Services

Intimidating

Confusing

Overwhelming

This is how students and their families feel about planning for college and career.

Missed deadlines or incomplete paperwork can mean the difference between being accepted to college or receiving financial aid.

The average high school student is busy with school, homework, family and friends. Add long drives to treatments, managing medical appointments and double homework due to missed school. Applying for college stops feeling like a priority in life. Some students are successful on their own, some just give up.

The National GRACE Foundation is the only national organization that combines expertise in pediatric oncology survivorship with deep college access and financial aid knowledge. Our counselors understand medical late effects, treatment schedules, and disability accommodations. We help young people impacted by cancer reach four-year colleges, community colleges, apprenticeships, and the trades, at no cost to families.

COLLEGE AND CAREER INFORMATION SESSIONS

Admissions, financial aid, and career experts lead group sessions at partner hospitals and online, open to families from any hospital.

ADVOCACY SERVICES

Reaching out to colleges to highlight the adversity fighters have overcome, appealing financial aid awards, and connecting students with disability services and accommodations.

ONE-ON-ONE COLLEGE AND CAREER COUNSELING

Personalized, virtual-first counseling for fighters and their families: college and career planning, essay review, scholarship searches, and FAFSA and financial aid guidance.

COLLEGE & CAREER EXPLORER APP

Our online platform for exploring four-year colleges, community colleges, apprenticeships, and trades, with a scholarship engine and FAFSA tools built for cancer-impacted families. Visit the Explorer

GRACE helps students and families

  • Understand the college financial aid process
  • Understand college admission and career pathways
  • Research deadlines and requirements for colleges and training programs
  • Assist in applying for outside/private scholarships
  • Work with parents on understanding total costs of the school
  • Serve as a reference
  • Act as a liaison with schools
  • Continue to work with students upon graduation on managing student loans, etc.
  • Work with undergrads on pursuing a graduate degree
  • Present college and career sessions to groups and partner hospitals