• Pell Grant
  This grant, based upon financial need, does not have to be repaid. Awards range from $400 to approximately $4,050 per year. A valid Student Aid Report (SAR) must be submitted to the campus financial aid office. Appropriate income tax returns as well as HCC verification forms must be submitted if the SAR indicates that the student’s application has been selected for verification.
  
• Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant
  This is a grant based upon exceptional financial need that does not have to be repaid. Amount $1,200 per year.
  
• Federal Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG)
  In order to be eligible for this grant, students must be a U.S. citizen, completed rigorous classes in high school, graduated as of 2005, completed a FAFSA application, and enrolled in college full-time. Students who are at the first year college level (0 – 23 credit hours) may receive an annual award of $750($375 per semester) and $1,300 ($750 per semester)for the second year college level (24 or more credit hours). Students are entitled to receive the ACG award one time at the first year college level and one time at the second year college level.Home schooled students may be eligible for this award. Transfer students are eligible if they met the requirements at their previous school and they have the minimum GPA of 3.0. Summer awards may be available to eligible students. For more information,contact a campus financial aid office.
  
• Florida First Generation Matching Grant
  The 2006 Florida Legislature created Section 1009.701 of the Florida Statues, First Generation Matching Grant Program.  This is a need-based program that provides financial aid funds to Florida undergraduate students who demonstrate financial need and whose parents have not earned a baccalaureate degree.  Click here to see details regarding applying, eligibility, and awarding of this program.
  

Applying for a Pell Grant

A. FAFSA

• Complete the on-line Free Application for Federal Financial Aid (FAFSA).
• Make Sure HCC's School Code is listed, (007870) on your Application.
• Transmit your FAFSA to the Department of Education-Central Processing System.
• Within 10 days from the date you transmit your application, HCC and you will receive the results electronically from the Department of Education.

B. Agreement and Acknowledge Form

• All students are required to complete and submit the Student Agreement and Acknowledgement Form.
• Print, complete, and transmit the Student Agreement and Acknowledgement Form to your campus Financial Aid Office.

C. Form Required for Verification
If you are notified from the financial aid office to submit one or more of the forms below, you are able to download them instead of waiting in line to pick up the form from the campus financial aid office.

• Worksheet A,B,C
• Independent Verification Worksheet (2 pages)
• Dependent Verification Worksheet (2 pages)
  Click on the forms above that you need, download it to your PC, print the form, and submit to your campus financial aid office.

D. Forms that you must pick up from your campus Financial Aid Office

• Professional Judgement Forms (Request for Pell-Grant analysis)
• Appeals for Reinstatement (for students on Standards of Progress Suspension)
• Dependency Overrides (for students with extenuating circumstances regarding parental status