| If you have a troubled teenager who needs serious | | | | centers and wilderness programs for troubled teens. |
| help now, you might be looking at the high costs of | | | | Spend some time looking through websites like and |
| wilderness camps, residential treatment programs, or | | | | typing "scholarships for troubled teens" into your |
| even simple, once-per-week counseling and thinking | | | | search engine. You may be surprised at what pops |
| there's no way you could possibly afford to give | | | | up. Be sure to read the scholarship listings carefully, |
| your child this type of treatment. Don't despair, | | | | since some of them will only cover expenses at |
| though, because there are other options out there | | | | certain programs. |
| for raising money to pay for your child's therapy. First | | | | 3. As your local library. County libraries are a rich |
| of all, you can ask close family members and trusted | | | | resource of scholarship information that is virutally |
| friends to help you help your child by paying for a | | | | untapped. Not all scholarships are listed on the |
| couple of days at a wilderness camp or a few | | | | internet, but your library will probably carry a huge |
| counseling sessions. If this isn't an option or isn't | | | | book or two of local and national scholarhips for all |
| enough to relieve you of the overwhelming financial | | | | sorts of things. |
| burden, here are a few ways to find scholarships | | | | 4. Talk to your child's school counselor. If your |
| specifically for troubled teens: | | | | student is still in high school, talk with his or her |
| 1. Talk with specific programs. If you've narrowed | | | | guidance counselor. The guidance counselor's offices |
| your list of options down to three or four residential, | | | | are usually excellent resources for scholarship |
| camp, or counseling programs, call the financial offices | | | | inforrmation. The counselor may also be able to help |
| of those programs and ask if they offer any waivers | | | | you with local organizations who might be willing to |
| or scholarships. Many programs could give you a | | | | create a scholarship for troubled teens if they do not |
| discounted rate if you fall within a certain range of | | | | already offer one. |
| yearly incomes, and some might offer scholarships to | | | | 5. Take out a student loan. You can probably take |
| students of certain backgrounds or with certain goals. | | | | out a loan for academic troubled youth programs, so |
| Even if the information for the program doesn't list | | | | check with your bank and the government to see if |
| scholarships and waivers outright, the money may be | | | | loans are available for families in your situation. Loans |
| waiting for those who ask. You'll never know until | | | | aren't scholarships, really, because you obviously must |
| you try, right? | | | | repay them, but they do normally include tax breaks |
| 2. Search the internet. The web is full of scholarship | | | | on interest, and they can definitely help stretch out |
| resources for traditional colleges as well as for more | | | | the cost of a treatment program over time. |
| non-conventional programs like residential treatment | | | | |