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Center for Essential Needs

Financial Resources


Emergency Grants

This short term help can be used for essential items, including housing, utilities, and other unexpected expenses. You will be asked to provide an itemized list and to upload the receipts you are asking for assistance with. We also will confirm your eligibility with financial aid. Once we have all the necessary documentation and financial aid has determined your eligibility, your application will be sent to a committee for final review. 

Emergency grants are available to:

  • Undergraduate students.
  • Graduate students.
  • International students.
  • Undocumented students.

Grant availability are subject to change based on current funding levels.

To Apply for an Emergency Grant

Students must:

  1. Be currently enrolled in 9+ units at Fresno State.
  2. Have a minimum 2.0 GPA. 
  3. Have taken out subsidized loans through Financial Aid. 
  4. Complete the Emergency Grant Application.
  5. Complete a consent form. This consent form must be filled out for us to proceed with your application for assistance.
  6. Participate in a brief needs assessment with a case manager or housing navigator if their application is incomplete.
  7. Emergency grant recipients must also complete a pre-survey to help us evaluate the impact of our services, in alignment with reporting requirements from the CSU Chancellor’s Office.

All financial support provided will be reported to Financial Aid and may affect your cost of attendance, unless it has been designated by Financial Aid as emergency assistance.

Emergency Grant Form

Consent Form

 

 


Additional Resources

A judgement-free space to learn and develop healthy money habits.
Workshops will be held on Mondays from Noon to 1p.m. in person or via Zoom. 

Zoom link: https://bit.ly/befinanciallywell

  • Feb. 2 — Checking 101 (PCSU): Learn the tools to manage a checking account, such as monitoring statements and account balancing. RSU 214
  • Feb. 9 — Savings and Budgeting (Chase): In this workshop, learn to set value-based goals, build a workable budget and save for the future. RSU 214
  • Feb. 23 — Money Wise (EECU): You'll learn the basics of money management and banking, including budgeting, personalized spending plans and expense tracking. RSU 207
  • Mar. 2 — Ten Steps to Financial Success (PCSU): This session focuses on building financial discipline through goal setting and creating a spending plan for financial success. RSU 214
  • Mar. 9 — Establishing Credit (Chase): In this interactive workshop you'll learn the basics of credit, including what it is and why it matters, how to check your credit score and reports, how to get started building credit and how to protect your credit. RSU 214
  • Mar. 16 — Understanding Credit (EECU): Discover how credit reports and scores work, and gain the tools to improve your financial future. RSU 214 
  • Mar. 23 — Financial Wellness (CEN): This session will help you understand how money trauma can affect our daily habits and how we view money. RSU 214
  • Apr. 6 — Ways to Avoid Fraud and Scams (Chase): Learn to stay organized, spot scams, protect yourself and respond to fraud. RSU 214
  • Apr. 13 — Car Buying (EECU): Explore key steps in car buying, including preparation, common terms and financial/credit aspects. RSU 216
  • Apr. 20 — Understanding Credit (PCSU): Covers becoming an educated credit consumer, including credit approval evaluation, qualification factors and credit scoring. RSU 214

Workshop Flyer

In order to be considered for a Fresno State scholarship, students must be a continuing student or a new student who has applied for admission for the 2024/2025 academic year. All scholarship applicants must use their MyFresnoState login username and password to access the scholarship application and/or the scholarship directory for current year opportunities.

Please be prepared to provide two different personal statements. One statement is to give you an opportunity to tell us important things about yourself that are not addressed or apparent in the application. The second statement is regarding your career objectives.

Apply for scholarships

To aid college students living with serious illness and injury, so that they may continue working toward their educational goals. Each year we provide grants for uncovered medical costs, medical technology, educational costs and living expenses.

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