G3 Funding

Get Skilled, Get a Job, Get Ahead (G3)

funding covers tuition, fees, and a book allowance minus any grant aid. This includes all forms of federal, state, and institutional grants in addition to tuition waivers, Chapter 33, and employer tuition reimbursement. Books cannot exceed $500 per term for full-time attendance and will be prorated to $375 for three-quarter time and $250 for half-time. G3 Funding is only available to cover VCCS "approved" G3 academic programs; this includes multiple/stacked academic program plans. All of your academic program plans MUST meet G3 requirements. Once a student qualifies, G3 funding has academic performance requirements to stay eligible. So long as you stay on track to finish in three (3) years, you can take a break between classes and remain on the grant funding. The student must complete their academic program within three (3) years or nine (9) consecutive semesters.

Additional Student Support Incentive Grant (SSIG) Benefits:

The SSIG for full Pell recipients will equal $900 per term for full-time attendance in the fall and spring terms and $450 for full-time attendance in the summer term. Awards will be reduced for students who withdraw or stop attending through the 60% point of the semester, similar to the VGAP and COMA programs. The SSIG will be disbursed in two installments each semester, with the first one occurring after the semester census date and the second one delayed until the end of the term to confirm the student did not withdraw or stop attending.

G3 Requirements:

1. Virginia residents (in-state students only)
2. At least ½ time (6 or more credits) enrolled ONLY in G3 academic program(s)
3. Be Title IV aid eligible, as determined by a FAFSA with completed checklist items
4. Be meeting SAP (satisfactory academic progress)
5. Less than or equal to 400% of the Poverty Guidelines (see chart below)
6. Has the remaining need for tuition, fees, and books after all other grant aid and waivers are calculated

Additional Student Support Incentive Grant (SSIG) Requirements:

1. Full-time (12 or more credit hours in the fall, spring, and summer semesters) and must receive a full Federal Pell Grant with an SAI between -1,500 and 0 (zero)
2. Students must pass/earn 30 or more credit hours to continue qualifying for the SSIG
3. Cannot have a BA degree

This additional assistance (SSIG) is intended to reduce the number of part-time hours a student has to work so that he or she can spend more time studying.

2024 Federal Poverty Guideline Chart