The California Chafee Grant Program gives up to $5,000 annually of free money to foster youth and former foster youth to use for college courses or vocational school training. And you don't have to pay it back!

You must be enrolled in a:

• College or vocational school that is eligible
• Course of study at least half time
• Course of study that is at least one year long and is eligible (accredited)
• and you must maintain a C average or better

To apply you must:

Have been in California foster care on your 16th birthday, and not reached your 22nd birthday.

File two forms:

• 2005-06 Free application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA (Self-addressed envelope is included with the FAFSA), or file online @ http://www.fafsa.ed.gov

and

• California Chafee Grant Program Application
  Get an application online at http://www.chafee.csac.ca.gov.  Or you can call the Commission at 1-888-224-7268 #3 from 8:00am until 5:00pm Monday through Friday to ask for an application. Send it to the Student Aid Commission.

You can write the commission at:

California Student Aid Commission, Specialized Programs

Attn: California Chafee Grant Program
P.O. Box 419029
Rancho Cordova, CA 95741-9029

You can email your questions to the Commission at: specialized@scac.ca.gov
You can review general California Chafee Grant information. Just log onto the Commission's Website at: http://www.chafee.csac.ca.gov

FOR RELATED LINKS:

http://www.csac.ca.gov

http://www.fafsa.ed.gov

 Contact your ILP case manager or Program Manager with any questions that you may have.