Massachusetts Network of Foster Care Alumni
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Boston-area students planning for higher education can come to a College Planning Center—located in Boston, Brockton, and Chelsea—for guidance on choosing a college, applying for financial aid and scholarships, managing money, and choosing a major or a career. We also offer college guidebooks, study aids, computer access, and info on HiSET (GED), ESL, and technical/vocational education opportunities. Find a college planning center near you.
http://www.asa.org/for-students/college-planning/#collegeplanninglocations
The number of foster care scholarships continues to grow, and the early part of the century saw several states codify new assistance and tuition waiver programs for foster kids and adoptees.
Public and private scholarships originate at the state and federal levels, providing access to college for former foster children. Each program employs unique application protocols, so specifics are best handled by individual program administrators and campus financial aid offices.
We serve people who are homeless, facing foreclosure or eviction people, or ready to purchase a home or launch a small business. Provides support and services for low-income people. Call for services and addresses.
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The DCF Adopted Child Tuition Waiver and Fee Assistance Program is designed to lessen the financial burden on adopting parents in the Commonwealth. This waiver extends eligibility to all children and young adults, age twenty-four or under, adopted through DCF by state employees or eligible Massachusetts residents, regardless of the date of adoption. The tuition and fee waiver encompasses 100% of tuition and fees for state-supported courses, subject to budgetary appropriation, at all of the Massachusetts public institutions of higher education, excluding graduate courses and courses in the MD program at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center.
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To access the vocational program the young adult needs to be a client of the Department of Mental health Services. To access our Peer Mentoring Services the young adult need not be a client of DMH.
We provide both immediate housing assistance and long-term solutions through emergency shelters, affordable housing, job training, and more.
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Family Services is a non-profit organization to help youth and families.
http://fsmv.org/Youth-Development/YouthDevelopmentOverview.html
Rooted in compassion and respect for the diverse population we serve, we help more than 3,000 people in the Merrimack Valley each year through over 20 high quality programs focused on:
FSA is an office of the U.S. Department of Education, is the largest provider of student financial aid in the United States. Federal Student Aid provides student financial assistance in the form of grants, loans, and work-study funds.
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Fenway also provides resources, information, and educational services to LGBT-headed families. We hold educational presentations where parents can network. We offer adoption resources, legal referrals, surrogacy resources and other information for prospective LGBT parents.
http://fenwayhealth.org/care/wellness-resources/lgbt-family-services/
Fenway was one of the first in the nation to offer alternative insemination services to lesbians and today we continue to provide medical alternatives for achieving conception, as well as a support network, education, and advocacy.
http://fenwayhealth.org/care/wellness-resources/lgbt-family-services/
Foster Care to Success Sponsored Scholarships – This program is funded by organizations, individuals and families across the country, giving them the opportunity to help fund foster youths' postsecondary education so they can achieve brighter futures.
We also provide academic coaches and personal mentors, enabling them to enjoy a college completion rate many times that of their peers who lack such support.
The Foster Child Grant Program was funded by the Massachusetts Legislature in 2001. It provides grants of up to $6000 annually for foster children to help pay for an education beyond high school at any college or university throughout the continental United States. The grant recipient must have signed an agreement with the Department of Children and Families for care and services beyond age 18.
The DCF Foster Child Tuition Waiver and Fee Assistance Program is designed to provide financial support for children in state custody who were neither adopted nor returned home. While foster care children qualify for financial aid, many face the burden of acquiring student loans to meet their educational costs. The DCF Foster Child Tuition Waiver and Fee Assistance Program is a valuable resource that will help reduce their educational loan debt.
We provide Employment & Educational Services Such as : Resume Preparation, job Search tips, application assistance, interview prep, MCAS Remediation Program, Work Place Readiness Program & Much More!
GEAR UP is a federally-funded program designed to give more low-income students the skills, encouragement, and preparation needed to pursue post-secondary education and to strengthen academic programs and student services at participating schools.
OSFA offers a scholarship for students who participated in a component of the GEAR UP Massachusetts Early Intervention initiative and are pursuing higher education.