Our Foster Success program offers scholarships for Ivy Tech and Oakland City University … apply now!
The Isaiah 1:17 Project along with Ivy Tech and Oakland City University is teaming up to offer scholarships to high school grads in foster care through the Foster Success program.
Scholarships aim to help young adults that are aging out of the foster care system pay for college education
Foster Success scholarships and mentorships promote positive outcomes, improve employment opportunities and reduce risk factors associated with the transition of young adults from foster care experiences.
Foster Success scholarships include partnerships with on-campus resources and volunteer mentors from churches partnering through The Isaiah 1:17 Project that provide material, emotional and spiritual support and assistance to scholarship recipients.
18 scholarships will be awarded over the next two years, two from Oakland City University and 16 from the Ivy Tech Community College in Evansville, through the creation of an endowment at the Ivy Tech Foundation.
In addition, an endowment is being established at the University of Southern Indiana Foundation that will provide scholarships to former foster children beginning in the 2024-2025 school year.The deadline for application for the 2021-22 academic year is August 1 for Oakland City University and will be ongoing until February for Ivy Tech University due to varied start times.
Foster Success is a partnership with Oakland City University, Ivy Tech and the University of Southern Indiana, along with funding from Welborn Baptist Foundation.
