Current or former foster youth who are under 18 or over 18 and "left foster care within 30 days of turning 18," may be eligible for the All Iowa Opportunity Foster Care Grant. In certain situations even former foster youth up to age 23 are eligible, even if they had been adopted before their 16th birthday, according to Iowa College Aid. This grant helps pay for approved educational or training programs, including tuition, fees, textbooks, supplies, transportation, housing and even day care, according to the Iowa College Student Aid Commission.
All Iowa Opportunity Foster Care Grant
200 10th St. Floor 4th
Des Moines, IA 50309-3609
877-272-4456
IowaCollegeAid.gov
The Passport for Foster Youth Promise Scholarship helps former foster youth get an education. Former foster youth may be eligible if they are Washington residents, at least half-time students at an eligible college by age 21 and have not earned a bachelor's degree.
Passport for Foster Youth Promise Scholarship
917 Lakeridge Way Southwest
P.O. Box 43430
Olympia, WA 98504-3430
Phone: 360-753-7846 - Toll Free: 888-535-0747
email: [email protected]
The Chafee Education Training Voucher (ETV) program awards grants to current and former foster youth for college or specialized education. The ETV program is available states including
The goal of the Chafee ETV program is "to provide resources to States and eligible Indian Tribes to make available vouchers for post-secondary training and education, to youths who have aged out of foster care or who have been adopted or left for kinship guardianship from the public foster care system after age 16," according to Federal Grants Wire.