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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