PA Independent Living Program

For more information please visit the Independent Living Project website

or contact:

University of Pittsburgh Independent Living Project
403 E. Winding Hill Road
Mechanicsburg PA, 17055
Phone: (717) 795-9048
Fax: (717) 795-8013

The Chafee Education and Training Grant (ETG) Program is a federally funded program that offers grant assistance to Pennsylvania undergraduate students aging out of foster care who are attending a post-secondary institution approved for Federal Title IV student financial assistance programs.

For more inform and to obtain an application please visit the PHEAA website

http://www.pheaa.org/specialprograms/pa_chafee_grant_program.shtml

or contact the PHEAA State Grant and Special Programs office at 1-800-692-7392

The Independent Living Program, or ILP, is a Title IV-E, federally-funded, state-administered, program to prepare foster care youth, ages 16-21, for their transition from foster care to independence, e.g. for when they will no longer be under the care of a local Children and Youth agency and must have the skills to live on their own.
The Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (DPW) is committed to providing youth making the transition from placement to independent living with the skills and resources necessary to make them independent and productive members of society. The primary purpose of the IL program is to make every effort possible to reduce or eliminate the instances of homelessness, poverty, delinquent or criminal behavior, and non-marital childbirth and to increase employability, high school graduation rates, enrollment in post-secondary or vocational intuitions and successful transition to adulthood.