This scholarship is open to undergraduate international adoptees who demonstrate leadership, drive, integrity, and civic engagement. They seek candidates who have used their adoption story and formative youth experiences to lead, serve, and pursue a life of purpose and significance, both individually and for their communities.
This scholarship is for children adopted later in life (at or after 13). It aims to provide opportunities for advanced education (must be incoming freshman). Each year, one student is selected to receive a scholarship of up to $10,000 annually. The scholarship can go towards tuition, books, and other college-related expenses.
This scholarship is open to all adoptees (domestic or international) who plan to or are currently in higher education. Applicants could be awarded up to $500. Scholarship applications are centered around a question or theme relating to the adoptee experience.
Adoption STAR offers four unique scholarship opportunities for the adoption community. Scholarships are for academics, LGBTQ+ prospective parents, and special needs children. All of the criteria and application requirements for the scholarships are included.
This article answers a few questions about college scholarships for adopted youth. It also provides links to different college scholarships for international adoptees and youth adopted from foster care.
This article ranks and discusses some of the best scholarship search engines. These engines can be useful in finding scholarships that are adoption specific.
This organization provides individualized support and services to children, youth and, adults who have special needs or have been in foster care. They strive to empower individuals, support families, and strengthen the foster and adoption community.
An article explaining the role a support group can play in the lives of adopted children and their families. The article also explains how support groups form and five different types of support groups.
The Support for Adoptive Families, Birth Families, and Adoptees is part of the New Beginning community. This community provides many kinds of support groups, including ones for adoptive parents, adult adoptees, and youth adoptees. Although this organization is in Idaho, most meetings are held over Zoom.
This network gives adoptive parents a community of people to share experiences and answers about adoption. They have a list of support groups for parents in Michigan, filtered by county. AFSN also publishes a calendar of all the organization’s events (meet ups, teen groups, etc.).
