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South Carolina Need-based Grant Foster Care Waiver

Offered independently by South Carolina Commission on Higher Education

Supplements the South Carolina Need-based GrantSouth Carolina

About this scholarship

South Carolina enhances its Need-based Grant for students in foster care attending South Carolina colleges. The annual application deadline is May 1.

Who can apply

Students currently in South Carolina DSS custody or in the DSS Independent Living Program. Youth who were adopted or left care voluntarily are not eligible for this waiver.

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. 1. Check the deadline. Saturday, May 1, 2027.
  2. 2. Gather your documents. Use the checklist to the side so you are not scrambling at the last minute.
  3. 3. Open the sponsor’s application. The button below takes you straight to South Carolina Commission on Higher Education. Your application is submitted there, directly to them.
  4. 4. Save your confirmation. Keep the confirmation email or reference number, and follow up with the sponsor if you do not hear back.
Start your application on South Carolina Commission on Higher Education’s site

Opens the sponsor’s own application. Thank a Teacher does not receive applications and never collects or stores any of your information.