California Families in Focus
Kim Maddox and Tony Macias Scholarship
To honor the legacies of Kim and Tony, we continue to mentor young adults who want to pursue careers in our legal system. The scholarship is open to high school seniors and college students age 17-19 who have been accepted and enrolled in accredited colleges and universities. The chosen applicants enroll in a transformative one-year program administered by CFF. The mentees engage in active community service programming coupled with constructive training to yield ethical and educated young leaders. Our executive director schedules visits, ride-alongs and meetings with law enforcement officers and attorneys for the mentees. When applicable, she also creates an internship schedule. The mentees also learn the day-to-day activities at CFF through shadowing our executive director.
Scholarship History
Ethical Leadership. This term should be common in society today, especially in the field of law and law enforcement. Long Beach Police Detective Kimberly Maddox was the epitome of ethical leadership. An adamant and fierce supporter of California Families in Focus (CFF), it is in Kimberly’s name that we originally created this program to advance and support ethical and hard-working youth pursuing a career in law or law enforcement with specialized leadership training and a monetary college scholarship.
Kim succumbed to cancer much too early in her life. Tony, brother of CFF Founder Angel Macias, was a security officer who Kim was mentoring to apply to be a police officer. He was murdered by gang members in Sacramento.
Apply
Please download the PDF application to the right and submit via email. Applications will be reviewed by a team of CFF panelists and successful applicants will be invited to a scholarship ceremony in September.