• Financial Aid payments should continue as normal

• For FWS Students:

• For the period of the college’s closure, Federal Work-Study (FWS ) program provides the following guidance:

• Students should enter scheduled hours in WTE as long as it does not exceed their allotted FWS award amount.

• FWS do not have to work their scheduled hours and will still be paid for scheduled hours as long as they have remaining FWS dollars awarded.

• Hours entered should not exceed the hours for which the student was hired to work.

• Scheduled hours entered should consistent with hours the student has been working during the semester and not overlap with scheduled class time per federal regulation.

• Special Circumstances page including "changes to your income" Click Here

• If you are a student and have questions about your financial aid status, you may contact our office by emailing us at financialaid@dvc.edu via your InSite email address. Your can also check your status by clicking on the Financial Aid tile on InSite. The following online resources are also available 24/7 to get general information:

Penny, Finanical Aid Chatbot

FATV Videos, 2-3 minute videos on various topics

Click Here for the DVC Financial Aid homepage

A note from Financial Aid Office:

Students can submit documents to us at our email (financialaid@dvc.edu) or by phone (see DVC website for hours)

What if I dropped a course and got an excused W so then I was less than full-time?

The financial aid could be reduced. The Pell grant is paid based on the amount of units a student is enrolled in. Full time (12 units) gives a student the full amount. Anything less than 12 and the Pell grant will be prorated depending on the number of units.

Update: Students who drop units due to COVID-19 emergency will have those units excluded from Pell grant eligibility formula, the units will also be excluded for Standard Academic Progress and they will not need to pay back any funds.

The Promise Grant is unaffected by units. A student can take as little as 3 units and still receive the Promise Grant.

First Time + Full Time = Free Tuition

FT3 is a two-year program, so you may be eligible to receive free tuition through the end of your second academic year of college. An "academic year" is defined as a fall term followed by a spring term.

Students who were eligible for FT3 will be granted a waiver from the district if they are unable to meet the 12 unit requirement semester. Meaning students who complete less than 12 units this semester but meet all other requirements will still receive FT3 funding this semester AND will still be considered eligible for FT3 in Fall 2020.

Click Here to be directed to the FT3 webpage at DVC