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| Data Notes |
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| Data Source: |
HECB data. |
| Measure Definition: |
Enrolled students are student receiving college scholarship and other support through the program. Eligible students are newly-emancipated youth identified by DSHS based on program eligibility criteria and DSHS foster youth records. |
| Target Rationale: |
Program provides access to higher education for youth who have been under the protection of the State of Washington. |
| Link to Agency Strategic Plan: |
Program raises educational attainment for youth who would otherwise lack access to higher education without financial support. |
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| Action Plan: |
No |
| Extended Analysis: |
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- Created in 2007, Passport is a six-year pilot project to provide financial aid and support services to students from foster care.
- Of the students who enrolled in 2010-11, 60% were continuing students from 2009-10. About 63% of students from the 2008-09 class re-enrolled in 2009-10. For comparison purposes, community and technical college system data indicate 54% of fall 2008 degree seeking, low-income students continued their enrollment in 2009-10.
- Each year approximately 600 youth who emancipate from DSHS meet Passport eligibility criteria. Of those, about one third enroll in college the following year.
- Colleges are provided with financial incentives for the academic progress of foster youth.
- In 2009-10, an additional 14% of eligible students attended an eligible postsecondary institution within the state, but did not receive financial aid benefits. In addition, the HECB estimates that at least an additional 3% enrolled in a post-secondary institution out-of-state or at an ineligible institution within the state who did not qualify for the program. Comparable data for 2010-11 will be available in fall 2011.
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