We combine direct support for youth aging out of foster care nationwide with aggressive advocacy to expand opportunity across every state.
Our national housing campaign provides navigation, rental support, and stability planning for youth transitioning out of care. Delivered through virtual programs and community partners to prevent homelessness across the country.
High school completion, GED support, college application assistance, FAFSA navigation, and tutoring connections. We help youth stay on track academically.
Dedicated focus on maximizing access to higher education through tuition waivers, scholarships, and campus support. We help students persist and graduate.
Job readiness training, interview coaching, placement partnerships, and financial literacy programs. We connect youth with meaningful work and career pathways.
Our largest long-term impact comes from changing the laws that determine whether foster youth can afford college anywhere in the country.
Long-term vision: federal legislation requiring all federally funded colleges and universities to provide tuition waivers for foster youth. Working with partners to build the case.
Building model state programs (starting with California) and replicating successful approaches nationwide through better implementation and data transparency.
The Texas Plan: replicating the streamlined, efficient foster care tuition waiver model in every state. A multi-year campaign to ensure every foster youth has access.
Foster youth should not be limited to colleges in their home state. If a student has a waiver in one state and is accepted to a qualifying school in another state with a similar program, the home state waiver should be honored. This simple policy change dramatically expands opportunity.
Helpful guides, waiver application information, and public records we have collected.