April 2008Vol. 9, No. 3Factsheet on College Aid for Foster Youth
Voice for Adoption (VFA) has developed a factsheet on the new college financial aid provisions for foster youth that will go into effect in 2009. The new provisions remove a financial disincentive to adopting teens from foster care by disregarding adoptive parents' income when calculating a youth's need for financial aid for youth adopted after their 13th birthday. The factsheet, which explains the details of the Fostering Adoption to Further Student Achievement Act (FAFSA) that was signed into law in September 2007 as part of Public Law 110-84, is available on the VFA website:
http://www.voice-for-adoption.org/sites/default/files/FAFSA%20factsheet_updated2010.pdf (PDF - 80 KB)