New bill would help foster care youth pay for college campus housing Boston 25 News [Video]

WASHINGTON — Eugenia Wallace was just 16 years old when she started college. It’s an incredible accomplishment for any teen, and especially for Eugenia who was in foster care.

“Just getting there as a foster youth I endured many challenges,” Wallace told our Washington News Bureau. “I didn’t at the time have parents that could lead me through that situation.”

Wallace went on to complete a four-year degree and later a master’s degree – beating the odds by becoming part of less than one percent of former foster care youth to complete graduate school.

But Wallace faced a lot of hurdles along the way because like so many who come out of the foster care system, she did not have a financial safety net.

“I worked three jobs to pay for books, necessities and to pay for a place to stay,” said Wallace.

Now, there’s a bill in Congress meant …