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The Student Emergency Fund was created by generous donors to assist CT State Housatonic's home campus students who have encountered an unforeseen financial emergency or hardship that would prevent them from continuing their education at Houstonic. These funds are not intended to be used for routine expenses.

Student Emergency Fund Guidelines

Requests must be urgent in nature, reflecting short-term financial hardship for which the student could not have been prepared. Students may receive assistance only one time every 365 days, with no expectation of repayment.

Applicants must be currently enrolled in a class at Housatonic and must be in good standing with a GPA of 2.0 or more.

No checks are given directly to students, but rather to Housatonic, the Follett bookstore, utility companies or businesses that need to be paid on your behalf, so a mailing address is required. Applications and amounts will be considered on a case-by-case basis through a rapid review process. Requests will be both confidential and genuinely respectful.

Expenses not covered include the following, but are not limited to:

• Future classes or classes from years past are not covered
• Non-essential utilities (such as cable TV or cell phones)
• Credit Card payments
• Household or furniture costs
• Loan payments
• Parking tickets
• Routine expenses
• Mortgage Payments
• Rental Payments
• No lodging (Hotels/Motels)
• State and federal payments (Taxes, State ID, Driver’s license, etc.)
• Online bills/payments (All payments are mailed directly to businesses)
• No Fines of any kind
• Laptops, Apple Computers - Go to the library for loaner computers
• Food - Please Go to the food Pantry in Lafayette Hall
• Books - Please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

WHO CAN APPLY? ONLY

Housatonic students who lists Housatonic as their home campus and taking HCC classes during the current semester.

The number of students who can be assisted by the Student Emergency Fund is subject to the availability of funds. Submission of application request does not guarantee funds approval. Priority will be given to students whose tenure at HCC may be at risk because of unexpected expenses.

IMPORTANT! No online/credit card payments are available. Only checks are written for qualifying expenses are listed on the application. The maximum amount per emergency request is UP TO $250. Students may only submit one application per calendar year/365days

Please complete the following application and attach the required documents to request student emergency funds: