The Greenville, MS-based National Association of Junior Auxiliaries Inc.
(NAJA) is accepting applications for its Graduate Scholarship Program. Applicants must be
pursuing graduate-level studies in fields that address the needs of children and youth.
Graduate fields of study include, but are not limited to, counseling, psychology, mental
development, special education, speech pathology, exceptional children, remedial skills
development, hearing impaired, and gifted and talented.
To qualify, an applicant must be a permanent U.S. citizen and a permanent resident of a state
with Junior Auxiliary Chapter. Those states are Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee.
Scholarship grants are awarded annually to persons who work, or plan to work, directly with
children. The NAJA Scholarship Program was begun in 1962 and has awarded more than
$1,598,284.
Instructions and application forms are available from Sept. 1 through Feb. 1 from the NAJA
website at www.najanet.org. For more information, email scholarship chairman, Kori Thigpen at korithigpen@gmail.com.
