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Federal financial aid for foster youth | Quick Guide

Financial aid makes a significant difference for current and former foster youth, as they experience many upheavals in their early adulthood that create barriers in the college application process. This quick guide answers questions that often come up for foster youth as they complete the FAFSA, along with information on additional financial assistance for students attending postsecondary institutions.

By Catherine Laserna
Catherine Laserna
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Financial Empowerment for Youth Who Age Out of Foster Care

Transition planning can help youths, foster parents and child welfare agents to successfully adjust youths to adult life and responsibilities, with an understanding of their educational opportunities, housing options, health insurance and job-search support. To help youths in the foster care system successfully transition into adulthood, MoneyGeek seek to identify the financial roadblocks they face and empower them with tools and resources they need to overcome those barriers.

By Catherine Laserna
Catherine Laserna Web Content Research Student Assistant
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From Custody to Career: Foster Youth Career Stories

If only getting a job were as easy as writing a resume, buying a suit, and pounding the pavement. For seasoned professionals, this can work fine. But for young adults with only a high school diploma or GED and part-time, minimum wage job experience to their credit, launching a career can be a far greater challenge. Add a background spent in the foster care or criminal justice systems, and the job outlook can become even more complicated.

By RBA
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University Student Union, Room 306
5280 N. Jackson Ave, M/S SU61
Fresno, CA 93740

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