Start/ASAP Foster Care Initiative Helps New York Foster Youths Succeed In College

The City University of New York's (CUNY's) Start/ASAP Foster Care Initiative (Initiative) is helping foster youths during their college years when they choose any of CUNY's campuses. Funded by a four-year grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, CUNY Start/ASAP Foster Care is an intensive program for incoming associate degree seeking college students who need to increase their academic proficiency in reading, writing, and mathematics prior to enrollment in college credit classes.

Under the Initiative, the CUNY Office of Academic Affairs, the University’s community colleges, Medgar Evers College, and the College of Staten . . .