Bridging Success
Supporting Students with Foster Care Experience at Maricopa Community Colleges
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What is Bridging Success?
What is Bridging Success?
Bridging Success is a program throughout Maricopa Community Colleges to support students who have experienced the foster care system.
Bridging Success is here to provide:
- 1:1 coaching and mentorship support
- Access to Champions (see below)
- Connection to Campus & Community Support
- Campus Events & Workshops
- Help with enrollment, financial aid, or any other campus concerns
What are Champions?
What are Champions?
Champions are staff/faculty on each campus who are available to directly help you. These Champions have been trained on the specific resources that may be available to you. Look for this logo on your campus:
To find a Champion on your campus, click on your school’s name on this website: Bridging Success Website
Community Resources
Community Resources
Scholarships & Emergency/Safety Net Funding
Scholarships & Emergency/Safety Net Funding
Food distribution
Food distribution
The Arizona Education and Training Voucher (ETV) Program is a federally-funded, state-administered program that provides financial, academic, and student support for young people who are or have been in foster care and are enrolled in qualified colleges, universities, or vocational education programs.
The Arizona ETV program is open to any current and former young person in foster care who meets at least one of these criteria:
You are a young person who is or was in U.S. foster care on or after your 16th birthday for ETV (14th for Tuition Waiver)
You were adopted from U.S. foster care with the adoption finalized after your 16th birthday for ETV (14th for Tuition Waiver)
Additionally you must:
Be under the age of 26
Be an Arizona resident
Be a U.S. citizen or qualified non-citizen
Have personal assets (bank account, car, home, etc.) worth less than $10,000
Be enrolled in a degree, certificate or other accredited program and show that you are making satisfactory academic progress.
Arizona ETV recipients must maintain a minimum 2.0 GPA each term. Students must submit an academic transcript showing grades and GPA from the most recently completed semester/term.
ETV applications are rolling. The deadline to apply for the 2025-2026 academic year is July 31, 2026.
Sign-up and answer a brief series of questions, then complete your ETV application here
Sign-up and answer a brief series of questions, then complete your ETV application here.
Help & Information
Help & Information
Follow Bridging Success Maricopa on Instagram 🤳: @BridgingSuccessMaricopa
Email Bridging Success 📧: allison.goodwin@domail.maricopa.edu
Text Bridging Success 📱: 480-269-0304
Schedule a Meeting 🗓️: HERE
Why are you reaching out to me?
Why are you reaching out to me?
When you completed the FAFSA, you answered yes to a question about being in foster care any time after the age 13. Emails will be sent throughout the semester with information on campus and community events and resources.
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