FAITH Scholarship Runs Dry for Foster Youth | Jackson News

A Mississippi scholarship designed to help foster youth attend college has run out of money this year, leaving students like Demauri, an Ole Miss pharmacy freshman, facing shattered dreams. The Bill Kinkade FAITH Scholarship, which covers tuition for current and former foster youth, hit a funding wall due to more students qualifying thanks to relaxed eligibility rules — and because it’s low on the state’s funding priority list, foster kids are the first to lose out. With community support stepping in to patch things temporarily, lawmakers are now racing to fix the shortfall — while students are urged to contact their state senator for help before it’s too late. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/27028fe31ab70543