Foster Care
The Foster Care Program at Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) empowers foster care alumni through offering resources, support, and skill development to promote holistic success in their academic and professional endeavors.
Melissa Olivarez, Case Manager and Foster Care Liaison, within the Office of Student Conduct and Community Engagement, is the primary contact for former foster care students at TAMIU. The Foster Care Program encompasses all support services, resources, and programmatic efforts that support foster care alumni. The term foster care alumni includes students who aged out of the system or were adopted. We can provide students with information and advice on financial aid, tuition, fees, exemptions, on and off-campus living options, transportation, health care, campus employment, and other available campus and community services.
The Office of Student Conduct and Community Engagement houses the Supervised Independent Living (SIL) program at Texas A&M International University.
For more information, call 956.326.2248, email melissa.olivarez@tamiu.edu, or visit our office at Student Center (STC) 226.
For more information, please visit: https://reportcenter.highered.texas.gov/agency-publication/guidelines-manuals/foster-care-exemption-fact-sheet/