Tennessee Hope Foster Child Tuition Grant
A foster child is defined as one who was in the custody of the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services:
1. For at least one (1) year after reaching fourteen (14) years of age;
2. For at least one (1) year after reaching fourteen (14) years of age and placed for adoption by the Department of Children’s Services or one of its adoption contract agencies and the adoption was finalized; or
3. For at least one (1) year and placed in permanent guardianship by the Department of Children’s Services after reaching fourteen (14) years of age.
The receipt of a Tennessee HOPE Foster Child Tuition Grant is contingent upon the following:
1. Student must be a recipient of either the Tennessee HOPE scholarship or Tennessee HOPE Access grant; and
2. Be admitted to an eligible postsecondary institution. Academically qualifying for any of these awards program does not guarantee admission to an eligible postsecondary institution.
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