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Young adults transitioning from foster care homes, group homes or in some cases homelessness need particular support as they embark on their academic career and college life. The nsoro Foundation matches each nsoro scholar with a caring adult to provide emotional support and encouragement to assist our students while enrolled in college.

Mentors make a two year commitment to our mentoring program, providing constant emails, telephone calls, sending care packages and making visits when possible. Many nsoro Scholars are navigating without an adult in their life who has attended college, or can provide advice, support and information on class selection and working with students to develop a reasonable graduation plan. Mentoring relationships provide ongoing support and access to information, tutoring services and housing to keep students focused on and driven by long term goals.

The nsoro Foundation provides the training and support volunteers will need to be successful advocates for our college students.  Click Here to download the necessary application.

During academic breaks and holidays many of our students have no permanent residency or alternative to dorm housing. The nsoro Foundation works with our corporate and non-profit partners to access to information for temporary housing through internships that offer housing during extended breaks. We also work with students to identify short term housing options. Internships are designed to expose our students to the professional world and increase their motivation to graduate from college. Additionally, internships offer the exposure to essential marketable job skills that make our graduates competitive job applicants upon graduation.

If you would like to offer a summer internship to an nsoro Scholar, please contact cynthiamoreland@thenf.org.

The nsoro Educational Foundation is committed to creating new cycles of achievement for students in foster care. Our mission is to provide academic scholarships and vital support necessary to ensure the success of our students. If you have ever been in foster care and can show documentation from the state, we strongly encourage you to apply for an nsoro Scholarship.

Children in foster care have dreams of higher education like many high school students, however students in foster care do not have the same family support, constant encouragement and financial support necessary to successfully complete high school, research and submit timely college applications and financial aid forms. At the nsoro Foundation, we believe in the ability of foster care students, we celebrate their success. We want to support our students as they break cycles of underachievement, unemployment and broken family structure.

Who is eligible? Graduating high school seniors as well as current undergraduate or trade school students may apply. All applicants must show State documentation of foster care placement. Eligible applicants can be emancipated or “aged-out” from foster care. All applicants must show written acceptance and enrollment in a college, university or trade school.

How much is an nsoro Scholarship? nsoro Foundation Scholarship awards range between $4,000 and $8,000 per student per degree program on average depending on student financial need. Payments are made per semester or quarter depending on the school or degree program.

What does the scholarship cover? You may use your scholarship for tuition & academic fees, lab fees, books, student meal plans or on-campus housing. All payments are made to the educational institution and will not be made payable directly to students. Any unused scholarship awards must be returned to nsoro to reinvest in the future of students with demonstrated need.