college access

Legislative efforts to fulfill Minnesota's promise of college access for foster youth is facing challenges amid the program's success.

A unique funding source can help young adults aging out of foster care attend one of Georgia’s 26 public universities or colleges.

Due to high demand, a college grant program in Minnesota that eliminates cost barriers for former foster youth may have to place prospective students on waiting lists.

Many Texans who were in foster care can access the state's tuition waiver program, but nearly half of the eligible college students don't use it.

A bill being considered in the Minnesota Legislature would provide the state’s first-ever comprehensive support for students who are former foster youth.

By The Imprint staff reports Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Tuesday signed a stronger and more expansive college tuition waiver law for some of the state’s most disadvantaged youth — those who are homeless and kids in the foster care system.

After several years of planning, a nonprofit child welfare service provider is preparing to launch the nation’s first-ever college for foster youth. KVC Health Systems plans to open its yet-to-be-named campus in January 2018 in Montgomery, West Virginia.

Foundations and corporations have vowed millions in donations to address college access and affordability for low-income youth, responding to President Barack Obama’s call to action on the issue. “Unemployment for Americans with a college degree is more than a third lower than the national average,” said Obama, speaking at a White House summit on education earlier this month.