What are emergency assistance funds?
Students can apply for emergency assistance funds if they are facing extraordinary financial circumstances. Learn more about these funds.
What can I use the funds for?
You can use the funds for the following educational expenses:
- Books
- Testing fees (for example, TEAS exams)
- Course-required items from HACC bookstores (for example, uniforms, equipment and supplies)
- Physicals and medical tests (for example, Tuberculosis tests)
- Emergency auto repair expenses to attend in-person activities related instruction (for example, clinicals and classes held on a HACC campus)
- Bus passes
- Childcare
- Personal home catastrophe (for example, fire or flood that directly affects your ability to attend classes)
Emergency assistance funds do not cover all expenses.
Can the funds be used for HACC tuition and technology?
No, you cannot use emergency assistance funds for tuition or a prior outstanding bill owed to the College. Also, you cannot use emergency assistance funds for technology. Instead, please use this resource.
Am I eligible for emergency assistance funds?
You are eligible if you meet the following criteria:
- Credit students with a GPA of 2.0 or higher
- Credit students who are at least four weeks into their first term with HACC
- Credit and noncredit students who are enrolled at HACC in the current term.
You are not eligible if you:
- Are a guest student
- Are Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) suspended
- Have received emergency assistance before
How do I apply for emergency assistance funds?
To receive funding, please:
- Review the emergency assistance funds below
- Determine which fund is applicable to your situation
- Complete and submit the online form. Documentation of need and a copy of your unofficial transcripts (for credit students) are required.
What documentation will I need to provide?
Please provide:
- Current unofficial transcripts
- Current invoices or receipts for the emergency expense. The invoices and receipts must list the vendor name and total costs.
Who can I contact for more information?
Please contact emergencyassistance@hacc.edu.
Scholarship Eligibility Criteria
Gettysburg Campus Emergency Assistance Fund
- Students must be enrolled at the Gettysburg Campus
Gettysburg Campus Textbook Emergency Assistance Fund
- Students must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0.
- Students must demonstrate financial need.
- Students must attend HACC’s Gettysburg Campus.
- Students’ SAP status must be good or warning.
Robert C. Hoffman Charitable Endowment Trust Emergency Assistance Fund
- Students must be Adams County residents.
- Students must be enrolled at HACC Gettysburg Campus.
- Students must have a minimum 2.0 GPA.
Harrisburg Campus Emergency Assistance Fund
- Students must be enrolled at the Harrisburg Campus
Lancaster Campus Emergency Assistance Fund
- Students must be enrolled at the Lancaster Campus
The Pryor and Arlene Neuber Charitable Trust Emergency Assistance Fund
- Students must be enrolled at the Lancaster Campus
Lebanon Campus Emergency Assistance Fund
- Students must be enrolled at the Lebanon Campus
John L. and C. Jeanette Witmer Charitable Trust Emergency Assistance Fund
- Students must be enrolled at the Lebanon Campus
York Campus-Related Emergency Assistance Fund
- Students must be enrolled at the York Campus
Virtual Learning Emergency Assistance Fund
- Students must be enrolled in Virtual Learning
Massage Therapy Emergency Assistance Fund
Students must be enrolled in the Massage Therapy Program
Plawsky Photography Student Emergency Assistance Fund
- Students must be enrolled in the Associates for Fine arts (AFA) Degree Program focusing on Photography or the Certificate in Photography Program
Charlotte Shuey Student Emergency Assistance Fund
- Students must have needs related to, but not limited to, childcare, transportation, costs, textbooks and course fees.
Please answer the following questions to determine your eligibility for this assistance:
- Have you received emergency assistance funds in prior years?
- Will you be using funds for tuition or a prior outstanding bill owed to the College?
- Will you be using funds for a cable/satellite or telephone/cell phone bill?
- Are you applying for an amount of more than $500.00?
Yes No
STOP: You may receive emergency assistance funding one time only. Please do not complete or submit the application.
Yes No
STOP: You cannot use emergency assistance funds for tuition or a prior outstanding bill owed to the College.
Yes No
STOP: You cannot use emergency assistance funds for cable satellite or telephone/cell phone bills.
Yes No
STOP: You cannot apply for an amount greater than $500.00.