Help Foster Care Youth Pursue Post-Secondary Education!

Are you a foster care youth or former foster care young adult who is struggling or struggled to pay for school?

Do you want to share your story to help support a Foster Care Higher Education Scholarship?

Please tell us what challenges you have encountered in financing your education and how a Foster Care Higher Education Scholarship would help!

Tell us your story

Contact Nicole Lavan, Senior Policy Analyst for Child Welfare and Workforce Development, for more information about FPWA's efforts to secure scholarships to CUNY and SUNY Colleges and Universities, in-state private institutions, or in-state vocational programs for young people in New York City's foster care system.