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CAHP Foundation Scholarships

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CAHP Foundation Scholarships

One of the goals of the CAHP Foundation is to provide financial assistance to the financially-dependent, college-age children of qualified California Highway Patrol members and, specific to one of the scholarships, the financially-dependent, college-age children of any active, retired or deceased California peace officers from any agency. By making these grants available, the Foundation strives to encourage college-age law enforcement dependents to pursue academic programs at post-secondary educational institutions.

The CAHP Foundation Scholarship Application Period begins April and ends July each year. 

To see a full list of the Scholarship Recipients for 2024, click here.

  • Daniel J. Creedon and James D. Garibaldi Scholarship Fund. This scholarship is available to the dependent children of active, retired, or deceased California Highway Patrol uniformed members.
  • Fran and Harry Xanders Memorial Scholarship Fund. This scholarship is available to the dependent children of active, retired, or deceased California Highway Patrol uniformed members.
  • Burns Family Scholarship Fund.This scholarship is available to the dependent children of active, retired, or deceased California Highway Patrol uniformed members who have been awarded the Governor’s State Employee Medal of Valor or Governor’s Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor.
  • Dick Distel/Ed Maghakian Scholarship Fund. This scholarship is available to the dependent children of active, retired, or deceased California Highway Patrol uniformed members who currently serve or have served as a Director or Area Representative for the California Association of Highway Patrolmen.
  • Ericka Nemback Memorial Scholarship Fund. This scholarship is available to the dependent children of active, retired, or deceased California Highway Patrol uniformed members.
  • California Casualty Scholarship Fund: This scholarship is available to the dependent children of active, retired, or deceased California Highway Patrol uniformed members.
  • Herman L. Lenz Memorial Scholarship Fund. This scholarship is available to the dependent children of active, retired, or deceased California peace officers from any agency.

Applicants must meet each of the following eligibility requirements to be considered:

  • Financial-dependent of an active, retired, or deceased California peace officer.
  • College-age and plan to be enrolled full-time at an accredited, post-secondary institution.
  • Current unweighted GPA of 3.0 or better.
  • Completed application package received by deadline.

Spouses of peace officers and married or divorced dependents are not eligible to apply.

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Make a donation to the scholarship foundation

Donations are accepted all year. To donate, send a check payable to “CAHP Foundation” to the address below.

CAHP Foundation
PO Box 161209
Sacramento, CA 95816-1209