Finish Line - Emergency Student Grants

Any Shasta College student currently enrolled in six (6) or more units during the Spring 2022 semester.

Immigration status does not impact eligibility.

Students are limited to one (1) award per semester.

You may be contacted via phone call or email for clarification of any point on your application.

Applications will be reviewed and prioritized each business day (excludes holidays and weekends). Depending on the volume of applications received, typical processing time is 5-7 business days. We appreciate your patience!

Unless you specify that you do not have reliable access to email, notice of your award status will typically be sent via email from ablanchier@shastacollege.edu.

Please add this email address to your contacts, as this should help prevent your email provider from automatically routing the notification to your “spam” or “junk” folder.

If you don’t hear from us in the expected timeframe, please check to see if the message is hiding in one of those folders before reaching out. 

Awards will typically be $250 - $500. The amount of an award depends primarily on the applicant’s “Unmet Need” as determined by the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) or the California Dream Act Application. If you haven’t already, you are strongly encouraged to complete the appropriate application in order to ensure that you don’t miss out on other opportunities for assistance! Learn more about applying for financial aid.

No, this grant does not need to be repaid.

A wonderful way to “pay it forward,” however, would be to submit a short note, photo, or video of thanks along with a release form (PDF) to foundation@shastacollege.edu. Sharing the impact that this type of funding makes in students’ lives helps us to continue raising funds for programs like these! 

Please contact us if you have any questions about how to submit your thanks. 

Unfortunately, we are currently only offering one Finish Line award per student per semester. 

To learn more about other student-focused financial resources, please visit Apply for Financial Aid. To learn more about community resources, please visit Community Resources.

The Shasta College Foundation was awarded these funds by the Foundation for California Community Colleges as part of the historic, 20-year, $100 Million contribution that they received from the Jay Pritzker Foundation.