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Students from foster care, unaccompanied houseless, kinship and other independent backgrounds have additional diverse identities. We desire for our services to create a sense of belonging for all our independent students and honor students in all their identities

As a program, we love having Fostering Success Program (FSP) students visiting our space in the stadium. Students drop by in between classes and often schedule appointments with student mentors or full-time staff coaches. It’s important that FSP students feel comfortable and welcome

Exciting new legislation, Senate Bill 22-008 passed this academic year and created the FosterEd program. FosterEd is Colorado’s new funding program for current and former foster students that covers the full cost of attendance, including tuition, fees, books, housing, food and other expenses

According to the National Foster Youth Institute, only 3% of youth who were in the foster care system obtain a college degree.

At CSU over 50% of former foster youth who start at Colorado State University will finish their CSU bachelor’s degree within 6 years

I’ll never forget the heartfelt words of an incoming FSP student during the summer before she started at CSU. Having just lost both of her parents within the span of a couple years, she was very aware that she was likely the only orphan at the Ram Orientation. While we enjoyed lunch together, she shared it was a relief to meet

Thank you for your kindness and support during this exceptional transition time. Fostering Success Program has been fortunate to connect with our students both in person and virtually this semester. At our first face to face FSP Family Dinner in 18 months, students rejoiced

As we approach the end of an unprecedented academic year, I’m inspired by our Fostering Success Program students and graduates. Our Class of 2020 and Class of 2021 graduating students are ambitious, talented and appreciative. We’re proud to have a growing number of independent students with 244 FSP students who have graduated

We hope you are staying healthy and well during this challenging time. Both the pandemic and upheaval in our country have understandably impacted students in the Fostering Success Program. At the same time, our students are not new to experiencing turmoil in their lives and have also been very resilient