April 26 – 27 Doubletree Hotel Sacramento California Community Colleges Basic Needs Summit Meeting Basic Needs with Student Financial Aid April 26 – 27 Doubletree Hotel Sacramento

Agenda Federal and State Financial Aid Programs Fee Waivers Process flexibility Having the talk Completing the FAFSA and Dream Act Application

Federal and State Financial Aid Programs Federal Pell Grant Application: FAFSA Deadline: during the last weeks of the school year Obstacle: Long application, student may have to verify application entries State Cal Grant Application: FAFSA or CA Dream Act Application Deadline: March 2 or Sept 2 Most dollars are awarded from the March 2 deadline Obstacles: Long Application, Deadline, verification, supplemental forms, limited funding Chafee Grant – for Foster youth and former foster youth Application: FAFSA or CA Dream Act Application and Chafee Application Deadline: No firm deadline but earlier is better Obstacles: Additional Application, limited funding, verification

Community College Fee Waivers Pay the $46 unit enrollment fees California College Promise Grant (BOG Fee Waiver) Name change – use the new name Part A - Needs tested programs Part B - Income below maximums Part C - Financial need Part D - Homeless Cal Vet Fee Waivers We are listening Follow-up

On-campus programs The following are not Financial Aid programs per se but do deliver cash equivalent services that mostly must be recorded as “resources” for financial aid purposes CalWORKS CAFYES EOPS CalFresh Receipt of CalFresh does not have to be reported to the financial aid office Federal Work-study eligibility qualifies a student for CalFresh – Complete the FAFSA

How do we make Financial Aid Processes more Flexible to meet Basic Needs? Possible Solutions Relax or change financial aid deadlines “Hold Harmless” provisions for financial aid programs Create refund formulas that do not penalize for early disbursement Allow a college to provide some assistance even as required verification is still underway Encourage Legislators to create emergency assistance provisions Encourage advocacy groups to petition Legislatures to keep Basic Needs and emergency funding in mind as programs are created Embed referral practices into all departments

Having the “Talk” Financial literacy Sharing financial aid funds with others Keeping up with the Joneses – Pizza for all! Changing user (student) behavior Supply side vs. expenditure side Bookstore vs. borrow, rent, share, etc.

Completing the FAFSA or CADAA

Completing the FAFSA or CADAA Homeless? – What address to use Email – get one FAFSA and CADAA Homeless questions 56, 57 and 58 – allow a student to not provide parental data At anytime were you determined to be homeless by: High school or school district homeless liaison Director of an emergency shelter or transitional housing program funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Director of a runaway or homeless youth basic center or transitional living program

FAFSA – CADAA Instructions on FAFSA PDF: Answer “No” if you are not homeless or at risk of being homeless, or do not have a determination. However, even if you answer “No” to each of questions 56, 57, and 58, you should contact the financial aid administrator at the college you plan to attend if you are either (1) homeless and unaccompanied or (2) at risk of being homeless, unaccompanied, and providing for your own living expenses - as your college financial aid office can determine that you are “homeless” and are not required to provide parental information.

What is “at risk of being homeless?” When a student may cease to being fixed, regular, and adequate housing Student is self-supporting and: Has been evicted, is unable to find “fixed, regular, and adequate housing.” Is facing eviction Is at risk of their housing becoming inadequate

Completing the FAFSA if you have not been certified as Homeless

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Colleges have the authority to “override” federal dependency status Process will vary college to college Note: Student MUST follow up with college

Certification of Homeless Status

For federal and state financial aid High school or school district homeless liaison Director of an emergency shelter or transitional housing program funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Director of a runaway or homeless youth basic center or transitional living program Financial Aid Administrator

AB 801 – CEC Section 66025.9 AB 801 – Who can certify a student as homeless? A financial aid administrator for an institution of higher education. The director of a federal TRIO program or Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs program (GEAR UP), or a designee of that director. A homeless services provider, as that term is defined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (d) of Section 103577 of the Health and Safety Code. HSC Section 103577 A “homeless child or youth” has the same meaning as the definition of “homeless children and youths” as set forth in the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11301 et seq.). A “homeless person” has the same meaning as the definition of that term set forth in the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11301 et seq.). A “homeless services provider” includes:

Homeless Services Provider A homeless services provider, as that term is defined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (d) of Section 103577 of the Health and Safety Code. (A) A governmental or nonprofit agency receiving federal, state, or county or municipal funding to provide services to a “homeless person” or “homeless child or youth,” (B) An attorney licensed to practice law in this state. (C) A local educational agency liaison for homeless children and youth, or a school social worker. (D) A human services provider or public social services provider funded by the State of California to provide homeless children or youth services, health services, mental or behavioral health services, substance use disorder services, or public assistance or employment services. (E) A law enforcement officer designated as a liaison to the homeless population by a local police department or sheriff’s department within the state.

Contact Bryan Dickason CC Chancellor’s Office 916-323-5952 bdickason@cccco.edu