Student Aid Fund for Nonregistrants
PLEASE NOTE: Application deadline is September 1.
This special non-budget fund was established in 1983 and is now administered by the Mennonite Church USA Executive Board peace advocate office. The purpose is to help replace potential government grants and loans lost by students who for reasons of Christian conscience choose not to register with the U.S. Selective Service System. Applicants are asked to complete a statement outlining their reasons for choosing not to register.
Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors
Center on Conscience & War
The goal of the Student Aid Fund for Nonregistrants (SAFNR) is to replace the same amount of grants and loans that young men are denied. SAFNR is available
- to any nonregistrant attending a Mennonite Church USA college or seminary and
- to any nonregistrant attending a congregation of Mennonite Church USA and enrolled in undergraduate or graduate studies in other-than-Mennonite institutions.
Funding
Funds for grants, loans, mailings and staff time to administer this program come solely from donations.
Thanks to your contributions, we have been able to replace student grants. However we need to borrow to offer loans, and interest rates continue to increase. Our goal is to become self-sufficient over the next few years by reducing the need to borrow these funds.
For more
information, read the guidelines.
To apply, print out this
application form (14k PDF)
and mail it to the address below.
We invite
- your prayers for these young men during this time of heightened emphasis on war. More than 25 states have enacted legislation restricting non-registrants' access to state education benefits or employment, and many states are now enacting legislation linking registration with the privilege of obtaining a driver's license. For more information on these developments see: www.sss.gov/FSdrivers.htm
- your contributions to the fund;
- your suggestions of other people and congregations who might want to contribute.
application form (14k PDF)
SAFNR Brochure (20k PDF)
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Send contributions, inquiries, and prayers to:
Mennonite Church USA Executive Board
Student Aid Fund for Nonregistrants
PO Box 1245
Elkhart, IN 46515-1245
phone: Kathryn Rodgers 574-523-3041
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