Community services scholarships available

The DeKalb County Community Services Department and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity offer Community Services Block Grant college scholarships.

To be eligible the applicant must be a permanent DeKalb County resident, and be a member of a family whose gross income from the past 90 days does not exceed 125 percent of the poverty level.

Deadline for applicants is 4:30 p.m. June 17, 2013.

For complete information and to obtain an application, contact the DeKalb County Community Services Department, 2550 N. Annie Glidden Road, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, or phone 815-758-3910.

Applications also are available online at www.dekalbcounty.org/communityservices.