To qualify for the California College Promise Grant [CCPG] Program, you must:
Be classified as a resident of California or be a non-California resident eligible for tuition exemption AB 540, or AB 1899 student by Admissions and Records, and for California resident homeless youth as determined by the Financial Aid Office at your college.
If you have not had your California residency or eligibility status determined by the Admissions or the Registrar or homeless status determined by the Financial Aid Office, see one of those offices to obtain the determination. California College Promise Grant eligibility cannot be determined until your status has been verified.
Meet income criteria by:
- o Providing proof that you are receiving monthly cash assistance from TANF/CalWORKs, SSI/SSP or General Assistance (or, if a dependent student, your parent(s) receive this assistance) or
- o Establishing that your income (or your parent's income, if you are a dependent student) was within set income standards for the CCPG or
- o Completing a FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) or California Dream Act application and have remaining "financial need" or
- o Being a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient (or dependent); being a dependent of a victim of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack; having certification from the California Department of Veteran Affairs or the National Guard Adjutant General; or being a dependent of a deceased law enforcement/fire suppression personnel killed in the line of duty that you are eligible for this waiver.
- Having documentation from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation that you've been exonerated of a crime by writ of habeas corpus or pardon.
- Having documentation of record that you're a dependent/spouse/Registered Domestic Partner of a deceased physician, nurse, or first responder who died of COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic state of emergency in California.
California College Promise Grant Program Part B
These standards are based upon the federal poverty guidelines as published each year by the US Department of Health and Human Services. Under Title 5 of the California code of Regulations, the income standards for the program equal 150% of the federal poverty guidelines for the base year.
These standards are to be used to determine Fee Waiver B eligibility.