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Financial assistance in Oregon
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Chafee Education and Training Voucher — foster-youth application
Higher Education Coordinating Commission — Office of Student Access and Completion (OSAC) · Shared Oregon or institution-specific route
Postsecondary education and training assistance for eligible current and former foster youth.
Publisher reports applications open: Publisher’s Grant Updates section says the 2026-27 application is open.
How to apply: start, prepare, submit and follow up
Amount or support
Award depends on program and current funding.
Start here: Complete the award-year FAFSA.
1. Is this for me?
Foster-care history and age rules apply; applicants must be 25 or younger, with final disbursement before age 26.
Service area: Oregon; confirm program-specific location and institution requirements.
2. What should I prepare?
Some documents may be conditional. Ask about alternatives. Checkmarks are temporary and are not saved or sent.
3. Where and how do I submit?
Read the linked publisher instructions to confirm the receiving office, accepted submission method and current forms. This page has not separately verified those details. A county filter does not decide the correct court or filing location.
- Complete the award-year FAFSA.
- Submit Chafee through the OSAC Student Portal and select attendance terms and college.
- If foster care occurred outside Oregon, ask OSAC about required verification or the other state’s program.
- Respond to ODHS/OSAC requests and complete the college’s award requirements.
- Update OSAC if your school changes.
Timing: 2026-27: Winter deadline November 1, 2026; Spring deadline February 1, 2027. Earlier term deadlines have passed.
4. What will it cost?
Details to confirm with the provider
A program-specific cost explanation has not been verified. Ask the provider whether this route has any fees, required contribution or repayment terms, and what cost assistance is available.
5. What happens after I submit?
Details to confirm with the provider
Keep a copy of what you send and its confirmation or receipt. Ask the receiving office how to track it, when to expect a response and how it will request missing information. These follow-up details have not been separately verified for this route.
6. What if something goes wrong?
Details to confirm with the provider
Read any returned filing, correction request or denial notice promptly. Ask the responsible office for the correction, review or appeal instructions and the deadline that applies to your notice. This guide does not verify a route-specific appeal process.
Language, disability and offline help
Ask the receiving office about language assistance, disability accommodations and an alternative to online submission. Available options have not been separately verified for this route.
The page also retains 2025-26 amount/deadline text; confirm the current-year award maximum with OSAC. Funding and school review determine the award.
Sources and review date
Application guidance reviewed 2026-10-11. Check the current publisher instructions before applying.
Chafee Education and Training Grant | Oregon Student Aid
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