State Grants: Child of Certain Veterans and Public Safety Officers Supplemental Grant Program (CVO)
The State Student Assistance Commission (SSACI) of Indiana administers the Child of Certain Veterans and Public Safety Officers Supplemental Grant Program (CVO).
Details
- A student must be admitted as an in-state student (that is, paying resident fees to IUB), and the parent must meet (or have met) certain Indiana residency requirements.
- A FAFSA must be filed.
- An Application for Remission of Fees (available in our office and on SSACI’s website at www.in.gov/ssaci) must be certified by the Indiana Department of Veteran’s Affairs and submitted to our office.*
- CVO is available to both degree-seeking undergraduate and graduate students, enrolled in at least one credit hour.
- The award covers up to 124 credit hours of enrollment. **
- CVO is designated for application towards the payment of tuition and fees.***
- The award counts towards fulfilling a student’s overall need figure.
- CVO for graduate students will be capped at undergraduate limits.
- Graduate students who are receiving CVO under the current cap guidelines will be grandfathered in, provided they are currently enrolled and continue to be enrolled.
- Students who do not enroll for a year or more will be subject to the new guidelines.
*Separate instructions apply to children/spouses covered by the Indiana National Guard or public safety officer portion of the program; please visit http://www.in.gov/ssaci/2339.htm for further details.
**Courses dropped after the 100% refund period in any term may be applied toward a student's CVO eligibility.
***If a student is awarded no other type of fee remission, CVO will cover all of a student’s tuition and mandatory fees. If a portion of a student’s tuition and fees are covered (e.g., by an O’Bannon Grant), CVO will pay the balance. If a student has another full fee remission, CVO cannot be used, since tuition and fees are already covered.
More information about SSACI programs can be found at www.in.gov/ssaci.