2012 Catalog PDF - Feather River College

Veterans’ Benefits and Services
Chafee Grants
The California Chafee Grant Program provides funding to current or former foster youth to use for career and technical
training or college courses. The Chafee Grant Program, also known as the Education and Training Voucher (ETV), is a
federally funded program and is subject to the availability of federal funds each year. Additional information can be
found at http://www.chafee.csac.ca.gov.
Scholarships
Feather River College and the FRC Foundation offer a variety of scholarships for students who are entering or
transferring to FRC and for continuing students. The college offers a single application packet for students to use to
apply for both college and FRC Foundation scholarships. Application packets for scholarships for the next academic
year are made available to students each spring; all entering, transferring in and continuing students are encouraged
to apply.
The FRC Financial Aid Office also makes applications available for outside scholarships from the local community and
elsewhere when the sponsoring organizations provide the college with their information. In addition, Financial Aid
maintains information on a variety of scholarship websites and search engines.
Scholarship applications and information are available both in the Financial Aid Office and on the Financial Aid website
at http://www.frc.edu/financialaid/Scholarshipinformation.htm.
Veterans’ Benefits and Services
Location
The Veterans Certifying Officials are located in the Financial Aid Office.
Eligibility
Feather River College has been approved by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to offer benefits of higher
education to veterans, reservists and eligible dependents (including step-child or adopted child). These benefits are
available through the following programs:
- The Montgomery GI Bill (Chapter 30)
- Veterans Educational Assistance Program - VEAP (Chapter 32)
- Post-9/11 GI Bill (Chapter 33)
- Survivors’ and Dependents’ Educational Assistance Program (Chapter 35)
- Montgomery GI Bill - Selected Reserves (Chapter 1606)
- Reserve Education Assistance Program - REAP (Chapter 1607)
- Educational Assistance Test Program (Chapter 901)
How to Apply
There are three ways to apply for educational benefits:
- Online at http://vabenefits.vba.va.gov/vonapp
- Plumas County Veteran’s Services Office (530) 283-6275
- Feather River College - visit the Financial Aid Office
Eligible students must receive a Certificate of Eligibility from the VA before receiving benefits.
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