A RECORD NUMBER COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE GOING TO CURRENT AND FORMER YOUTH IN CARE OF THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES.
USUALLY, ABOUT 53 SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AWARDED EACH YEAR, BUT THIS TIME AROUND...THE TOTAL IS 259. GOVERNOR J-B PRITZKER SPOKE AT THE SCHOLARSHIP LUNCHEON, PRAISING THE STRENGTH THE STUDENTS HAVE SHOWN IN OVERCOMING SEEMINGLY UNSURMOUNTABLE OBSTACLES.
D-C-F-S DIRECTOR MARC SMITH SPOKE TO THE RECIPIENTS AND URGED THEM TO FACE COLLEGE HEAD-ON.
THE SCHOLARSHIP INCLUDES FIVE YEARS OF TUITION AND FEES AT PARTICIPATING STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, A MONTHLY STIPEND AND A MEDICAID CARD.
