{"id":14934,"date":"2026-02-25T09:52:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T17:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fa\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=14934"},"modified":"2026-02-25T09:52:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T17:52:29","slug":"2026-2027-california-community-college-deadline-for-calgrant-is-september-2-2026","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fa\/event\/2026-2027-california-community-college-deadline-for-calgrant-is-september-2-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"2026\/2027 California Community College Deadline for CalGrant is September 2, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 id=\"section-one\"><strong>FAFSA vs CADAA\u2014 Which is the right application for me?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>There are two different financial aid applications, but you only need to complete one! Remember, you will need to complete the application for each year you attend college.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/studentaid.gov\/h\/apply-for-aid\/fafsa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FAFSA\u00a0<\/a>is an application operated by the U.S. Department of Education and the Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) that allows students to qualify for federal, state, and institutional financial aid.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fafsaintro\">\n<div id=\"fafsaintropt\">\n<p><strong>You are eligible to complete the FAFSA if you:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Are a US Citizen<\/li>\n<li>Are a Permanent Resident (&#8220;Green Card&#8221; holder)<\/li>\n<li>Have a T-Visa<\/li>\n<li>Are an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/studentaid.gov\/understand-aid\/eligibility\/requirements\/non-us-citizens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eligible Non-citizen*<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/studentaid.gov\/h\/apply-for-aid\/fafsa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"link-text\">Apply with FAFSA here<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cadaabutton\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>California Dream Act Application (CADAA)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dream.csac.ca.gov\/landing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CADAA\u00a0<\/a>is California\u2019s state financial aid application operated by CSAC that allows undocumented and other eligible students to qualify for state and institutional financial aid.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fafsaintro\">\n<div id=\"fafsaintropt\">\n<p><strong>You are eligible to complete the CADAA if you:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/csac.ca.gov\/undocumented\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Undocumented<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Have a U-Visa or Temporary Protected Status (TPS)<\/li>\n<li>Meet the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.csac.ca.gov\/post\/california-nonresident-tuition-exemption\">CA non-resident exemption requirements<\/a><\/li>\n<li>New: Students from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.csac.ca.gov\/cadaa-msf\">Mixed-Status Families<\/a><br \/>\nSee\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.csac.ca.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2025-04\/MSF-Making-Informed-Decisions.pdf\">Making Informed Decisions<\/a>, for more information.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dream.csac.ca.gov\/landing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"link-text\">Apply with CADAA here<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cadaabutton\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csac.ca.gov\/apply\">https:\/\/www.csac.ca.gov\/apply<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAFSA vs CADAA\u2014 Which is the right application for me? There are two different financial aid applications, but you only need to complete one! Remember, you will need to complete&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fa\/event\/2026-2027-california-community-college-deadline-for-calgrant-is-september-2-2026\/\">Continue Reading<span> 2026\/2027 California Community College Deadline for CalGrant is September 2, 2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":214,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[17,15],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-14934","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tag-current-students","tag-financial-aid"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/14934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/214"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/14934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14935,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/14934\/revisions\/14935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14934"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/fa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=14934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}