Rep. Reichert secured $500,000 for Seattle U's Fostering Scholars Program

Seattle University – Fostering Scholars Program

In Washington State, only 3 in 10 foster youth graduate from high school and only 25% of that 30% enroll in a post-secondary education program. Within one year of emancipation, only 43% were employed with 45% looking for work.  Of those employed 47% were making wages at or below the poverty line.  The Fostering Scholars Program provides full-tuition scholarships, year-round room and board, health insurance, personal support, a program of cohort and leadership development, work-study jobs, and opportunity to study abroad, access to tutoring, therapy and counseling as needed, and the benefit of emergency funds to foster children who have aged out of the foster care system.

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