Foster Youth Resources
Contact Us
Basic Needs Department
BasicNeeds@pierce.ctc.edu
253-864-3190
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- Passport To Careers
- Helps former foster youth and unaccompanied homeless youth prepare for, and succeed, in college through scholarship and support services.
- Washington State Governors' Scholarship for Foster Youth
- A scholarship for current or former foster care youth in Washington State.
- Education and Training Voucher (ETV)
- Helps eligible current and former foster care youth with funds to attend college or vocational training.
- Treehouse
- Helps current and extended foster care youth and their families with essential needs, including funds for driver’s education and licenses, college application fees, school supplies and clothing, and much more.
- Amara
- Provides support for youth ages 11-18 who are in foster or kinship care. Their STAR Youth Programincludes a free teen center for peer support, after school programming, and leadership opportunities.
- Supplemental Education Transition Planning Program (SETuP)
- Provides support for foster care and unaccompanied homeless youth ages 13-21 navigate high school and GED completion to transition into college and vocational training and independent housing.