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Daly City updates Build A Dream scholarship to broaden eligibility, change application process
Summary
Daly City staff unveiled revisions to the Build A Dream scholarship that will let residents from newborn to 17 and residents 50+ apply once a year for a fixed award amount; staff also described recent donations and fundraising plans including a holiday tree lot expected to raise roughly $20,000.
Administrative Assistant Edgardo Balanos told the Daly City Commission on Nov. 26 that the city will revise its Build A Dream scholarship program to widen the programs covered and simplify how residents apply and receive awards.
The change, Balanos said, will allow eligible Daly City residents from newborn to 17 years old and residents 50 and older to apply once per calendar year for a fixed award amount based on available funds, rather than submitting multiple applications and receiving a partial discount per registration.
"The program is a way for us as a city through donations to provide financial assistance to the youth of Daly City," Balanos said, describing the revised policy as aimed at increasing access to recreation, arts and fitness programs. Under…
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