COF

Definition

The College Opportunity Fund (COF) provides a tuition stipend to eligible undergraduate students. The stipend pays a portion of eligible students’ total in-state tuition when they attend a participating college.

Eligibility (if applicable)
Student must be lawfully present in the US, and either classified as a resident for tuition classification purposes, or under a valid program qualified for tuition classification.

Clarifying Questions
Are you familiar with what COF is?
Do you think you're not getting COF and should?
Have you created a COF account?
Have you authorized the use of COF in eWolf?

Steps for Wolf Central

• Check TSICSRV/TSAAREV

  • Is there already an entry for COF stipend on the student’s billing statement for the term in question?

  • COF is not part of bill until April 1 for summer, July 1 for Fall, and November 1 for spring semester

• Check SFAREGS

  • Is student currently registered?

  • Are any courses in waitlist (WL) status? (COF will not apply until registered)

• Check SFAREGS/SGASTDN and/or SGASADD

  • Is student classified as either a resident (R) or ASSET (A)?

  • If student is non-resident (N) do they have an attribute code in SGASADD that makes them COF eligible (military, HSC or HSA)

  • If “U” or “B” residency classification, nothing COF related will pull

• SPAIDEN/SPACMNT

  • Was there any information that was very recently entered/updated?

  • Ex. Student name (first name or entire name change), SSN, DOB, or SASID

• SWAHIST

  • Click on the waivers button and see if there is an entry for the given semester and what the date is.

  • COF will appear on a student’s bill 1-5 days after they authorize if everything else is good.

Process/Form Involved

• Depends on if something is incorrect on a student's record, and that’s what is causing the block for COF.

  • Name, Date of birth, and SSN changes are done with a Personal Information Change Request form.

  • Other questions/issues will be addressed by Office of the Registrar staff.

Deadline
COF steps must be completed by the end of a given semester.

Timeline for Processing
Most updates to information COF information needs will take effect and have COF apply within 3-5 business days. 

Who is Involved in Processing?
Karey Carbaugh, Office of the Registrar; or other Registrar staff, depending on issue.

Reference for Students
frontrange.edu/COF 

Tips/Talking Points

• COF is a 2-step process to initiate, besides registering for classes – authorizing through eWOLF and having a COF account created. Creating an account is a one-time action and usually through FRCC, as long as a student authorizes the use of COF once it will carryover to future semesters.

• Program is unique to Colorado.

• Students must be lawfully present in the US to qualify and have eligible tuition classification (please don’t say that all students who are classified as resident should get it, that’s not quite true) – for eligibility questions, have student contact FRCCCOF@frontrange.edu for review.

• COF is good for 145 credit hours; if a student has taken more than 145 credit hours there are waiver options that the Office of the Registrar can help them with.