Emergency and Childcare Assistance

Emergency Assistance provides financial assistance to students facing an unexpected financial hardship or challenge. If a car breaks down, a student faces an unexpected medical emergency, or when unanticipated expenses occur that could force a student to drop out of school, emergency assistance funds help students’ bridge the gap. We know that 87% of financial aid recipients have significant financial need. Our students struggle to make ends meet and are often forced to make hard decisions between paying an energy bill and buying a needed textbook for class.

Childcare Assistance is designed to help financially strapped, full-time or part-time college students with young children to allow these students to attend their classes and focus on their studies. Childcare Assistance removes the barrier of unknown or unreliable childcare. Many students rely on family members or friends for childcare, but when an unexpected illness or conflict arises, students are often forced to skip class and fall behind in their studies. Annual student survey results consistently show that more than 1,000 SVC students have dependents living with them, and the struggle to find consistent, reliable and safe dependent care is real.

Check out the Student Emergency & Childcare Assistance funding page (where students apply for these funds) to see how the program works.

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Childcare Assistance

To enable students with young children to attend their classes and focus on their studies.

Many students rely on family members or friends for childcare, but when an unexpected illness or conflict arises, students are often forced to skip class or delay studying for a test. A survey of SVC students completed in Fall 2015 found that 52% of students have children or dependents living with them, and most say they struggle to find consistent, reliable and safe dependent care.