicants must maintain a minimum of a 2.0 grade point average.

4. New applicants must have demonstrated strong community involvement.

5. Applicants must have a valid Social Security Number or IRS issued Tax ID PIN.

6. Applicants must check-in with Project SOAR a total of two times before the in-person award ceremony occurs

7. Children or dependents of elected or appointed officials are not eligible.

8. Children or dependents of HACLA employees are not eligible unless both are residents or Section 8 clients of HACLA.