Montana: Chafee Foster Care Independence Program
About this resource
The services offered by the CFCIP are intended to help Montana foster youth get the life skills they need to make a successful transition into adulthood. By assisting youth in achieving self-sufficiency and obtaining future goals, the MCFCIP enables youth in the foster care system create a healthy lifestyle and a successful future.
Services include:
- Educational/Vocational Assistance
- College Resources like dormitory support
- Education and Training Vouchers through Reach Higher Montana
- Life skills assessments
- Life skills instruction
- Mentors
- Transitional living plans
- Youth Advisory Board
- Job readiness
- Obtaining work
- Obtaining GED
- Support with travel costs to job or school
Among many others, please check out the webpage for a full list.
Who can use this resource (eligibility)?
To be eligible for the CFCIP, a youth must be:
- Between the ages of 14-21, currently in foster care, likely to "age out" of the foster care system, has aged out of the foster care system or has achieved guardianship or adoption after the age of 16.