About
The Empower Scholarship Program offers tutoring scholarships, sports and engagement scholarships, and college and trade scholarships. The tutoring scholarships serve youth in grades 112 who have experienced foster care in Idaho, including those who achieved permanency through adoption, guardianship, or formal kinship placement. The sports and engagement scholarships serve youth ages 83 who have experienced foster care in Idaho, including those who achieved permanency through adoption, guardianship, or formal kinship placement, and youth who are actively engaged in FYF programs and structured activities. The college and trade scholarships serve high school juniors and seniors and aged-out foster youth up to age 23.
Programs
- Tutoring Scholarships — grades 1–12; youth who have experienced foster care in Idaho, including those who achieved permanency through adoption, guardianship, or formal kinship placement
- Sports & Engagement Scholarships — ages 8–23; youth who have experienced foster care in Idaho, including those who achieved permanency through adoption, guardianship, or formal kinship placement; youth who are actively engaged in FYF programs and structured activities
- College & Trade Scholarships — high school juniors and seniors; aged-out foster youth up to age 23
About the provider
The Freedom Youth Foundation has been serving youth since 2011. Its mission is to transform the lives of children in foster care, and it says it provides sports clinics, financial literacy education, mentorship, employment training, Parkers Closet, and unique experiences. The foundation also says it offers free sports clinics and unique experiences, financial literacy and employment training workshops, and Parkers Closet.
Sports & Engagement Scholarships are currently focused on youth who are able to participate in in-person engagement in the Treasure Valley. Scholarships are awarded to the individual youth, not to a foster, kinship, or adoptive family. If a youth experiences a placement change or returns to their biological family while receiving scholarship support, Freedom Youth Foundation must be notified. Funds are distributed directly to approved institutions, service providers, or vendors whenever possible; if direct payment is not possible, reimbursement is made after receipts are provided.
Last updated November 4, 2026.
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