The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to provide a fourth year of support for the Golden LEAF Scholars Program. The program will assist up to 275 eligible students with tuition and fees to any of North Carolinas public universities to which they are admitted. Eligible students will be those from a rural county in North Carolina that is tobacco-dependent and/or economically distressed (Tier I, Tier II or Tier III) who demonstrate financial need.
