INDEPENDENT

LIVING

Foster Care
Youth
ARE YOU A CURRENT FOSTER CARE
YOUTH OR INDEPENDENT LIVING
STUDENT?
ARE YOU ATTENDING COLLEGE AT AN
ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION IN SOUTH
CAROLINA?
INTERESTED IN MONEY FOR COLLEGE?

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find out more!
 ELIGIBLE SC INDEPENDENT COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
Public Senior Institutions
The Citadel
Clemson University
Coastal Carolina University
College of Charleston
Francis Marion University
Lander University
Medical University of S.C.
South Carolina State University
USC-Columbia
USC-Aiken
USC-Beaufort
USC Upstate
Winthrop University
USC Regional Campuses
USC-Lancaster
USC-Salkehatchie
USC-Sumter
USC-Union
Independent Institutions* Technical Colleges
Anderson College Aiken Technical College
Benedict College Central Carolina Technical College
Bob Jones University Denmark Technical College
Charleston Southern University Florence-Darlington Tech. College
Claflin College Greenville Technical College
Coker College Horry-Georgetown Tech. College
Columbia College Midlands Technical College *Eligible student's who attend an
Columbia International University Northeastern Technical College Independent Institution may receive a
Converse College Orangeburg-Calhoun Tech. College Tuition Grant (based on need). For
Erskine College Piedmont Technical College more information contact
Furman University Spartanburg Technical College info@sctuitiongrants.org
Limestone College Tech. College of the Lowcountry
Morris College Tri-County Technical College Eligible students are still able to
Newberry College Trident Technical College receive the additional $2,000 Foster
North Greenville College Williamsburg Technical College Care Youth Grant.
Presbyterian College York Technical College
South University (Effective Fall 2004)
Southern Wesleyan University Two-Year Independent Institution*
Voorhees College Spartanburg Methodist College
Wofford College

You may be eligible for state grant funds for college. The SC
Commission on Higher Educations SC Need-based Grant program
works with students with current Foster Care Youth/ Independent
Living status in an effort to provide the most amount of FREE money!
Grants of up to $2,500 per year with up to an additional $2,000 per
year are available for qualified Foster Care Youth/Independent
Living students who enroll at one of South Carolinas eligible 2-year
or 4-year public or independent colleges and universities.

For more information on how to participate, please contact your

school counselor, caseworker, or the SC Need-Based Grant
Program Manager from the Commission on Higher Education.
You may also visit the SC Need-based Grant
page online through www.che.sc.gov.

Deadline
May 1st