The Student Emergency Fund will close May 6th and will reopen on June 10th.
ACC’s Student Advocacy Center provides case management, financial assistance, and community referrals for students to remove barriers to success and help students complete their education. Need help or have questions about the program please email [email protected] or submit a request here https://austincc.my.site.com/StudentCareCenter/s.
Upcoming Events
Stay tuned for upcoming events.
Services & Assistance
The child care scholarship is a semesterly, financial assistance and case management program that allows ACC to assist with a student’s monthly child care costs. The student can use the child care provider of their choice and if eligible, ACC pays the child care provider directly each month through invoicing to assist with child care costs.
All Childcare Scholarships require a commitment from the student to engage in case management with their Student Advocate. This case management includes semester goal setting and regularly scheduled meetings throughout the semester.
Are you eligible?
Childcare Scholarships supports students from economically disadvantaged households, here are some basic guidelines for eligiblity:
- You have applied for financial aid, by completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or Texas Application for State Financial Aid (TASFA) and through the Department of Education process it has been determined that your Student Aid Index (SAI) is less than 1500.
- Alternate Income Verification can be done using the Federal Poverty Guidelines (FPG). Students who make 200% or less of the current year’s FPG are eligible for the Student Advocacy Center.
The Textbook Scholarship program is a semesterly, financial assistance and case management program in which ACC purchases physical textbooks for eligible students. The amount of the award corresponds with the number of credit hours you are taking.
All Textbook Scholarships require a commitment from the student to engage in case management with their Student Advocate. This case management includes semester goal setting and regularly scheduled meetings throughout the semester.
Are you eligible?
Textbook Scholarships supports students from economically disadvantaged households, here are some basic guidelines for eligilbity:
- You have applied for financial aid, by completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or Texas Application for State Financial Aid (TASFA) and through the Department of Education process it has been determined that your Student Aid Index (SAI) is less than 1500.
- Alternate Income Verification can be done using the Federal Poverty Guidelines (FPG). Students who make 200% or less of the current year’s FPG are eligible for the Student Advocacy Center.
Community Resources for Housing or Other Basic Need Support
A Student Advocate can meet with any currently enrolled student to offer support in finding food access solutions that include assistance with locating community or campus resources that would fit the student’s needs or in completing the Texas Health and Human Services application to access SNAP, WIC, or Medicaid. Submit a request for support here
For those students at Highland Campus, please visit the Student Care Center in building 1000, more information available her, https://students.austincc.edu/student-care-center/
Stay tuned for upcoming events.
How to Request Services & Assistance
When to submit a request
Requests are reviewed on-going throughout the academic calendar year. Once reviewed a Student Advocacy Center staff member will reach out to set up an initial meeting or provide first steps in addressing your need.
It is important to note that you must be registered for the current or upcoming semester in order to submit a request.
Listed below are possible outcomes that we can help students achieve:
Childcare Scholarship-> Help in navigating college and community childcare assistance options including the Student Advocacy scholarship, ACC Children’s Lab School and other community childcare resources.
Housing Assistance -> Support in navigating community temporary housing options, assistance with affordable housing search and referrals to eviction assistance.
Textbook Scholarship -> Help with the Textbook Lending Library and Textbook Assistance Scholarship
Community Resources & Student Emergency Fund Support -> Support in connecting to college and community resources for basic needs including food, transportation, healthcare and other emergency financial needs.
State Benefit Applications (MAP, Medicaid, SNAP, etc) -> Assistance with the Your Texas Benefits application to access state benefits for food and healthcare.
Parenting Liaison Support -> Support for Parenting students who need additional help or referrals for academic concerns, health coverage, housing and food benefits, and childcare resources.
Foster Care Liaison Support-> Support for students with experience in foster care who need additional help in understanding federal and state benefits and/ or referrals to ACC and community resources
Follow these steps:
Step 1
Step 2
Check ACCmail regularly for notices of current or upcoming awards.
Step 3
Follow email next steps or instructions
For questions about eligibility or services, please complete https://austincc.my.site.com/StudentCareCenter/s.
Faculty and Staff: If you would like an Advocate to reach out to a student about services, please complete this referral form.
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