YOUTH OPPORTUNITY

YOUTH OPPORTUNITY— Children's Action Network and the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption have partnered to create a national scholarship program, Fostering a Future sponsored by Capital One, to benefit youth adopted from foster care.

The fund was designed to provide children who were adopted from foster care with the opportunity to pursue their educational goals. The fund will provide parents considering the adoption of an older child an opportunity for education assistance by adding this special scholarship to existing post-adoption resources. It is also our intent that the fund will help alleviate some concerns about new financial obligations facing adoptive parents.

We are currently accepting applications. Applicants must: have been adopted from the United States foster care system after the age of 13, be graduating high school senior, maintain or improve qualifying grade point average throughout applicant’s senior year and demonstrate financial need.

Applications will be accepted between now and April 20, 2009. In order to download an application, please visit Children's Action Network. If you have any questions, or would like more information, please don’t hesitate to e-mail Children’s Action Network at Caninformation@aol.com or call 800.525.6789.