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Education and Training Benefits for Former Foster Youth

Programs that provide vouchers or other forms of financial assistance that enable current and former foster youth to attend an accredited college, university, vocational or technical college. In addition to tuition, books and fees, the money may be used for room and board, child care, transportation, computers and other expenses the student may need to cover to make post secondary education possible. Included are the federally funded, state-administered Chafee Education and Training Vouchers program as well as state and county funded assistance, special scholarship programs and tuition and fee waiver programs offered by some publicly funded higher education institutions for this population.

• Service code: HL-8000.1800-180
• 1 provider

Veteran Education Benefits

Programs administered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or other organizations that provide educational financial assistance for veterans and service personnel and their eligible dependents. Veterans and service personnel who served on active duty between January 31, 1955 and January 1, 1977 for specified periods of time are eligible for a variety of education benefits under the GI Bill including a stipend for tuition assistance at approved educational institutions. Veterans and service personnel who entered active duty after January 1, 1977 may participate in a voluntary contributory plan in which the individual's savings for a future education are administered and augmented by the government. Partial educational assistance is also available to the survivors of deceased or disabled veterans whose death or permanent and total disability was service-connected; and to the spouses and children of servicemen and women who have been listed for more than 90 days as missing in action, captured in the line of duty or forcibly detained by a foreign power.

• Service code: HL-8000.1800-900
• 2 providers