Have you had an unexpected expense or major life event causing you to think about dropping or reducing units?
The Basic Needs Committee has Emergency Grant funding available to help you stay enrolled! The goal is to provide immediate, short-term assistance to help students directly stabilize their situation and continue on their journey of educational success.
Requirements to Qualify
Read carefully - requirements have changed to due changes in funding.
- Must demonstrate exceptional need resulting from a sudden, unexpected emergency, that will interfere with your courses during the Summer 2026 semester.
- Must be actively enrolled in Summer 2026 course/s at Columbia College, meaning your Summer course must have already started. Funds will not be disbursed until your course begins.
- Students can only be awarded if they have submitted the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 Financial Aid Application to the Columbia College Financial Aid Office. Student's financial aid must be processed through the Columbia College Financial Aid Office to be eligible.
Emergency Grant Guidelines
- Awards will be decided based on meeting requirements, financial need, statement, and funding availability.
- Processing time is approximately 2-3 weeks and may be delayed if sufficient information is not provided.
- Funding is very limited and will be awarded on a first come, first served basis. Priority will be given to first time awardees. If eligible student may receive a standard award of $500. Student is eligible for only ONE award in a 12-month period.
- Applications submitted with AI-generated statements will not be reviewed. We are requesting you to detail your situation in your own words.
- The Basic Needs Committee meets weekly and will review applications from the previous week. If you have additional questions regarding this timeline, email ccbasicneeds@yosemite.edu for a prompt response.
- Students will be notified of the award decision via email and will be required to have an active Bank Mobile account set up to receive the funding.
- If you owe tuition or fees with the Business Office, those fees will have to be taken out of your grant funding and you will then receive the remaining funds.
Application:
The Summer 2026 application is now open! The application for Summer will close August 6th, 2026.
Please be aware, there are multiple weeks that no applications will be reviewed or funds ordered, due to holidays: June 16th - June 20th and June 30th - July 4th.
Reminder! You must be actively enrolled (meaning your Summer classes have already begun) to receive this grant.
Basic Needs Emergency Grant - Summer 2026
