Kids' Chance Newsroom

2019-20 Kids' Chance Application Now Open

The Louisiana Bar Foundation Kids' Chance Scholarship Program is helping kids achieve their dreams. The program provides scholarships to the children of Louisiana workers who have been killed or permanently and totally disabled in an accident compensable under a state or federal Workers' Compensation Act or law. 

Basic Eligibility Requirements:

  • Must be a dependent of a worker killed or permanently and totally disabled in an accident compensable under a state or federal Worker's Compensation Act or law.
  • Must be a Louisiana resident between the ages of 16 and 25.
  • Must maintain a "C" average or higher.
  • Must demonstrate substantial financial need.
  • Must be pursuing a primary college or university degree (bachelor's or associate's) or vocational education and training (certificate or license) from an accredited Louisiana (*) university, community, technical or vocational college and/or state approved proprietary school.

 *An exception may be made for attendance at an accredited out of state institution for extraordinary reasons.

Apply now for the 2019-20 school year. Deadline to apply is Monday, February 18, 2019.

Louisiana Kids' Chance Awareness Week

Kids’ Chance Awareness Week Celebrates November 12th-16th

November 15, 2018 | by: Comp Blog Staff

The Louisiana Bar Foundation (LBF) and the workers’ compensation industry celebrate Kids’ Chance Awareness Week this week, November 12th-16th. The Kids’ Chance Scholarship Program provides scholarships to the children of Louisiana workers who have been killed or permanently and totally disabled in an accident compensable under a state or federal workers’ compensation act or law.

The Kids’ Chance Scholarship Program was started in 2004, and is administered by the Louisiana Bar Foundation. The program is governed by a committee representing a cross-section of the state’s legal and workers’ compensation communities. Since 2004, the LBF Kids’ Chance program has awarded 290 scholarships totaling $664,100. The first Kids’ Chance program began in Georgia in 1988 and now there are programs in 43 states.

Thank You NCCI

Thank you NCCI for your support of the Louisiana Bar Foundation Kids’ Chance Scholarship Program!

Pictured L-R at the NCCI Advisory Forum in Baton Rouge: James Crumel, NCCI’s Account Services Executive; Melody Misiaszek, NCCI’s Account Services Executive; Mike Street-LBF President; Laura Hart Bryan, NCCI’s State Relations Executive; and Megan Grant, NCCI’s Sr. Counsel.

LBF Kids' Chance Awareness Week ......Join us for beer and food

Join us for beer and food

Wednesday, November 14, 5-7p.m.

Urban South Brewery

1645 Tchoupitoulas Street

New Orleans

kid friendly and dog friendly

beer and drinks available for purchase

  • The LBF Kids' Chance Scholarship Program is for children of injured workers.
  • Meet and talk with some scholarship recipients.
  • Proceeds benefit the LBF Kids' Chance Scholarship Program.

The Louisiana Bar Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) entity organized under the state of Louisiana.

To report misappropriation, fraud, waste, or abuse of public funds, travel to the Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s website: https://www.lla.la.gov/report-fraud

 

 



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