Types of Aid

To meet the financial eligibility requirement, a student must have (or have had) Medicaid coverage for 24 months within a 36 consecutive month period as identified by the Family Independence Agency (FIA).  This can happen as early as the sixth grade.  The Michigan Department of Treasury will send an application form to the home of each of these identified students.  The student must complete the application form and return it to Treasury before graduation from high school (or GED completion) and before their 20th birthday to activate the financial eligibility for the program.  Only then will the student receive a “confirmation letter.”  All benefits must be used within six years of high school graduation (or GED completion) or student forfeits program eligibility.

To receive Phase I benefits, the student must further demonstrate to the participating college:

• Evidence of eligibility, I.e., submit a copy of the confirmation letter to the financial aid office of the college and complete the Financial Aid Application Process to receive student aid at MCC.
• High school graduation (or GED completion) prior to age 20.
• U.S. citizenship or eligible non-citizen status, or designated “refugee”, “asylum granted”, “humanitarian parole”, “indefinite parole”, or “Cuban-Haitian entrant”status.
• Michigan residence as determined by institutional criteria.
• Initiation of benefits for enrollment at a participating college within four years of high school graduation or GED completion. Eligibility ends six years from the date of high school graduation or GED completion, effective with the class of 2010.
• Future awards are subject to availability and approved funding.
• At least half-time enrollment in a program other than theology or divinity earning less than 80 semester or 120 term credits.
• Satisfactory academic progress according to institutional policy

Michigan Tuition Incentive Program (TIP)