Do you/are you eligible to receive Chafee? (Chafee is a California state grant awarded to a subset of foster youth and would appear on your financial aid award).
The California Chafee Grant is free money for current or former California foster youth to help pay for college or career and technical training. Chafee Grants don’t have to be paid back. To qualify, you must: Be a current or former foster youth; not have reached your 26th birthday as of July 1 of the award year; not have participated in the program for more than 5 years (whether or not consecutive). To qualify, foster youth dependency of the court must have been established between the ages of 16 and 18. Kingap youth who are or were eligible to receive Independent Living Program services, guardian placements and voluntary placements may not be eligible for the California Chafee Grant unless court dependency was established between the ages of 16 and 18. For more information go to this link: https://chafee.csac.ca.gov/SupportFiles/Chafee_factsheet.pdf