NHF College Scholarships

2024-25 Student Recipients

53 Students received $293,000 in assistance for college costs Since its creation in 1998, the Norwalk Housing Foundation has awarded over $3.7 million in scholarship assistance to students attending 2-year, 4-year, technical and graduate schools.

One of the most innovative aspects of the NHF Scholarship Program is its relationship to what's become a larger project, the overall Norwalk Housing (NH) educational model that supports the entire Norwalk Housing (NH) Community and continues to grow a culture of literacy and academic pride. The model broadly includes four overlapping and related spheres:

Educational Opportunity - the scholarship program provides funding for post-secondary education and is the culmination of the work achieved in the three following spheres below:
Engagement - NH free Learning Centers and early childhood programs promote education and provide support to younger children and families in line with Connecticut's Two-Generational Model and Framework in Poverty Reduction.
Encouragement - support and reinforcement towards regular school attendance, grade improvement, identification of talents and personalizing higher education goals.
Outreach - NH encourages scholarship recipients to visit the Learning Centers and to encourage and help up-and-coming students, acting as ambassadors, role models, and mentors for the community-at-large and younger students