PACT教育 Program – Perkins Assistance for Career and Technical Education

• 教科书
  Assistance with purchasing textbooks
• 程序包 & 工具
  Assistance with purchasing tools and equipment for classroom or clinical instruction
• 制服
  Assistance with purchasing necessary 制服 to meet course requirements
• 资格考试费用
  Assistance with fees for 资格证书考试 for students who have completed all program requirements
• 运输
  Assistance in the form of gas stipends
• 照顾孩子的帮助
  Assistance with childcare expenses for children four years of age or younger in eligible childcare centers verified in good standing with the Department of Social 服务  

Balancing personal, academic and work-life can be complicated. Sometimes it can be difficult to know where to turn to get help. 该协议教育 Program can also connect students to many of the services provided on campus such as:

• 学术指导
• 学术辅导
• 职业服务
• 爱心角落食品储藏室
• 社区 and Government Resource Contacts
• 咨询服务
• 金融援助
• 恒星的中心
• 学生活动
• 学生 Disabilities 服务
• TRiO 学生支持 服务
• 退伍军人的援助

的 PACT教育 Program assists qualifying students enrolled in career and technical 教育 majors who apply for financial assistance with textbooks, 程序套件和工具, 制服, 资格证书考试, 运输, and childcare through the Carl B. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (Perkins Grant).  要获得资格，学生:

• Must be a returning Greenville Technical College student with at least 6 credit hours earned or a student transferring from another institution with a minimum of 6 transfer credit hours
• Must be enrolled in an approved career and technical 教育 major - Eligible programs earn one of the following credentials:  Associate in Applied Science, Diploma in Applied Science, Certificate in Applied Science, or Bachelor in Applied Science.
• Must be enrolled in at least 6 credit hours
• Must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.25
• Must be from one or more of the following special populations outlined in the Carl B. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act:
  
  • Individuals with disabilities
  • Individuals preparing for nontraditional fields
  • Single parents, including single pregnant women
  • Economically disadvantaged
  • Out-of-workforce individuals
  • 英语学习者
  • 无家可归的人 
  • 学生s in, or have aged out of, the foster care system
  • 学生s with a parent who is a member of the armed forces and is on active duty 

学生s who meet the entry qualifications will be provided additional information on how to remain eligible for assistance while enrolled in the career and technical 教育 program of study.

• 学生s in Associate in Arts and Associate in Science programs are not eligible. 
• No assistance will be given if a student loan is in default.
• 学生s must be in good academic standing with the college.
• Childcare assistance can only be through eligible centers in good standing with the Department of Social Service.

学生s who meet the entry qualifications need to complete the following:

• Complete a Free Application for Federal 学生 援助 (FAFSA) available at the 金融援助 Office or at www.fafsa.ed.政府. 
• 电子邮件 PACT教育@debegin.net for an application and additional information.