HCAM Assisted Living Scholarship Award (AL Only)

Nominations will be accepted until Monday, May 12. New this year, HCAM’s Assisted Living Scholarship will provide awards to employees to help meet education expenses and advance the long-term care profession. Scholarship applicants must be employed for at least one year by an HCAM assisted living community member in good standing and be enrolled in an education program related to long-term care at an accredited college or university. This can include, but is not limited to, life enrichment, direct care, administration, sales, cooking, maintenance, med tech, occupational therapy and other related fields. HCAM will award up to two $2,500 scholarships. Winners will be recognized during the Awards Luncheon at the HCAM Annual Convention, Sept. 8-10, 2025, in Grand Rapids.

Criteria for the HCAM Assisted Living Scholarship Award application: 

1. Submit a completed application with all applicable documentation by May 12, 2025. (If any of the required documents are missing or incomplete, the application will not be considered.)
2. Application must include the nominee’s name and contact information. You may self-nominate. 
3. Application must include contact information for the person completing the nomination entry, if that person is not the nominee. 
4. Application must include a 300-600-word essay describing career objectives as they relate to the long-term care profession.
   1. Discuss how this scholarship will assist in achieving your short- and long-term goals.
   2. Describe any pertinent experiences you have had in the profession that have influenced you in choosing this career.
   3. Describe any positive impact you have had on residents, coworkers and/or the community in relation to your career in long-term care.
   4. Tell us why you should receive this scholarship. 
5. Application must include a letter of recommendation from current administrator/executive director regarding applicant’s job performance and length of time employed at the assisted living community. Assisted living communities may decide whether they wish to require scholarship applicants to commit to working at the AL community for at least one year after completing the educational program for which the scholarship is awarded. However, this is not an HCAM requirement for receiving a scholarship. 
6. Applicant must be employed for at least one year by a current HCAM member community in good standing.
7. All documents must be typed and uploaded in Word or PDF format.
8. Applicant must be enrolled in an education program related to long-term care at an accredited college or university.
   1. Application must include academic transcript.
   2. Application must include documentation verifying applicant’s acceptance into educational program for which scholarship will be applied.
   3. A minimum GPA is not required; however, an applicant’s GPA may be considered when winners are selected. 

This application cannot be saved and continued at a later time. Please be sure you have all required items before you start.