91AV

Other Funding Opportunities

We offer various other funding opportunities to help you succeed, no matter your academic plans. 

Contact the Business Office for more information at 704.991.0228.

91AV Foundation, via donations from faculty, staff, and the community, makes available limited funds to assist regularly enrolled students with nonacademic financial emergencies.

Eligibility Criteria:

  • The applicant must be a curriculum student(including Career and College Promise students) that is currently enrolled in at least half-time, or 6 credit hours, at SCC and and attending classes in the semester of the request. Requests from occupational education students will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
  • The student’s request for assistance needs to be directly related to what is necessary and appropriate for the student to be successful in completing their academic studies during current enrollment.
  • The student should be the actual person responsible for paying the requested bill (not a student requesting the emergency fund to pay for another person or for another family member). Multiple requests from the same household will not be considered.
  • Students must complete the SCC Foundation Emergency Fund Request form. If request is for past due bill, the student must provide a copy of the bill. Students should allow at least five business days for processing after submitting the form. The bill must be currently dated and past due or within a week of becoming past due.
  • Request for assistance will need to come from the following categories: utility bills (power, heating & water), rent, internet, and insurance, and expenses for required equipment/items for specialty programs.
  • College and Career Promise students may only request funds to cover class expenses not covered by another source.

Amount of award: $300 (per calendar year)

EMERGENCY FUNDING APPLICATION

Submit the completed Emergency Funding application to Sarah Morton at smorton4958@stanly.edu. 

The Finish Line grant is awarded to current students who are on the cusp of completing their education or training and are faced with an unanticipated financial hardship that may prevent that completion. 

The grant can be used for course materials, housing, medical needs, dependent care or other financial hardships that students face through no fault of their own.

Amount of Award: up to $1,000.00

Eligible Expenses: Upcoming bills that fall within the following categories are permissible.

  • Child/Dependent Care
  • Housing (rent only)
  • Self/Dependent Medical Expenses
  • Transportation (insurance and repairs only)
  • Utilities, Firewood, Internet (no mobile phone expenses)

FINISH LINE GRANT APPLICATION

Submit the completed Finish Line Grant application to the Financial Aid office at financialaid@stanly.edu.