Scholarships Awarded for Catholic Schools
From Times Staff Reports
The Catholic Education Foundation has awarded $4.7 million to 5,021 students from low-income families to help them attend Roman Catholic schools in Ventura, Los Angeles and Santa Barbara counties, officials announced Wednesday.
About 93% of the scholarship recipients for the coming school year are Roman Catholic, 74% are Latino and 45% live in homes with single mothers, said Hugh Ralston, executive director of the foundation.
The scholarships cover about 40% of the yearly cost to attend the Los Angeles archdiocese’s schools.
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