List of CSU Campus Support Programs (in alpha order):

CSU Dominguez Hills - Student Support Services (SSS) www.csudh.edu/studentaffairs/studentsupportservices

CSU East Bay - Renaissance Scholars http://www20.csueastbay.edu/sa/sas/renaissance/

CSU Fresno - Renaissance Scholars http://www.csufresno.edu/eop/rsp.shtml

CSU ("Cal State) Fullerton - Guardian Scholars www.fullerton.edu/guardianscholars

CSU ("Cal State") Los Angeles - EOP Foster Youth Program http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/eop/

CSU ("Cal State") Monterey Bay - http://admissions.csumb.edu/foster-youth

CSU ("Cal State") Northridge - Resilient Scholars  http://www.csun.edu/eop/resilientscholars/overview.html

Cal Poly Pomona - Renaissance Scholars http://dsa.csupomona.edu/rs

CSU San Bernardino - EOP Foster Youth Program http://www-ugs.csusb.edu/eop/english/fosteryouth.html

Sacramento State - Guardian Scholars www.csus.edu/gs

San Diego State - Guardian Scholars http://eop.sdsu.edu/content/guardian scholars.html

San Francisco State - Guardian Scholars www.sfsu.edu/~eop/gs.html

San Jose State - Guardian Scholars (formerly CME: Connect, Motivate, Educate Society www.sjsu.edu/cmesociety

CSU San Marcos - ACE Scholars Services www.csusm.edu/ace

CSU Stanislaus - Promise Scholars www.csustan.edu/promisescholars/

List of UC campus support programs (in alpha order):

UC Berkeley - Cal Independent Scholars Network Program http://trsp.berkeley.edu/cisn.htm 

UC Davis - Guardian Scholars Program http://guardianscholars.ucdavis.edu/

UC Irvine - Guardian Scholars Program http://www.ofas.uci.edu/content/OutsideScholarships.aspx?nav=1&id=824

UCLA - Bruin Guardian Scholars Program http://www.guardianscholars.ucla.edu/

UC Riverside - UCR Guardian Scholars http://www.guardianscholars.ucr.edu/Pages/default.aspx

UC San Diego - Guardian Scholars Program http://www.ucsd.edu/current-students/finances/financial-aid/types/scholarships/guardian.html 

UC Santa Cruz - Smith Renaissance Society http://www.smithsociety.ucsc.edu/ 

All of the universities listed on this page are public institutions in California with developed support programs on their campuses for former foster youth. Independent universities in California may offer similar support services to former foster youth through EOP (Educational Opportunity Program) and/or SSS (Student Support Services).  

A recently enacted state law requires all California public universities, beginning fall 2010, to give priority to former foster youth for campus housing, and work toward providing housing without vacation interruptions. The universities listed on this page offer year-round housing to former foster youth on their campuses.

 Even more recently, on Oct. 4, 2011, Governor Brown of California signed a law (AB194) that requires all CSU campuses and California community colleges (and requests the UC) to provide priority registration to former foster youth until January, 2017.

 When considering the universities listed on this page, it's important to read the criteria for scholarship/support program eligibility. Some of the public universities give priority to former foster youth who live in the campuses' "service area". San Diego County residents should first consider Cal State San Marcos, San Diego State, and/or UC San Diego in order to compare benefits and services at other universities.

In addition to the universities listed on this page, there are a number of California community colleges (CCCs) that have developed support programs for former foster youth on their campuses. However, none of the CCCs in San Diego has on-campus housing, whereas the universities in San Diego County with support programs do. (You can find the list of CCCs in San Diego County on our "Community Colleges in SD County" page.)