Financial Aid Application

Ready to apply for financial aid for Summer 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025 and Summer 2025 terms? There are two applications available for financial assistance. Read this page carefully to determine which application is right for you.

 

FAFSA Application

The FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) is the financial aid application for students who are US/Naturalized Citizens, or Permanent Residents.
This one application will be used to determine your eligibility for all available federal and state grants and aid.

Both the student and their parent, if applicable, will need to create an FSA ID (made up of a username and password) to complete the FAFSA, and to access your financial aid information and federal student aid documents. To create an FSA ID, please visit the FSA ID Website, then submit the FAFSA application below to be processed by Federal Student Aid.

2022 tax and income information is required on the 2024-2025 application.

FAFSA APPLICATION
*FCC School Code (needed on your application): 001307

Dream Act Application

The Dream Act Application is the financial aid application for undocumented/AB 540 students who are not US Citizens or Permanent residents.

This one application will be used to determine your eligibility for the California College Promise Grant (waives your $46 per unit class enrollment fees), state financial aid like Cal Grants and Chafee Grants (money for books/supplies that you don’t have to pay back), Assistance from EOPS, CARE or CalWORKs (additional money you could qualify for based on financial need), and Privately-funded scholarships.

Submit the Dream Act Application below to be processed by the California Student Aid Commission.

2022 tax and income information is required on the 2024-2025 application.

DREAM ACT APPLICATION

Students wanting ONLY the fee waiver can submit the CCPG Application to the Financial Aid office.

 

After You Apply

It can take several weeks for your application to be processed and for your eligibility for grants to be determined. If further information is needed after you apply you may need to submit additional information to the Financial Aid department:

  • Check your FCC student email regularly. The FCC Financial Aid Office will email you when we receive your application and begin our processing of it. We may also email you during processing if further information or documents are needed, and again when we approve you for grants and make your Award Letter (a letter showing what grants we found you eligible for) available for you to view.
  • Check Self-Service. On Self-Service you can track your application during processing, submit additional information and/or documents (if needed) to the Financial Aid department during processing, and view your Award Letter once our processing is complete. Want to get your money faster? On Self-Service you can also sign up for direct deposit and skip waiting for checks in the mail.
  • When we have completed reviewing your application we will determine what financial aid grants you are eligible for. We will email your FCC student email address to notify you of the grants we will be awarding you, and we will email you again when we are ready to disburse (send) funds to you.

  • Before You Accept Your Money 

    Review the Financial Aid Policies, and understand that by accepting any financial aid money you are entering into an agreement with the Financial Aid Department to adhere to certain rules and conditions (terms) outlined in our Terms Of Agreement.
  • "When will I get my money?"  The Financial Aid department has many disbursement dates when our department sends grant money to students. You will NOT receive money on every disbursement date listed on our disbursement calendar. You may have one or more dates from this calendar assigned for your disbursements based on when you were awarded the grants and when you are fully enrolled in your classes. We will send you emails throughout the semester as your disbursement dates are determined, so please check your student emails regularly for these important notifications from the Financial Aid department.

Important Dates and Deadlines

  • Dec 31, 2023 FAFSA & Dream Act financial aid applications became available for 2024-2025 school year, and will be available through June 30, 2025.
  • Dec 1, 2024 FAFSA & Dream Act financial aid applications became available for 2025-2026 school year, and will be available through June 30, 2026.
  • March 2, 2025 Application Deadline for 2025-2026 FCC Scholarships: Visit our Scholarships page for more information.
  • March 3, 2025 FAFSA & Dream Act priority filing deadline for Cal Grant awards for 2025-2026 school year (students who submit financial aid applications after this date will not be considered for the Cal Grant).

Need Help?

We provide in person assistance with the FAFSA or Dream Act Application at the FCC Financial Aid Computer Lab (room LI-123). Walk-ins are welcome, and lab hours are 8am-5pm Monday through Friday (closed daily from 12pm-1pm for lunch).

You may also call the Federal Student Aid Information Center for FAFSA help at 1(800) 433-3243