Vermont John H. Chafee Education and Training Scholarship
Direct application
$5,000
Eligibility
Demographics
Adopted
Location
Vermont
Education level
Undergraduate
Financial
Financial need
Age
Age up to 21
About this scholarship
Vermont residents age 21 or younger who aged out of foster care may apply for the Vermont John H. Chafee Education and Training Scholarship. Applicants must have been under Vermont DCF custody through their 18th birthday, or adopted after age 16 while otherwise eligible, and must demonstrate financial need.
Awards of up to $5,000 support postsecondary education or training at an accredited school approved for federal Title IV funding.
Apply through VSAC's Unified Scholarship Application. The program helps young adults transition from foster care into education and career training.
Essay questions
What else to submit
- VSAC Unified Scholarship Application
- FAFSA
- Vermont grant application
- Unified Scholarship Application (USA)
- FAFSA
- Vermont grant application (vsac.org/grants)
- Eligibility: experienced DCF custody after age 14 (after age 16 if exited to adoption/legal guardianship); under age 26 and not in the program more than five years; demonstrate financial need; attend
- The source's supplemental eligibility text says applicants must be under age 26 and participate in the program for no more than five years, conflicting with the description's age-21-or-younger condition.