Passport to Careers
What is Passport to Careers?
Have you been in foster care? Or were you homeless without a parent or guardian?
Highline College is collaborating with Passport to Careers Promise Scholarship program (Passport) to support the educational pursuits and aspirations of students who identify as former foster youth, homeless or at risk for homelessness, students who were emancipated minors or in legal guardianship.
You do not have to be a Passport scholarship recipient in order to receive support from the designated support staff.
Contact Information
Megan Mihara
TRIO Advisor and Retention Specialist & Passport Designated Support Staff
Email: mmihara@highline.edu
Phone: (206) 592-4504
TRIO Advisor and Retention Specialist & Passport Designated Support Staff
Email: mmihara@highline.edu
Phone: (206) 592-4504
Eligibility for the scholarship includes:
Being a Washington resident, enrolling in a college/apprenticeship program before age 22, and meeting one of the following criteria below:
- Experiencing state, federal, or tribal foster care after the age of 13
- Experiencing unaccompanied homelessness (use the FAFSA/WASFA definition as seen here) by the age of 21 in the prior academic year
The three primary components are:
- A student scholarship to provide financial assistance beyond other state, federal, private, or institutional aid;
- Campus incentive funding for those who designate support staff and take other steps to recruit and retain former foster youth; and
- A partnership with the College Success Foundation to provide additional intervention and retention services as well as training and technical assistance