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NEBRASKA FOSTER AND ADOPTIVE PARENT ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP

APPLICATION DEADLINE:   April 1, 2024

$250 Scholarship

NFAPA awards a scholarship to a youth who received foster care, adoption or guardianship services and wish to further their education beyond high school or GED.   Youth must have been a Ward of the State of Nebraska.  The scholarship form will be available until April 1, 2024 with requirements and submission instructions.  

NFAPA Scholarship 2024

 

The Lincoln Community Foundation manages over 50 scholarship funds that benefit students across the state of Nebraska.  Check their website after January 2017 for more information about their scholarship opportunities. There are generous scholarships offered to students in foster care in the State of Nebraska by the Mildred Fry Scholarship Fund at the Lincoln Community Foundation.  Three awards of a minimum of $1,500.00 are available this year to students who meet minimum admissions criteria and plan to enroll in a 2 or 4 year college or university within 6 months of graduation from high school.  Previous recipients may reapply by submitting another application. Contact info below:


Phone:  402-474-2345  Fax: 402-476-8532   www.lcf.org/impacting-community/student-scholarships

EducationQuest Scholarships!

Contact the EducationQuest Foundation for a free database that contains over 2000 Nebraska-based scholarships!   http://www.educationquest.org/scholarshipquest

The National Foster Parent Association (NFPA) has a Youth Scholarship Fund that was established to benefit foster, adoptive and birth children of NFPA members.  Up to five scholarships are awarded annually based on available funds.  Visit NFPA's Youth Scholarship page at https://nfpaonline.org/youth-and-continuing-ed-scholarships for more information.  

 

 Horatio Alger Scholarships 
Questions? Visit https://scholars.horatioalger.org/scholarships/ or call toll free at
866-763-9228

The American Educational Guidance Center recommends looking at their page for 60 no-cost scholarship search sites:  http://college-scholarships.com/

Other Scholarship Opportunities

 

ChamberofCommerce.org

The ChamberofCommerce.org we recently created a guide to college scholarships with helpful information and a variety of scholarships to look into.  

What We Do

Resource Family Consultants

Our staff includes Resource Family Consultants who specialize in one-on-one relationships, which provide foster parents with emotional encouragement, skill reinforcement, and parenting strategies unique to providing out-of-home care.

Scholarships

The Nebraska Foster & Adoptive Parent Association (NFAPA) offers scholarships to adoptive, foster, guardianship or kinship youth who wish to further their education beyond high school or GED.

Become a Foster Parent

There is an ongoing need in Nebraska for families willing to share their hearts and their homes with children who require temporary foster care. There is also a need for “forever” families for our waiting children, especially teens, who are available for adoption.