The education and Training Voucher (ETV) Program is accepting applications for the academic year 2022-2023. The following program allows Texas to help current and previous foster youth and young adults, youth adopted at age 16, and youth who enter Permanency Care Assistance at age 16 to have a smoother journey towards fruitful adulthood by giving subsidizing and assistance to students so that they can accomplish their instructive goals. You might be qualified to get up to $12,000 each year until your 25th birthday celebration as long as you are selected at a post-secondary educational foundation and meet the enlistment measures and the organizations’ academic progress policies. Likewise, you should meet the ETV qualification capabilities and take on six semester hours.

To be qualified for the ETV Program, you should be somewhere around 16 and liable to stay in DFPS child care until turning 18, or are in expanded child care or you might have matured out of DFPS child care and are not yet age 25 (preceding September 30, 2022); or have been adopted from DFPS child care after turning age 16 and not yet age 25 (preceding September 30, 2022). You might have entered the Permanency Care Assistance (PCA) program in the wake of turning age 16 and are not yet age 25 (preceding September 30, 2022). All applications are accepted through the following dates:  Fall – October 1, Spring – March 1, Summer – July 1.

The BCFS System is a worldwide health and human help non-profit association with areas and projects throughout the United States, just as Eastern Europe, Latin America, South Asia, and Africa. They help people in need such as adults with disabilities, youth from foster care, low-income parents, families in crisis, minors separated from their families, etc.

Brief Description

Following is the short summary of the following grant:

Organization	BCFS Health and Human Services
Education Level	Post-secondary
Subjects	Any
Amount	$12,000
Access Mode	Online
Number of Awards	1
City	Any
Nationality	N/A
Country	USA
Contest Deadline	Varies
Application Fees	Not required
Requirements	Varies

Who is Eligible?

Following qualification requirements needs to be satisfied for this grant:

• be at least 16 and likely to remain in DFPS foster care until turning 18, or are in extended foster care; or
• have aged out of DFPS foster care and are not yet age 25 (before September 30, 2022); or
• have been adopted from DFPS foster care after turning age 16 and not yet age 25 (before September 30, 2022); or
• have entered the Permanency Care Assistance (PCA) program after turning 16 and are not yet age 25 (before September 30, 2022).

Other Eligible Students include:

• Youth placed in the custody of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department or under the jurisdiction of a local juvenile probation department who were receiving Title IV-E foster care payments the day before turning age 18 and are not yet age 25 (before September 30, 2022); or
• Tribal youth or young adults in tribal foster care are not yet age 25 (before September 30, 2022).

How to Apply?

The qualified candidates who are intrigued to apply must fill out the application form and attach all the below-mentioned documents. The link to the application form is provided on the official portal of the grant. You may download copies of the initial application and update the application to complete and submit via mail, fax, or email.

Supporting Documents

Below is the list of the documents that need to be attached with your application form:

Initial Application Documents:

• Budget worksheet
• ETV direct deposit form
• The request of funds and supporting documents (formerly “purchase voucher”)
• Class schedule
• Student classification
• Financial aid award letter or billing statement for vocational schools
• DFPS verification of eligibility
• College tuition and fee waiver letter, if available

Update Application Documents:

• Budget worksheet
• ETV direct deposit form
• The request of funds and supporting documents (formerly “purchase voucher”)
• Class schedule
• Student classification
• Financial aid award letter or billing statement for vocational schools
• Unofficial transcript

Benefits

The Texas Education and Training Voucher ETV Program offers grant assistance up to $12,000 per year until your 25th birthday as long as you are enrolled in a post-secondary education institution and satisfy the enrollment criteria and satisfactory academic progress policies established by the institutions. The awarded funds will be directly going against your education through the financial aid office of the institution you are going to.

Application Deadline

All participants are required to submit their entries on or before the following three deadlines:

• Fall – October 1
• Spring – March 1
• Summer – July 1

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