Eligibility Requirements:

• The child or teen is ages 1 to 18 or not yet a high school graduate.
• Service member parent/guardian is serving in the National Guard or Reserve and is deploying or being activated on a stateside mission for 90 days or more.
• For overseas or stateside missions of 90-179 days (cumulative within 12 months), each service member’s child is eligible for one (1) grant up to $300 to be paid to one activity provider.
• For overseas or stateside missions of 180+ days (cumulative within 12 months), each child is eligible for two (2) grants up to $300 each to be paid to the same or different activity providers. Each grant requires a separate application but may be applied for at the same time.
• The extracurricular activity must start before the service member returns home.
• The following are not eligible: activations for AGR or ADOS assignments, PCS orders, MANDAYS missions, trainings, and stateside activations for greater than two (2) years concurrently in the service member’s home state.

Required documents to upload with your application: 

• A copy of the official mobilization, deployment, or contingency exercise deployment (CED) orders that show that the service member is deployed/activated with the National Guard or Reserve for at least 90 days. *Please redact the Social Security Number before uploading.* 

• One of the following three forms of child identification  proving the grant recipient is the child or dependent of the service member:
  • 1) a copy of the completed Form 1172, Application for Uniformed Services Identification (DEERS Form), OR 
  • 2) a copy of the child’s birth certificate if he/she is the biological child of the deployed service member, OR
  • 3) a copy of DEERS/MilConnect Service Member profile page with child listed as the service member’s dependent. 

• Documentation of the activity’s cost that includes the name of the organization, such as a flyer, brochure, screenshot of website, or a typed letter from the organization on their letterhead which clearly states the cost of the program. Handwritten fees will not be accepted.  
  • Grant requests for tutoring services or private lessons provided by an individual must include a copy of the instructor’s teaching certificate or license.
  • *Please note that grant checks will be made out to organizations, not individuals.