Rotary Club of Portsmouth: Helping Professions Grant

The Rotary Club of Portsmouth's Helping Professions Grant provides essential financial support to residents of the Seacoast looking to enter or advance in direct care professions. With scholarships and grants of up to $5,000, this initiative aims to address the growing shortage of skilled caregivers, ensuring quality care for families and individuals in the community. Eligible applicants can pursue training in various in-demand roles, enhancing their skills and career prospects.

About the Helping Professions Grant
The Portsmouth Rotary acknowledges the increasing shortage of workers needed in the Seacoast to provide skilled care for family members, friends, and fellow citizens. This support is essential for ensuring a good quality of life in their homes, schools, communities, and facilities.
Availability to Caregiver Roles
Home-based personal care aides and companions.Behavioral/mental health workers.Volunteers and employees in substance use programs.Rehabilitation and support specialists for individuals with spinal cord or brain injuries.Direct Support professionals for children and adults with developmental/learning disabilities and on the autism spectrum.Teacher’s aides and paraprofessionals.CPSW (Child Protective Service Workers)Grants for GED preparation is also available if high school equivalency is required for any of these roles.
Grant Amounts
The Helping Professions Grant Fund awards scholarships and grants of up to $5,000.

Eligibility

The Helping Professions Grant Fund is available to residents of the Seacoast, regardless of age, who are looking to start or progress in a direct care profession.You reside in the Seacoast area of New Hampshire.You are pursuing a career in one of the roles listed as in demand on the following page.You are enrolling in a training or certification program (a degree is not necessary).You meet any minimum requirements set for the program you are applying for.