Exploring career and higher education choices is vital toward preparing for the future.
Scholarships are available for adoptive and foster children who demonstrate academic promise.
There are sources available for financial aid, too. The Adoptive Child Tuition Waiver Program provides free undergraduate tuition to adoptive children at any one of Massachusetts' 29 state and community colleges and universities. The Foster Child Tuition Waiver Program provides free undergraduate tuition to foster children at any one of Massachusetts' 29 state and community colleges and universities. Approved by the Board of Higher Education in June of 2000, this initiative provides state college undergraduate or certificate tuition waivers for current foster children between the ages of 17 and 24, who have not returned home, were in foster care as a result of a Care and Protection petition, and contribute to their educational expenses through a work-study program. The Foster Child Grant Program provides financial aid grants to current and former foster children who are attending college.