The Jesse Brown Memorial Youth Scholarship Program is administered by the Disabled American Veterans and given in memory of the late secretary of veterans affairs, Jesse Brown, according to the official website. Brown was shot while on patrol in Vietnam, and spent his life afterward "building better lives for America's disabled veterans," according to the website. The Jesse Brown Memorial Youth Scholarship Program gives has given 87 scholarships totaling $578,000 since the program began in 2000. It honors phenomenal volunteers annually with scholarships that can be used to continue education and encourages the volunteers to be involved in the Department of Veterans Affairs Voluntary Service (VAVS) programs.
The Alabama Disabled American Veterans Scholarship Program is "designed to assist the children of service-connected disabled veterans whose parents are unable to provide the cost of a college education," writes the website Militaryta.com. The amounts range from $200 to $3,000 and are renewable each year of school based on need and academics. "Scholarships are not available for part-time, vocational or graduate studies," reports the website. Applicants must be seniors in high school or be attending an accredited college or university as a freshman, sophomore or junior. The applicant also must have taken the Scholastic Aptitude Test, but her parent need not be a member of the Disabled American Veterans.
The DAV's General Anthony Wayne Chapter 58 Scholarship assists "children or grandchildren of service-connected disabled veterans with their college expenses" with $1,000 scholarships, according to the chapter website. The applicant have a parent or grandparent who is or was a disabled veteran; this must be confirmed by the Department of Veterans Affairs and proof must be submitted with the application. The applicant also must be a senior graduating from high school who is in the top 40 percent of his class, have "good moral standing in the community," must submit two letters of recommendation from his teachers and one from his guidance counselor, and write an essay of at least 500 words from topics provided.