Scholarship  Program

RAS may provide up to $10,000* in scholarship money for current  EMTs to advance to the Paramedic level. The employee would not be required to re-pay the scholarship if they completed the requirement of the offer (three  years of employment with RAS after completion of their Merced County accreditation).

The  requirements are as follows:

Current employee who has completed his/her probationary period and has at least 1 year of field experience on an ALS unit

• Employee must be in good standing
• Employee must receive a recommendation from 2 full-time RAS Paramedics
• Employee must receive a recommendation from an RAS Clinical Field Evaluator
• Employee must achieve a passing score in the Paramedic School pre-test.
• Employee must accept a full-time Paramedic position, if offered, upon receiving Merced County accreditation.

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