National Foster Care Month – College Success Foundation Passport Programming

This National Foster Care Month, College Success Foundation remains dedicated to proactively supporting the most vulnerable student population: foster youth and alumni of foster care.

These students face obstacles to thriving and succeeding in college that go well beyond academic achievement and preparing for college. Recognizing their unique challenges, we provide additional trauma-informed programs and services to help them succeed.

A Holistic Approach

CSF’s holistic strategic approach has proven to be effective. Our programs provide scholarships and direct, student-facing services; systems improvement and partner-facing services; and technical assistance along with policy and advocacy efforts.

• We created the Washington State Governors’ Scholarship for Foster Youth with then-Washington governor Gary Locke in 2001. This scholarship has supported hundreds of young people from foster care to graduate from college. Our Governors’ Scholars graduate at more than 15 times the national rate.
• We provide ongoing, tailored support to dozens of colleges in our state that run foster care student support programs. This includes facilitating trainings, giving program development coaching, and leveraging recommended practices across colleges.
• In collaboration with our partners, we do year-round policy and advocacy work. This work ensures our support systems for students from foster care continue to work effectively and have enough resources.

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