Fostering Futures Scholarship Trust Fund Raises More Than $39,000 for Foster Youth from Kalamazoo Fundraiser

Caption: State Treasurer Rachael Eubanks supplies remarks to company on the Fostering Futures Fundraiser Dinner in Kalamazoo on Friday, April 19, 2024.

Michigan’s foster care youth are eligible to obtain school scholarships following a Fostering Futures Scholarship Belief Fund Fundraising Dinner in Kalamazoo organized by the Michigan Schooling Belief (MET) and the Michigan Division of Well being and Human Companies (MDHHS).

Friday night’s occasion on the Radisson Plaza Resort in Kalamazoo was attended by round 150 company who raised roughly $39,375 for scholarships by MET, the Michigan Division of Treasury’s 529 pay as you go tuition program. 

“Fostering Futures Scholarship fundraisers are about breaking down boundaries for Michigan’s youth who’ve skilled foster care and demonstrating how compassion can flip into motion, hope into actuality and goals into achievements,” State Treasurer Rachael Eubanks stated. “I’m impressed by our foster youth who overcome extra challenges than most to acquire a certificates or diploma. The cash raised helps make the dream of faculty a actuality for a whole bunch of Michiganders yearly.”

A partnership between MET and MDHHS makes Fostering Futures Scholarships doable.

Near 10,000 youth are within the Michigan foster care system run by the Michigan Division of Well being and Human Companies. Nationally, fewer than 10% of former foster youth enroll in school after highschool and fewer than 3% finally earn a level.

The Fostering Futures Scholarship Belief Fund supplies former Michigan foster care college students who might not have ample monetary sources to attend school with a scholarship to a Michigan school or college. In the course of the 2023-24 educational 12 months, 441 college students at 60 totally different establishments benefited from the scholarship.  

“Everybody deserves the chance to pursue the schooling and profession path that’s proper for them,” stated Elizabeth Hertel, MDHHS director. “MDHHS is proud to be a part of this program, which assists with tuition and costs, books and provides, and room and board for college kids at a vocation college, apprenticeship or school.”

Fostering Futures Scholarship Belief Fund is a Part 170(c) group, so all contributions are eligible for an earnings tax deduction.

Anybody who couldn’t attend the occasion could make donations to the Fostering Futures Scholarship Belief Fund by visiting www.FosteringFutures-MI.com. Fostering Futures Scholarship Belief Fund is a Part 170 (c) non-profit group.  All contributions are eligible for an earnings tax deduction.

Since 2012, fundraising efforts have totaled greater than $1.4 million, with funds awarded as scholarships within the 12 months they have been raised.