The Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers and Firefighters Scholarship Program offers financial assistance to dependent children and spouses of any Mississippi law enforcement officer, full-time firefighter or volunteer firefighter who has suffered fatal injuries or wounds or become permanently and totally disabled as a result of injuries or wounds which occurred in the performance of the official and appointed duties of his or her office. The dependent child must not have reached the age of 23. This financial assistance is offered as an eight-semester tuition and room scholarship at any state-supported college or university in Mississippi. Applicants must submit documentation of eligibility as child or spouse which may be for a child a certificate of live birth or proof of adoption and for a spouse a marriage license. All four documentation of permanent and total disability are required: a letter from the officer's or firefighter's former supervisor or employer stating whether the officer or firefighter is disabled as a result of injuries or wounds that occurred in the performance of the official duties of his office; a statement from the officer's or firefighter's physician stating whether the officer or firefighter is disabled and the reason for that disability; verification from the Public Employees' Retirement System; and verification from the Social Security Administration. Documentation of Death must also be submitted. Both documents are required: a letter from the officer's or firefighter's former supervisor or employer stating whether he suffered fatal injuries in the performance of the official duties of his office; and a death certificate. Please visit the award's website for more information.