Bridging the Gap: Scholarships for MI Foster Youth
Description
State Treasurer Rachael Eubanks and her guest, Flora Boles discuss Treasury’s Fostering Futures Scholarship Trust Fund and how the scholarship helps Michigan's foster youth succeed in college. Flora is a departmental specialist with the Michigan Education Trust (or MET), and facilitates programs that support first generation college students.
"The numbers are sobering. Nationally, seventy percent of teens who emancipate from foster care report that they want to attend college, but fewer than ten percent who graduate from high school enroll in college, and of those three to 11 percent graduate from college. In Michigan, there are approximately 9,500 children are in the foster care system at any given time. As they reach adult age, having adequate resources to attain their dream of a college education is critical to having a successful future." -- Fostering Futures
RESOURCES
- Fostering Futures Scholarship (how to apply)
- Support the Fostering Futures Scholarship (event tickets/donations)
- Fostering Futures Scholarship Facebook
- Michigan Education Trust (MET)
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