Pennsylvania Chafee Education and Training Grant Program
Direct application
Eligibility
About this scholarship
Pennsylvania undergraduate students who experienced foster care at age 16 or older, including adoption or permanent legal custodianship after age 16, and are under age 26 by July 1 may qualify for need-based aid toward eligible postsecondary study.
Students may receive up to $5,000 per academic year. Awards are contingent on federal funding and may not exceed cost of attendance minus other aid. The grant may be used for up to five years of undergraduate study at least half time at Title IV eligible institutions.
File the FAFSA annually and submit a mailed PHEAA Chafee Education and Training Grant application with required documentation.
The Chafee ETG helps Pennsylvania foster youth transition to adulthood through postsecondary education.
Essay questions
What else to submit
- FAFSA
- Mailed PHEAA Chafee Education and Training Grant application
- Required foster-care eligibility documentation
- Pennsylvania resident
- Experienced foster care at age 16 or older (youth aging out of foster care)
- Enrolled as an undergraduate student at an eligible postsecondary institution
- Complete the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) annually
- Download, complete, and mail the Chafee ETG Program Application form to PHEAA
- Award is contingent on federal funding and may not exceed cost of attendance minus other aid.
- May be used for up to five years of undergraduate study at least half time.