Texas A&M University-San Antonio program helps foster, adopted youth succeed through college
SAN ANTONIO โ Fernando Jacquez is one of the first students to graduate from Texas A&M University-San Antonioโs Fostering Assistance, Transitions & Education (FATE) program, which aims to help Bexar County foster and adopted youths earn a college degree. New program helps foster care youth aging out of system prepare for adult lifeThe program started in November 2019 and aims to increase college admission and graduation rates of foster and adopted youth. โWhen we age out of foster (care), you know, we come out of foster homes, itโs like, well, you know, goodbye,โ Jacquez said. And I said, โWell, arenโt you using the waiver?โโ said Norma Davila, foster care support coordinator at Texas A&M University-San Antonio. Thanks to the program, Jacquez learned more about a waiver provided by the state that helps pay for education for youths who go through the foster care system.