Summer Hours: (June 15th though August 28th), the Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships will be open from 9:00am to 4:00pm, Monday - Thursday. We will be closed on Fridays.
Once students receive their Financial Aid Award / Missing Document Notification for AY 2009/10 (tentatively late April / early May), they should log into their MyCSUB account and check their "To-Do" List for documents needed to complete their financial aid file.
We are strongly encouraging students to submit all required documents prior to summer break. This will allow us the processing time we need to ensure your aid is ready and will be disbursed on-time for the fall quarter.
Note: These are anticipated dates and are subject to change
Book Vouchers are available for students who: (1) have a valid ISIR on file; (2) have submitted all their required documents needed to complete their financial aid file; and (3) due to required corrections and/or processing time frames, it is likely to be a week or more before the funds can be disbursed into the student's university account. Interested students should contact their Financial Aid Counselor.
Verification is the process whereby counselors, to ensure accuracy of reporting, compare information on the FAFSA against federal income tax returns and other documentation. Students selected for verification will need to submit their and/or their parents' appropriate federal income tax returns before awards can be finalized. If discrepant information exists, awards will be revised.
Examples of special circumstances may include: 1) Adjustments to the Cost of Education Budget (e.g., private elementary or secondary school tuition, medical or dental expenses not covered by insurance, unusually high child care costs, unusually high auto repair expenses for the car used by the student to get to and from school, computer purchase for the student); and/or 2) Income/Asset Adjustments (due to recent unemployment of a family member, or other changes in the family's income or assets); and/or 3) Dependency Override (due to related abuse or abandonment of the student by the parents or guardians). Use of professional judgment is neither limited to the situations mentioned nor required in those situations. If you have a special circumstance, please provide documentation to your Financial Aid Counselor for review.
In order to deliver financial aid refunds in a timely manner, as often as feasible with current resources, and in a secure environment, CSUB has instituted a Direct Deposit process. Students anticipating a refund should complete and return the Direct Deposit Authorization Form as soon as possible. If you have questions concerning this form, please contact Student Financial Services at (661) 654-3225.
The California Student Aid Commission (CSAC), through an interagency agreement with the California Department of Social Services (CDSS), administers the Chafee Foster Youth Grant Program. The Chafee Foster Youth Grant Program provides eligible California youth aging out of the foster care with financial assistance to attend a postsecondary institution in a Title IV-eligible program. Students may be eligible to receive up to $5,000 per year if they are enrolled in an eligible program. Funding is intended to supplement, not supplant, any grant funds that a student may otherwise be entitled to receive, nor may the total grant funding exceed the student’s cost of attendance. The Commission's Customer Service staff can be reached at (888) 224-7268 #1 for general inquiries. For more information on the Chafee Grant Program and its benefits, please check the following web site: https://www.chafee.csac.ca.gov/default.asp
Students are required to disclose all aid received, regardless of the source, to the Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships (OFA&S) each year. When creating a student's financial aid package, the OFA&S must ensure that a student's aid does not exceed his or her financial need. Therefore, please disclose ANY and ALL resources that you will receive, or which will be paid directly to the school for you, to pay for college-related expenses (including VA benefits, CalSWEC, Rehab, fee waivers, scholarships, fellowships, employer-paid education benefits, etc.) on the Student Data Change Form at http://www.csub.edu/finaid/forms/
The California Social Work Education Center (CalSWEC) offers up to $18,500 in funding to eligible students enrolled in the MSW program. For more information, please contact Bruce Hartsell at (661) 654-3434.
The California Domestic Partner Rights and Responsibilities Act of 2003 provides eligible students, who register with the State of California as a domestic partner, eligibility for California state student financial aid programs and aid programs of California public institutions. California's Secretary of State maintains an online registry of domestic partnerships at http://www.ss.ca.gov/dpregistry/. Students who are registered as domestic partners with the California Secretary of State on and after January 1, 2005, or dependent students whose custodial parent is registered as a domestic partner with the California Secretary of State on and after January 1, 2005, must contact the CSUB Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships (OFA&S) regarding additional information that is required in order to establish eligibility for state and institutional aid under the provisions of this state law.
If you are enrolled in an eligible degree or certificate program or are taking courses to acquire or improve job skills, you may qualify for a Hope Scholarship or Lifelong Learning Tax Credit. The Hope Scholarship tax credit is available only to students in their first two years of postsecondary education who are enrolled at least half-time in an eligible program. The Lifelong Learning tax credit is available to students at all educational and enrollment levels who are enrolled at an eligible educational institution. The tax credits are based on the amount of qualified tuition and fees, less grants and other tax-free educational assistance, and the taxpayer's modified adjusted gross income. Hope credits apply to fees paid after December 31, 1997, and the Lifelong Learning credit applies to fees paid after June 30, 1998. Consult Tax Benefits for Higher Education - IRS Publication 970 or your tax preparer for additional information. You can obtain a copy of Publication 970 by calling (800)829-3676.