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NC Reach
Offered independently by North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
About this scholarship
NC Reach funds up to four years of undergraduate education for students who aged out of or were adopted from North Carolina foster care, at North Carolina public universities and community colleges.
Who can apply
Students who aged out of North Carolina foster care at 18, exited to guardianship or KinGAP after age 16, or were adopted from foster care after age 12. Must attend a North Carolina public university or community college.
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 North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. 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.