Children's Welfare League
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The Stipend Program

Children’s Welfare League works in partnership with school designated liaisons, Guidance Counselors or school Social Workers, from each county and city high schools. These liaisons recommend students in good academic standing with demonstrated financial need for the Stipend Program. In the academic year 2021-2022 approximately 301 students will take part in this program. There are waiting lists at every school.

Each stipend student receives a monthly stipend of $50 with an additional $75 for the holidays and upon graduation. Each year one senior from each school is selected as a CWL Senior Scholar. He or she receives an additional award of $100 upon graduation. Typically, students use the money to supplement basic necessities like rent, groceries, and personal supplies. They also use it for school fees, field trips, and, sometimes, to just be able to join their friends in typical activities like a night at the movies.

​Since CWL began in 1923, there has been one common purpose: to improve the lives and education of students in the Buncombe County area. The Stipend Program has been an important means to achieve this goal. Each year many of the graduates in the program go on to reach for their own goals in higher education.
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Our Partners

Asheville High School
Community High School
Early/Middle College
Enka High School
Erwin High School

Nesbitt Discovery Academy
North Buncombe High School
Owen High School
Reynolds High School
Roberson High School

“The gift I received from Children’s Welfare League was so much more than money.
It was an affirmation that I was deserving and important — that I mattered.”


Anna Stearns, former stipend student and General Counsel & Chief of Staff to Chief Justice Cheri Beasley,
​Supreme Court of NC

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  • Home
  • About
    • How You Can Help
    • Stipend Program
    • S.O.S. - Emergency Funds
    • The Scholarship Programs
    • The League's History
    • Lunch Payments
  • Members
    • Annual Budget
    • Newsletters
    • Yearbook
    • Minutes - General Meeting
    • Membership Proposal Form
    • Member Changes
    • Annual Dues
    • Board Members