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Federal Pell Grant
This
federal aid program is designed to assist undergraduate students who
cannot attend college without financial assistance. This form of
financial assistance is a grant with no repayment required. An applicant
must be enrolled at Abraham Baldwin in a degree program and be a citizen
or permanent United States resident. The amount of the grant is governed
by financial need and the cost of attending Abraham Baldwin for an
academic year. The duration of the student’s eligibility for a Pell
Grant is limited to the time the student is enrolled in an undergraduate
degree or certificate program of four years or less and is making
satisfactory academic progress. Application is made by completing
Abraham Baldwin’s Institutional Application for Financial Aid and the
FAFSA.
Federal Supplemental Educational
Opportunity Grant (SEOG)
Grants
are available through this federally funded program, ranging from $100
to $4,000 per academic year. These grants are awarded to students who
have demonstrated financial need. Grants are renewable each year during
undergraduate study, provided the student shows satisfactory academic
progress and financial need. Funding for this program is limited, so not
every student who is eligible will receive an SEOG award. Application is
made by completing Abraham Baldwin’s Institutional Application for
Financial Aid and the FAFSA.
Helping Outstanding Pupils
Educationally (HOPE)
The HOPE
Scholarship is funded by the Georgia Lottery for Education and is
available to certain eligible Georgia high school graduates. Others are
eligible to receive the HOPE Scholarship as a renewal of their previous
HOPE award, or by having a 3.0 cumulative GPA at the 30th, 60th or 90th
attempted hour benchmark. Full time enrollment is not a requirement. The
HOPE Scholarship will cover tuition and mandatory fees and provide a
$150 book allowance each semester for those working on a first
undergraduate degree. Grade point eligibility for entering freshmen is
based on a final high school core curriculum GPA of 3.0 or better as
determined by the high school and reported to the Georgia Student
Finance Commission (GSFC). ABAC students currently receiving HOPE may
renew the HOPE Scholarship based on ABAC’s certification of their grade
point eligibility on their course work attempted and completion of their
student financial aid application. Students who have lost HOPE due to
not having the required 3.0 GPA may regain it after their 60th or 90th
attempted hour if their GPA has reached 3.0. Students who are
applying for HOPE as well as other types of student financial aid
must complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and
the ABAC Institutional Application for Financial Aid and provide
verification information if required. Students who are applying for
the HOPE Scholarship only are encouraged to complete the HOPE
Alternate Application instead of the FAFSA. Students who complete the
HAA are not eligible to receive federal student assistance (including
student and parent loans) until the FAFSA process has been completed.
Transfer students who received HOPE elsewhere will be evaluated on the
basis of their GPA on all previous course work attempted after
high school graduation. HOPE recipients who wish to enroll as transient
students at other HOPE eligible institutions are eligible to receive
HOPE funds at the transient institution. Students are eligible for up to
127 hours of attempted course work.
The HOPE
grant is available to eligible certificate seeking students, regardless
of high school graduation date or GPA requirements mentioned above.
Students must be a Georgia resident and may apply by completing the
FAFSA or the HOPE Alternate Application. Grant funds will fund only the
courses that a student is required to take for the certificate. Students
must meet ABAC’s Standards of Academic Progress Policy in order to be
eligible.
HOPE
also provides a $500 one-time incentive for students earning the GED in
Georgia on or after July 1993. These students will receive a voucher
from the Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education. A GED
recipient applies using the Institutional Application for Financial Aid.
Georgia’s Leveraging Educational
Assistance Partnership (LEAP) Program
The LEAP
Program was created to provide educational grant assistance to residents
of Georgia who demonstrate substantial financial need to attend eligible
postsecondary institutions in Georgia. Recipients must be U.S. citizens
or permanent residents who are also GA residents and must be enrolled at
least half-time. Other requirements apply. Funding for this program is
limited, so not every student who is eligible will receive an LEAP
award. Application is made by completing Abraham Baldwin’s Institutional
Application for Financial Aid and the FAFSA.
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