North Carolina Education and Training Voucher Program (NCETV Program)

The NCETV Program is designed to help foster youth and former foster youth through college or vocational/technical training.

Eligibility: Applicants must meet these requirements

  • Eligible for the NC LINKS program – you must have been in foster care as a teenager and a citizen or qualified non-citizen. Have no personal assets of more than $10,000
  • Aged out of the foster care system at age 18 or were adopted from foster care with adoption finalization after your 16th birthday
  • Must be 18, 19, or 20 years of age to enter the ETV program
  • Accepted into or are enrolled in a degree, certificate or other accredited program at a college, university, technical or vocational school and show progress toward completing that degree or certificate.

Value: Recipients are eligible to receive up to $5,000 per school year to be used for tuition, books, and qualified living expenses.