2021 Training of Ohio Financial Aid Administrators
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The document outlines a training agenda focused on improving post-secondary outcomes for former foster care students in Ohio, highlighting the importance of informing them about available resources. It emphasizes the significant gap in resource utilization and the challenges faced by these students, exacerbated by the pandemic, with a resource overview that includes five essential support programs. Continued partnerships are encouraged to ensure these resources reach eligible students while recommending policy improvements for financial and housing support.
2021 Training of Ohio Financial Aid Administrators
- 1. OASFAA Training Lisa Dickson Tina Jacob, MPH, CHES Cloe Cooper Lamar Graham Amadea Jennings Ky Rodriguez
- 3. 1. Desired Outcomes 2. Sense of Urgency 3. Resource Overview 4. Continued Partnership 5. Questions and Answers Agenda
- 4. Desired Outcomes • To improve outcomes for post-secondary students with a foster care history by informing them about available resources. • This will greatly improve retention; nationally less than 3% of former foster youth graduate with a four- year degree.
- 5. • This impacts many students in Ohio. In 2016: 14,528 Ohio post-secondary students reported having a foster care history 3,689 were eligible as independent students on the FAFSA.
- 6. Sense of Urgency • There is a large gap that exists between resources available and resource utilization due to lack of awareness • This international pandemic has had a negative impact on all students, particularly those who lack family support.
- 7. Transition to Young Adulthood for a young person growing up with their biological family
- 8. Challenges faced by a young person who “ages out” of foster care
- 9. ACES • Adverse Childhood Experience Score measures trauma. • 51% of children in the system have a score of 4 or more while only 13% of general pop have the same score. • Higher scores means higher risk of risk-taking behaviors and a negative impact on physical and mental health.
- 10. Lack of support system creates barriers
- 11. Out of the 2,700 students who participated in an October 2020 survey of former foster youth conducted by the Jim Casey Youth Initiative: • 32% were lacking in rent money • 33% were food-insecure • 26% lacked funding for transportation • 39% were struggling with employment • 43% reported difficulties with emotional health
- 12. Resource Overview • Ohio Reach and ACTION Ohio have created a Resource List for Former Foster Youth Pursuing Post-Secondary Education. • Ohio Reach Peer Mentors are going to share five of these resources and why they are so important.
- 13. Five Resources 1. Bridges 2. FAFSA 3. ETV 4. Short-Term Certificate Funds 5. Campus Programs
- 14. • Requirements – Work 80 hours a month or enrolled in school – Aged out of care at 18, 19, or 20 • Monthly stipend to help cover expenses related to transitioning out of care • Additional connection to resources related to housing, food, etc.
- 15. Filing as an “Independent Student” Three categories: • Student who is an orphan, in foster care, or a ward of the court, at any time when the student was 13 years of age or older • Student who is an emancipated minor or is in legal guardianship as determined by the court in their state of legal residence • Applicant is verified as an unaccompanied youth who is homeless or at risk of homelessness and self-supporting 2007 College Cost Reduction and Access Act
- 16. ETV Eligibility: A current, or former foster youth who: • Was in foster care on their 18th birthday and aged out at that time; OR • Was adopted from foster care with the adoption finalized AFTER his/her 16th birthday; OR • Will have his/her foster care case closed between the ages of 18 and 21 • At least 18 to apply for the first time.
- 17. ETV Benefits: • This includes colleges, universities and vocational institutions • Funds can be used for: Tuition, textbooks, and living expenses • Must be already accepted or enrolled in a degree, certificate or other accredited program at a college, university, technical, vocational school • To remain eligible for ETV funding, students must show progress toward a degree or certificate. • Students remain eligible for ETV up until their 27th birthday.
- 20. Ohio Reach and Campus Programs More on www.ohioreach.org/network
- 21. Founded by a foster care alumni, to serve students with a foster care history at OSU:
- 22. Continued Partnership • We would love for this list of resources to be proactively shared with every student at your school who fills out the FAFSA as an independent student, each quarter, along with the contact info for your campus representative. • Please review the Policy and Practice Recommendations in the policy brief, such as financial supports (i.e. CARES Act), access to year-round campus housing, and access to transportation supports.