{"id":12,"date":"2015-07-22T20:51:47","date_gmt":"2015-07-22T20:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fosteryouth\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2020-01-28T23:48:08","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T23:48:08","slug":"eligibility","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fosteryouth\/eligibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Eligibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Identify as a current or former foster youth that was in foster care on or after your 13th birthday for at least one day<\/li>\n<li>Under the age of 26.<\/li>\n<li>Submit a Verification of Dependency Letter documenting\u00a0foster care placement<\/li>\n<li>Enroll in at least six units per semester<\/li>\n<li>Complete <a href=\"https:\/\/studentaid.ed.gov\/sa\/fafsa\">FAFSA<\/a> \/<a href=\"https:\/\/dream.csac.ca.gov\/\">Dream<\/a> Application<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Dependency Letter states when the student first entered foster care and the end date or current status as a foster youth. A Dependency Letter can be provided by a social\/case worker, county office, or by contacting the\u00a0Foster Care\u00a0<span id=\"0.13489989400841296\" class=\"currentHitHighlight\">Omb<\/span>udsman\u2019s office at 1-877-846-1602.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Complete the FYRST Program\u00a0FYRST Intake Form AND provide a Dependency Letter<\/li>\n<li>Submit to the EOPS Office and make an appointment to meet the FYRST Counselor by contacting EOPS at (760) 744-1150 ext. 3090<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>How can I get more information?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Contact the <strong>FYRST Counselor\/Coordinator<\/strong> at (760) 744-1150 Extension 3090 or the<strong> EOPS Office<\/strong> at (760) 744-1150 Extension 2449<\/p>\n<p><strong>Email:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:fosterhelp@palomar.edu\">fosterhelp@palomar.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Identify as a current or former foster youth that was in foster care on or after your 13th birthday for at least one day Under the age of 26. Submit&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fosteryouth\/eligibility\/\">Continue Reading<span> Eligibility<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10605,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6zIRi-c","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fosteryouth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fosteryouth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fosteryouth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fosteryouth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10605"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fosteryouth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fosteryouth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":518,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fosteryouth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fosteryouth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}