Fostering Bright Futures (FBF) is a student success program that helps create a comprehensive support structure to assist youth in our community in making the transition from foster care to independent young adulthood.
The program seeks to identify and support young adults who have been served in the North Carolina foster care system and provide resources to eliminate barriers that would typically derail from them from meeting educational and life goals.
FBF and the Wake Tech Foundation are committed to the success of our students by doing the following:
Mentoring and supporting program participants in completing a degree, diploma or certificate at Wake Tech
Increasing the number of former foster youth transferring to bachelor's degree programs
Decreasing the number of high school dropouts among foster youth by providing a pathway to higher education
Helping program participants develop life skills and financial independence
Current and prospective Wake Tech students can reach out to FBF staff about joining the program. An individual must meet the following requirements to be eligible:
A North Carolina resident
16 to 25 years of age at the time of entry
Accepted into Wake Tech
Complete the acceptance criteria provided by FBF staff
Attend mandatory FBF new student orientation.
The following scholarships are available to FBF students:
Gilbert Scholarship Darlena Moore, a former foster youth, created the need-based scholarship, which is named in honor of her foster parents, Richard and Mary Gilbert of Asheville, and awarded annually. The Gilberts changed the lives of hundreds of children in foster care and guided Moore through the college process.
Babs Wagner Scholarship Sponsored by the Friends of the Wake County GAL, which provides scholarships to youth who were in foster care in Wake County.
Doris and Fred Huebner Scholarship Longtime supporters of FBF, Doris and Fred Heubner provide scholarships to FBF students who continue at a four-year university or college.
