For the Guidance office, counsellors, registrars and other post-secondary institution staff

of New Brunswick post-secondary institutions
regarding the New Brunswick Youth in Care Scholarship Program (F-0320)

We might be paying your student's tuition

Starting July 2025, we are launching our new pilot program to support the eligible New Brunswick youth who are currently or were formerly in the care of the Minister under Social Development by providing a scholarship to support payment of tuition and mandatory fees for post secondary education.

What does this mean for you?

The uptated PDF poster of the program for your use. The french version is on the french page.

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1- The Assessment Phase

STEP 1: If we receive an eligible student application enrolled to your post-secondary institution, we will first send you an email asking you to confirm the following:

1. That the student in question is enrolled in a qualifying program. (a below-graduate level course or program of study; a first degree, diploma, certificate program.; Masters, PhD, Adult Basic Education and Adult Special Education and graduate level program, class, etc. are not eligible) (?)
   
   
2. The amount of tuition and mandatory fees for the first AND second term separately to allow us to budget for it and share the information with the government of New Brunswick's student financial services (SFS).
   
   *If you are an institution with rolling admissions, SFS is instructing to please take the full tuition amount and mandatory fees for the year and divide it in two payments. 
   
   

We ask you to respond promptly to avoid delays and complications with SFS.

If that student DOES get conditional approval, you will then receive an information email containing all the pertinent details for this scholarship and everybody's role.

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2-The Disbursement Phase

STEP 2: The second email your registrar will receive will request the following:

1. The date of the last day that a student can withdraw and receive a tuition reimbursement. (The scholarship will be sent AFTER that day.)

Timeline: Providing that the student is still in school, the payment will be sent to your institution to be applied directly towards the student's tuition and mandatory fees within 10 business days AFTER the 'last day of whitdrawal with reimbursement' for the first and then the second semester.  

2. Between the day you received this email and the date of the last day of tuition reimbursement for each term, we will need two invoices from your institution. These invoices need to be 1 for each term, in the total amount of the student’s tuition and mandatory fee PER FAll and WINTER TERM, as specified in the email. It can be invoiced to The NBCC Foundation Inc.

*For the institution with rolling admissions, please send two invoices with half of the full-tuition amount and mandatory fees for the year on each.

On or with the invoices please provide the preferred method of payment and information required to do so. 

3. The Foundation will confirm with you, via email, that the students have started and/or are still ‘in class’ and have not withdrawn.

With the confirmation, and following the disbursement timeline, The Foundation will send your institution the scholarship for the first term per your first invoice (in Fall). The scholarship disbursement for the second invoice will be sent following the same principle for the standard winter term.

Please apply the payment to the student’s tuition and mandatory fees as agreed. If the student has already paid the tuition and mandatory fees, please refer to the rectangle information in #1.

STEP 3: Your institution is responsible for providing the student with a T4A. Please keep track of reimbursement due to withdrawal, as it could mean an amended T4A would be required. 

*If the T4A policy of your institution doesn’t allow you to produce the T4A, please advise us at the NBCC Foundation as soon as possible during the assessement or disbursement phase. Special measures will be arranged.

Frequently asked questions:

Q: As a post-secondary institution staff member, can I fill out the scholarship application for the student?

A: No. This is an application that must be filled by the student. You can, however, assist in the completion of the questionnaire.   

Q: As post-secondary institution staff member, can I choose the recipient of the scholarship for our institution?

A: No. The selection process is managed by the NBCC Foundation.

Q: As a post-secondary institution staff member, who can I contact if I did not receive the informational emails and notices?

A: You can send an email to NBCCFoundation@ccnb.ca. Please indicate your name, the institution you represent and your email address.

Q: The student discontinued their studies and there is a reimbursement of tuition. Who gets the reimbursement money?

A: The reimbursement money must be returned to the NBCC Foundation.

Q: Students are asking for their T4As. What do I tell them?

A: The T4As are to be provided by the post-secondary institution that received the student’s scholarship.

*If the T4A policy of your institution doesn’t allow you to produce the T4A, please advise us at the NBCC Foundation as soon as possible. Special measures will be arranged.

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In case of any technical difficulty, please email the date and time of the issue along with a screen capture, if pertinent, including the address bar of the browser window. Add a brief description of the issue. You should receive a response within 48 hours during the work week. NBCCFoundation@ccnb.ca

last update 2025/08/25