1. 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

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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.

8. Completing the FAFSA or CADAA

9. Completing the FAFSA or CADAA
Homeless? – What address to use
– 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

10. 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.

11. 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

12. Completing the FAFSA if you have not been certified as Homeless

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

20. Certification of Homeless Status

21. 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

22. AB 801 – CEC Section
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 of the Health and Safety Code.
HSC Section
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 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 et seq.).
A “homeless services provider” includes:

23. Homeless Services Provider
A homeless services provider, as that term is defined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (d) of Section 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.

24. Contact Bryan Dickason CC Chancellor’s Office 916-323-5952