Beauty Industry COVID-19 $1,000 Relief Grants
To begin your application: click the Sign Up button in the top right hand corner to establish an account. (Click “Sign In” if you have already established an account.) Check the email address you provided for a confirmation email. Once you have confirmed your account, you will be presented a general application.
After filling out the general application you will be asked to fill out the application for the specific scholarship (opportunity) you wish to apply. Please select your scholarship opportunity from the opportunities page and click on the Apply button in lower right hand corner. The 2nd phase of the application asks specific questions for the scholarship you have selected to apply to and are REQUIRED to answer to be considered for qualification for judging. Please visit the Beauty Changes Lives website Resources link for Frequently Asked Questions on How to Apply: https://beautychangeslives.org/faq/
Generously funded by the Horst Rechelbacher Foundation, L’Oreal, Wella, Ratner Group, TIGI, KMS, Moroccanoil, Pivot Point, Ulta, Barboleta, Hattori Hanzo, John Paul Mitchell Systems, Oribe, American Association of Cosmetology Schools (AACS) Board of Directors, ISPA, AG Hair, Ergo, and Greg Dawson & Associates.
These $1,000 grants will provide financial assistance to beauty professionals or students of beauty programs, whose lives have been drastically changed by the mandated closures in response to COVID-19. Available to beauty professionals and students who are unemployed and cannot maintain their regular income during this time, these one-time $1,000 grants will be distributed directly to the applicant to provide temporary financial relief.
To Qualify Applicants Must:
- Be a licensed beauty professional (COSMETOLOGY, ESTHETICS, BARBERING, or MASSAGE THERAPY) and have been employed for 12 months on or before March 16, 2020. OR They must have been attending a program to become a licensed beauty professional on or before March 16, 2020.
- Must currently not be earning an income.
- Must not be a nail tech, please apply for the CND grant instead
- Must not be a business owner
Applicant Requirements
- Must be a licensed professional OR future professional receiving licensure in: cosmetology, esthetics, massage or barbering in the US.
- Must upload proof of licensure (photo or photocopy) OR if you’re a student your enrollment agreement or official progress report from your school.
- Provide original licensure date. How many years you’ve been licensed? Or if you’re a student, what is your expected graduation date.
- Submit a copy of your driver’s license, state ID, or passport
- Submit a copy of your 2019 W-2 or 1099, provide your number of dependents (if any), and submit your most recent monthly income.
- Specify your last day of work and length of your current unemployment
- Specify your place of employment and provide a link to their website, as well as a link to their professional social page.
Application Type
Submit a 200 word (or less) essay answering the following questions:
1.) What has been the most defining moment in your beauty career?
2.) How will this grant impact your life?
3.) Is there anything else you would like us to know about your economic situation?
Selection Criteria:
1.) Grants will be given to applicants that demonstrate financial hardship due to mandated closures during COVID – 19 based on the following priorities:
2.) Date unemployment began
3.) 2019 Salary rate
4.) Number of dependents
Applicants Awarded:
1.) Recipients will be notified by May 22, 2020.
- Award
- 1,000
- Deadline
- 05/04/2020
- Supplemental Questions
- Please upload proof of licensure (photo or photocopy) if you're licensed, OR if you're a student your proof of enrollment (progress report or enrollment agreement).
- What program are you currently enrolled in if you're a student?
- Before the COVID-19 mandated closures, which level of employment were you?
- Expected graduation date (if you're a student).
- What is your professional classification? (Only if you're licensed).
- What license type do you have if you're a licensed professional (or WILL you have if you're a student)?
- How many years have you been licensed? (If you're a licensed professional)
- Please provide your original licensure date, if you're a licensed professional.
- Please upload a photo of photocopy of your current driver's license, state ID or passport.
- Please upload a copy of your 2019 W-2, 1040 or 1099.
- Please indicate your number of dependents (if any).
- What is your current length of unemployment?
- How many weeks can you afford groceries for?
- Does your family have enough to eat right now?
- Can you currently afford to make your next rent/mortgage payment?
- Are you currently earning an income?
- What is your most recent monthly income? (Including tips), before the crisis?
- What are your current liquid assets (checking account, savings account and cash on hand)?
- Was your most recent monthly income (including tips) before the crisis under $4,000?
- Please specify your place of employment and provide a URL link to their website.
- Please include a link to your professional social media page.
- Please submit your 200 word (or less) essay answering these questions: 1.) What has been the most defining moment in your beauty career? 2.) How will this grant impact your life? 3.) Is there anything else you would like us to know about your economic situation?
- How did you hear about this opportunity?
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