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January 3, 2014

1) Reminder–2014 Scholarship Applications

The CARH Scholarship Foundation is currently accepting applications for the 2014 James L. Poehlman, Gordon L. Blackwell, Jack Godin, Jr. and CRHD Founders Scholarships!  Applications must be received by the Scholarship Foundation no later than April 30, 2014.

The Scholarship Foundation is providing four scholarships to deserving residents of CARH-member affordable rural housing properties. Each scholarship will be $1,000 per semester for educational expenses, with a maximum four years of funding. In addition, the Foundation will present to the managers of complexes where there is a successful scholarship recipient, $250 plus recognition in CARH's publications and website!

Qualified applicants must be a resident of a CARH-member property; a U.S. citizen; hold or be a candidate for a high school diploma or equivalent; demonstrate scholastic or work achievement; demonstrate financial need; and be accepted, or currently enrolled, as a full-time student at an accredited 2- or 4-year college, university or an vocational educational school. (Please note, a property is considered to be a "CARH-member property" if it is under the management/ownership of a national CARH member and the annual Property Training & Education Fee has been paid for that property.)

There are two types of applications for scholarships:

• Application for Traditional Students – This application is for those students/individuals, who are currently candidates for high school graduation or within the past five years received a high school diploma (or equivalent)
  
• Application for Non-Traditional Students – This application is for students/individuals, with a high school diploma or equivalent, who have previously been out of school for five years or more
  

This is the 9th year that the Scholarship Foundation has awarded scholarships. This year's recipients will be presented at a special Awards Luncheon during CARH's 2014 Annual Meeting and Legislative Conference which will be held June 8-10, 2014.

2)  RD Site Managers of the Year

The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Development (RD) office has announced guidelines for their annual Multi-Family Housing Site Manager of the Year Recognition Program for Fiscal Year 2014.

The awards will be given in each of the following categories: 1) Site Manager of the Year for Housing for the Elderly; 2) Site Manager of the Year for Housing for Families; and 3) Site Manager of the Year for Farm Labor Housing. Please click here to view the Unnumbered Letter (UL) which includes the guidelines and checklists for nominations. Please note the nominations are due to the national USDA office no later than May 16, 2014. If you have any questions regarding the nomination process, please contact RD's Multi-Family Housing Portfolio Management Division at (202) 720-8473.

This year's recipients will be presented at a special Awards Luncheon during CARH's 2014 Annual Meeting and Legislative Conference which will be held June 8-10, 2014.