Financial Aid

A1:  Yes, the financial aid office is now open again for face-to-face services.  CDC guidelines will still be maintained, however.

If you're unable to visit us in person, then please email FA@GulfCoast.edu from your official GCSC account.  Otherwise, feel free to call us at (850) 872-3845 or any of the team member phone numbers detailed below.

Q2:  The U.S. Department of Education (ED) provided Gulf Coast with COVID-19 emergency grant funding, but that budget has now been exhausted.

These emergency grants were designed to help students cover expenses related to the disruption of campus operations due to COVID-19 (including eligible expenses under a student’s cost of attendance, such as food, housing, course materials, technology, health care, and childcare).  

Certificate or degree-seeking students who submitted a FAFSA, were enrolled in at least one on-campus class, and received Pell grant were automatically mailed a COVID-19 emergency grant refund.  Other students who were impacted by COVID-19 applied for emergency grant funding by visiting:

https://www.gulfcoast.edu/covid-19-grant-application
Visit https://www.gulfcoast.edu/tuition-aid/financial-aid/documents-forms/1920/heerf-student-faqs.pdf to view ED's "Frequently Asked Questions from Students about the Higher Education Emergency Relief Student Grants"

Per section 18004(e) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), Pub. L. No. 116-136, 134 Stat. 281, and https://ifap.ed.gov/electronic-announcements/050620HigherEdEmergencyReliefFundRptg, GCSC's "30-Day Fund Report" can be found online at

https://www.gulfcoast.edu/tuition-aid/financial-aid/documents-forms/1920/ed-30-day-fund-report-as-of-may-07-2020.pdf
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https://www.gulfcoast.edu/tuition-aid/financial-aid/documents-forms/1920/ed-30-day-fund-report-as-of-july-02-2020.pdf

A5: Per the U.S. Department of Education, GCSC will pay FWS students who aren't working due to COVID-19 for payroll #4 (ending 04/20/2020). The amount that FWS students receive will be based upon an average of the last three paychecks they've individually received, minus hours that wouldn't have been worked during GCSC's originally planned spring break week.

https://www.gulfcoast.edu/covid-19-coronavirus.html https://studentaid.gov/announcements-events/coronavirushttps://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/economic-impact-payments