Module 1 · Topic

Scholarships & Financial Aid

Scholarship opportunities, justice-impacted youth opportunities, application deadlines, essays, recommendation letters, and financial-aid resources.

Learn → Talk → Act · 4 resources

I’m exploring as:

Selecting an audience filters resources and updates topic counts.

Resources in this topic

Open in the full library

Scholarships & Financial Aid

0 of 4 complete

  • PlanYouth / Young AdultOutside Caregiver

    Financial Aid: The First Three Steps

    The core financial-aid actions every family can take, even with a complicated household situation.

    About 5 min read

    Links out to Federal Student Aid — FAFSA

    Source: Federal Student Aid — FAFSA — verified August 2026. Curated and summarized by MFGP.

    Read Resource
  • Find HelpYouth / Young AdultOutside Caregiver

    Breaking Barriers Scholarship Spotlight

    An MFGP-featured scholarship opportunity for justice-impacted students, with eligibility details and deadlines.

    About 3 min read

    Source: The LAGRANT Foundation — verified August 2026. Curated and summarized by MFGP.

    Read Resource
  • PlanYouth / Young AdultJustice-Impacted Youth

    Asking for a Recommendation Letter

    How a student can ask well, and what to hand the person writing it.

    About 3 min read

    Written by My Fairy GodParents — reviewed August 2026.

    Read Resource
  • LearnYouth / Young AdultOutside Caregiver

    Writing a Scholarship Essay Without Selling Your Pain

    How a student can write honestly about a parent's incarceration while staying in control of the story.

    About 5 min read

    Links out to Federal Student Aid — Scholarships

    Written by My Fairy GodParents — reviewed August 2026.

    Official reference: Federal Student Aid — Scholarships — linked for the official rules and forms, which MFGP does not set.

    Read Resource

Your action space

My Family Blueprint

Write down five short things and they stay on this device. No account is needed, and nothing you type is sent anywhere. Please leave out legal, medical, and personal details.

A topic to come back to.

A conversation topic for your next call or visit.

A scholarship, program, or future goal.

Something to research or ask a professional later.

One practical family action.

Saved resources

0 resources saved to your Blueprint.

Nothing saved yet. Use “Save to My Blueprint” on any resource card and it will appear here.

Prototype note: notes are stored only in this browser. A future version could sync them to a secure MFGP account so families can pick up where they left off across devices.