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New Mexico
New Mexico ETV Program
You may be eligible for funding of up to $5000 per year while you are in college or a vocational or technical training program!
You may qualify if:
- You are 18, 19 or 20 years old.
- You are in foster care or you were in foster care as a teenager and you are a US citizen or qualified non-citizen
- You aged out of the foster care system at age 18 or were adopted from foster care with adoption finalization after your 16th birthday.
- You have been accepted into or are enrolled in a degree, certificate or other program at a college, university, technical or vocational school and you show progress towards that degree or certificate.
To find out more about the specific eligibility requirements for your state, contact your caseworker or:
Ceslie Griggs
Protective Services
New Mexico Department of Children, Youth and Families
PO Drawer 5160
Albuquerque, NM 87502
ceslie.griggs@state.nm.us
Phone: 5058278433
Kansas
Kansas ETV Program
You may be eligible for funding of up to $5000 per year while you are in college or a vocational or technical training program!
You may qualify if:
- You are 18, 19 or 20 years old.
- You are in foster care or you were in foster care as a teenager and you are a US citizen or qualified non-citizen
- You aged out of the foster care system at age 18 or were adopted from foster care with adoption finalization after your 16th birthday.
- You have been accepted into or are enrolled in a degree, certificate or other program at a college, university, technical or vocational school and you show progress towards that degree or certificate.
To find out more about the specific eligibility requirements for your state, contact your caseworker or:
Deanna Dinkel
Independent Living Coordinator
Kansas Children and Family Services Division
Docking State Office Building, 5th Floor South, Room 551-S
919 SW Harrison
Topeka, KS 66612-1570
hadbd@srskansas.org
Phone: 7853688143
From The State of Kansas
Kansas now has a tuition waiver for foster youth to go to college. The colleges should have a copy of the forms.
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Lewis Cass
