Chafee Education and Training Grant Program

The Chafee Education and Training Grant (ETG) Program is a federally funded program that offers grant assistance towards the costs of attendance at an institution of higher education for Chafee eligible youth who, after attaining 16 years of age, have left foster care to return home, kinship care, guardianship or adoption. ETG is available to Pennsylvania undergraduate students who are attending a postsecondary institution approved for Federal Title IV student financial assistance programs.

The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) administers the ETG Grant Program on behalf of Pennsylvania Department of Human Services as authorized under the Foster Care Independence Act of 1999 and amended by the Promoting Safe and Stable Families Amendments of 2001 and the Family First Prevention Services Act of 2018.  Maximum awards under this program are $5,000 per academic year based on available funds. Youth are eligible to receive ETG for 5 years, which need not be consecutive, or until age 26. However, no award may exceed the student’s cost of attendance minus other financial aid the student is receiving. Awards are contingent upon federal funding and are not guaranteed. For more information and eligibility requirements for this grant, visit: https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dhs/resources/for-providers/child-welfare-providers/chafee-foster-care.html