The Guardian Scholars Program (GSP) provides an intensive and case-managed network of resources to students who are currently in extended foster care, and who will have or have already “aged out” or “emancipated” from the foster care system. 

GSP prioritizes our most vulnerable subset of foster youth, namely those who were not reunited with kin or adopted out of the system. Our goal is to facilitate the successful pursuit of higher education for emancipated foster youth by offering augmented services, including financial assistance to provide basic needs, such as housing, medical co-pays, and access to educational opportunities.  

GSP offers access to the following services also: Priority registration, Priority housing, Weekly community-building activities, Financial awards for basic living expenses, and educational and emergency needs.

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