HOW TO APPLY:
Please submit the Department for Children and Families Application for Foster Child Education Assistance Program Form to the Office of Student Billing/Business Office.
WHAT BENEFITS ARE AVAILABLE:
K.S.A. 32, 161 and 75-53,111 et seq. provide an opportunity for foster care children:
- in the custody of the Secretary of the Kansas Department of Social & Rehabilitation Services and in a foster care placement; at age 18; or
- released from the custody of the Secretary prior to their 18th birthday, after having graduated from high school or have completed their General Educational Development (GED) while in foster care placement and in the custody of the Secretary or
- adopted from foster care on or after the age of 16; or
- left foster care placement on or after age 16 subject to guardianship under chapter 38 or 59 of K.S.A., to enroll in Kansas educational institutions without payment of tuition and required fees. Enrollment without payment of tuition and required fees means that an eligible student will be allowed to enroll without payment of tuition and required fees required of all students at the time of enrollment. The student will be responsible for other charges associated with the student’s academic program and living costs, such as books and room and board. The applicant may be eligible for assistance for other costs of higher education through Social and Rehabilitation Services. This program provides for undergraduate enrollment of eligible applicants through the semester the applicant attains 23 years of age.
WHERE MAY ELIGIBLE STUDENTS ENROLL:
Enrollment without charge of tuition and fees will be possible at Kansas educational institutions including area vocational schools, area vocational-technical schools, community colleges, the municipal university, state educational institutions, or technical colleges.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO APPLY:
An eligible applicant must meet the following eligibility requirements: • Eligible applicant enrolls in a Kansas educational institution on or after July 1, 2006; and
- The applicant was in custody of the Secretary of the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services and in a foster care placement on the date such applicant reached 18 years of age;
- or released from custody of the Secretary prior to age 18, after having graduated from high school or fulfilled the requirements for a GED while in foster care placement and in the custody of the Secretary
- or adopted from a foster care placement on or after the applicant’s 16th birthday;
- or left a foster care placement subject to a guardianship under chapter 38 or 59 of the K.S.A. on or after the applicant’s 16th birthday. The Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services Central Office must verify the applicant’s eligibility status before enrollment.
REQUIREMENTS OF ELIGIBLE STUDENTS:
Students who have been granted tuition waiver shall remain in good academic standing at the Kansas educational institution where the eligible applicant is enrolled and shall make satisfactory progress toward completion of the requirements of the educational program in which the eligible applicant is enrolled.
Foster Child Education Assistance Program will be possible for eligible individuals who enroll in a Kansas educational institution on or after July 1, 2006.