Vocational Scholarships

Applications are accepted year-round. Submit at least 60 days before training starts.

Local, state or national educational training providers must be accredited, and credentials must be accepted by the State of Alaska Certification bodies and/or National Accreditation agencies. After completing the program, you will receive a certificate that is recognized or earn continuing education units towards recertification in health or human services career fields. Examples include Certified Nurse Aide, Emergency Medical Technician, Medical Billing and Coding, Graduate Certificate in Behavioral Health-Clinical, Children’s Mental Health Graduate Certificate, Behavioral Health Support Specialist and more.

• Cost of Attendance and start/end date of the training program.
• Purpose Statement: please describe the purpose of this certification/training and how you plan to use it to advance your career goal.
• FAFSA is not required.
• Proof of residency in the Mat-Su Borough, Government Issued ID with current Mat-Su Borough Address, State of Alaska Voter Registration Card for the Mat-Su Borough and/or Proof of Residency through your Permanent Dividend Fund.

• United States citizenship or lawful permanent residency.
• Mat-Su Borough residency for minimum of one year at the time of application.
• Selection of a healthcare or human services career goal.

• VHA dba MSHF directors, officers, employees, members of the MSHF Program Committee (including non-voting community members of the MSHF Program Committee), and their family* members.
• Mat-Su Regional Medical Center Board of Directors members and their family* members.
• Mat-Su Regional Board of Trustees members.

*Family members of a disqualified person include a disqualified person’s spouse, siblings (whether by whole or half-blood), spouses of siblings (whether by whole or half-blood) and their children by whole or half blood or by adoption, ancestors, children (including a legally adopted child), grandchildren, great grandchildren, and spouses of children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren (whether by whole or half-blood).

The Scholarship Office will send emails throughout the application process. We encourage you to check your email often for updates. You will learn if you are awarded a scholarship within 15-30 days after submission of a completed application.

The number of scholarships given each year and the amount of each award vary, with a cap of $5,000 per vocational scholarship.