TWC FREE DRIVERS EDUCATION 

The Youth Driver Education Funding Program provides funding to assist the following individuals:

  • Youth or young adult currently or formerly in foster care.
  • Youth or young adult who have experienced or are experiencing homelessness.
  • Victims of dating or family violence and/or their children.

 

The Youth Driver Education Funding Program pays for:

  • driver education classes;
  • behind-the-wheel training; and
  • driver tests.

REQUIREMENTS:

The following are individuals who are eligible for a driver's license fee exemption under Texas Transportation Code §521.1811: 

 

  ☐ Younger than 18 years old and in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services

  ☐ At least 18 years old, but younger than 21, and resides in a foster care placement, the cost of which is paid by the Department of Family and Protective Services

  ☐ A victim of dating violence or the child of a victim of dating violence as defined by Section 71.0021, Family Code

  ☐ A victim of family violence or the child of a victim of family violence as defined by Section 51.002, Human Resources Code

 

Individuals younger than 26 years old who were or are: 

 

  ☐ In the managing conservatorship of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services on the day before the individual's 18th birthday

  ☐ A homeless child or youth as defined by 42 U.S.C. Section 11434a

 

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