Financial Empowerment Fund Scholarship Application
NEW YORKERS FOR CHILDREN
New Yorkers For Children protects, ensures, and promotes the safety and
well-being of NYC’s children and families, with an emphasis on youth in foster
care.
Please
visit our website www.newyorkersforchildren.org
for more information about our programs.
The purpose of this scholarship
is to help ease the financial burden of pursuing a college education and to
alleviate current debt and/or prevent students from incurring debt by
connecting them to a Financial Coach and providing them with financial support.
Up to five students will be selected for this scholarship and will receive up
to $5000 based on academic merit and financial need. Each scholarship recipient
must meet with a Financial Coach, provided by First Republic Bank, once per semester.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
*Priority will be given to students who
have aged out of the foster care system.