Youth Educational Assistance Fund (YEAF)

Criteria

Criteria

To be eligible for this grant you must meet ONE of the following legal criteria:

You must be a former B.C. youth in continuing custody:

• Who was:
  1. In the continuing custody of a director designated under Section 91 of the Child, Family and Community Service Act (CFCSA) pursuant to that act; or
  2. Under the guardianship of a director pursuant to section 51(1)(a) of the Infants Act; or;
  3. Under the guardianship of a director of adoption pursuant to the Adoption Act:

until you turned 19 years of age or for at least five years immediately prior to your adoption or permanent transfer of custody to a person other than a parent under s.54.1 of the CFCSA.

If you don’t know if you meet the above legal criteria, please contact your former social worker, any Ministry of Children and Family Development office or any delegated Aboriginal agency for help.

In addition to the above criteria, you must ALSO be:

• A full-time student or a student with a permanent disability studying at a 40 percent course load.
• Registered to take post-secondary-level courses from a designated post-secondary institution in an eligible program leading to a certificate, diploma or degree that is at least 12 weeks long.
• Between 19 and 24 years old.