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Homestretch Scholarship
Offered independently by embrella
About this scholarship
$5,000 per year for the junior and senior years of college, for New Jersey students with foster care experience.
Who can apply
College sophomores entering junior year at a 4-year college with a GPA of 2.5 or higher who were involved with NJ's Division of Child Protection and Permanency (foster care, adoption, or kinship legal guardianship), and who identify as a STEM major, BIPOC, or female. Annual application cycle.
Every scholarship in this directory is exclusively for current or former foster youth. Read the sponsor’s own eligibility rules before you start — they decide who qualifies.
How to submit your application
- 1. Check the deadline. No fixed deadline published — check the sponsor's site.
- 2. Gather your documents. Use the checklist to the side so you are not scrambling at the last minute.
- 3. Open the sponsor’s application. The button below takes you straight to embrella. Your application is submitted there, directly to them.
- 4. Save your confirmation. Keep the confirmation email or reference number, and follow up with the sponsor if you do not hear back.
Opens the sponsor’s own application. Thank a Teacher does not receive applications and never collects or stores any of your information.