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While the Ontario government provides funding to cover the cost of living for children in the care of CAS, they are just beginning to provide some assistance for post-secondary education, but not nearly enough to ensure that these youth succeed.
Most young people have family to help them make the transition to living independently, but youth in the care of CAS have no family to help pay for their first apartment or help them with the cost of post-secondary education.
This is where the Foundation can help.
As our mission states, we are committed to helping children and youth reach their full potential. One of the most important parts of this mission is helping youth get the education necessary to prepare them for their adult lives.
Bursaries for post-secondary education are one of the most important and popular programs provided by the Foundation. Our supporters have always recognized the importance of these bursaries, enabling us to expand the program -- providing only one bursary in 2004 to 43 bursaries in 2011.
Bursaries are not only an affirmation of a young person's scholastic ability, but also of his or her determination to succeed in the face of personal hardship.
These bursaries are provided to youth in the permanent care of CAS (Crown Wards). These bursaries enable them to pursue their dream of post-secondary education in a university, college or skilled trades program.
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