CARES III - Spring 2022 Suport FAQs

Students enrolled in a degree-seeking program at CSU Bakersfield will receive emergency grants to help address the hardships caused by the coronavirus pandemic and to continue their education. The grants represent the fifth round of aid distribution to CSUB students since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020.

A total of 9,365 degree-seeking students were identified as eligible for emergency financial aid grants for the spring 2022 semester.

Student Eligibility Spring 2022

All degree-seeking students, including DACA and international students, enrolled in the spring 2022 semester at CSU Bakersfield as of Feb. 18, 2022 are eligible for emergency financial aid grants. CSU Bakersfield has identified three subsets of its student population:

  1. Students with the greatest financial need, who receive maximum state and/or federal aid
  2. Students with moderate financial need
  3. All other students without regard to prior state and/or federal aid received

Students with the greatest financial need. These students were identified using a combination of existing measures of high financial need, based on 2021-2022 FAFSA/CA Dream Act documents (including maximum Pell award recipient, Estimated Family Contribution of $0, etc.) Students in this category were eligible for the maximum award amount based on enrollment status.

Students with moderate financial need. These students were identified using a combination of existing measures of financial need, based on 2021-2022 FAFSA/CA Dream Act documents and Expected Family Contribution (EFC) less than $5,846. A proportion of students received some financial aid but also pay out of pocket for educational expenses.

All other students. These students were identified using a combination of existing measures of financial need, based on 2021-2022 FAFSA/CA Dream Act documents and Expected Family Contribution (EFC) of $5,846 or more, or who did not submit 2021-2022 FAFSA/CA Dream Act documents. Establishment of Emergency Financial Aid Grant Amount CSU Bakersfield established a minimum grant amount that would automatically be awarded to every student enrolled in a degree-seeking program without requiring an application process. Grant aid awards were as follows:

Fall Aid Eligibility
 

Greatest Need Based on 2021-22 FAFSA (Based on FAFSA with Zero EFC)

Moderate Need Based on 2021-22 FAFSA/CA Dream Act (Based on 2021-22 Academic Year FAFSA Pell Grant Eligible EFC < 5846)

All other enrolled students without FAFSA/CA Dream Act or EFC => 5846
Full-time $1600.00 $1200.00 $600.00
Three quarter-time $1200.00 $900.00 $450.00
Half-time $800.00 $600.00 $300.00
Less than half-time $400.00 $300.00 $150.00

 

All degree-seeking students enrolled in the spring 2022 semester at CSU Bakersfield as of Feb. 18, 2022, are eligible for emergency financial aid grants. CSU Bakersfield has identified three subsets of its student population:

  1. Students with the greatest financial need, who receive maximum state and/or federal aid
  2. Students with moderate financial need
  3. All other students without regard to prior state and/or federal aid received
Spring 2022 Aid Eligibility
 

Greatest Need Based on 2021-22 FAFSA (Based on FAFSA with Zero EFC)

Moderate Need Based on 2021-22 FAFSA/CA Dream Act (Based on 2021-22 Academic Year FAFSA Pell Grant Eligible EFC < 5846)

All other enrolled students without FAFSA/CA Dream Act or EFC => 5846
Full-time

$1600.00

$1200.00

$600.00
Three quarter-time $1200.00 $900.00 $450.00
Half-time $800.00 $600.00 $300.00
Less than half-time $400.00 $300.00 $150.00
As early as March 8, 2022, depending on which refund preference is selected in BankMobile.
Through your BankMobile account. If you don’t have one, sign up for a BankMobile account.
You are eligible for this emergency financial aid grant.

It was the last day that a student could drop the class and not be penalized.

This enabled us to capture all enrolled students as of that date.
9,364 students in degree-seeking programs.
$10,009,950
No. This is special one-time funding and will have no effect on your financial aid now or going forward.
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