This is a need-based grant. Students applying must complete the FAFSA and be enrolled in a certificate, applied science, or engineering degree program at Ozarks Tech. Preference is given to students who have not completed an associate degree. Students must apply each semester in order to be eligible.
- Single Parent or Single Pregnant Woman: Individuals who are unmarried or separated from a spouse and
- have a minor child(ren) for which the parent has either sole custody
- OR joint custody; or is pregnant and unmarried.
- Displaced Homemaker: Missouri resident whose principal job has been homemaking and has not been employed on a full-time basis (40 hrs. per week) for at least three years and one of the following three requirements:
- This individual has lost his/her main source of income because of divorce, separation, death, or disability of a spouse;
- OR has a long-term family income that is below the poverty level;
- OR has lost eligibility for public assistance.