Boston Area Campus Support Network: The Wily Network

The Wily Network provides an important safety net for college students, in the greater Boston area, who have persevered through homelessness, foster care or similar family situation. The Wily Network offers these promising students weekly coaching, financial assistance, community building, and networking to help them move from surviving to thriving in college. The Wily Network supports students at the following institutions: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston College, Middlebury College, Northeastern University, Bridgewater State University, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, and Boston University.

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Tuition Waiver: Board of Higher Education DCF Foster Child Tuition Waiver and Fee Assistance Program

The Board of Higher Education voted to provide a tuition waiver for children adopted through the Department of Social Services (6/22/2000), and the legislature amended Chapter 15A, Section 19 to provide for tuition waivers for youth in DCF care (July 2008).

Eligibility

• Be between the ages of 17-24
• Have been in foster care for at least one year (in response to a Care and Protection petition)
• Agree to contribute to their higher education expenses via a work-study program

The Foster Child Tuition Waiver Program offers free tuition to 29 Massachusetts state community colleges and universities to foster children who receive approval.

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Contact

Maureen Fallon Messeder

Director Adolescent Support Services, MA DCF
24 Farnsworth Street Boston, MA 02210
Phone: (617) 748-2231
Fax: (617) 748-2156
maureen.messeder@state.ma.us