Important News & Information
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- 2025-2026 FAFSA and CADAA Updates
2025-26 FAFSA and CADAA is NOW OPEN!
Both the 2025-2026 FAFSA and California Dream Act Application (CADAA) will be available starting December 1, 2024. If you plan to attend college in the Summer 2025, Fall 2025, or Spring 2026 semesters, you can begin applying for the 2025-2026 academic year in December 2024.
- Which financial aid application should I complete?
- What are the some of the changes to the FAFSA?
Summary of FAFSA Changes:
- Students can add up to 20 colleges.
- The number of questions on the FAFSA has been reduced.
- EFC is being replaced with SAI (students can now have a negative SAI).
- Student contributors without an SSN can now create a FSA account, known as an FSA ID.
- All students and contributors, whether they file a US tax return, must provide consent and approval (check a box ) that grants the IRS permission to transfer any data they have directly into the FAFSA form
- Family size will be based on the number of tax exemptions claimed on the tax form(s) transferred into the FAFSA. If the family size has changed since filing the 2022 tax forms, a family size question will allow for reporting the updated family size.
- The formula used to determine Pell Grant eligibility has changed, resulting in more students qualifying for the Pell Grant.
For more information on the FAFSA Simplification Act, click here.
- How To Submit the FAFSA Form if Your Contributor Doesn't Have an SSN
Update: The Department of Education has announced that the technical issues preventing contributors without a Social Security Number from starting or accessing the FAFSA, have been resolved.
Click the link below for move information and instructions for:
- Are you a Mixed Status Family struggling to File your First FAFSA?
The California Dream Act Application (CADAA) is now open for applicants with contributors who do not have a social security number and are unable to submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The California Student Aid Commission (CSAC) recently made this option available to allow students to meet the May 2, 2024, state and institutional financial aid priority deadlines.
Students and their non-SSN contributors who choose the CADAA option, should continue to pursue the StudentAid.gov account creation and identity verification process to successfully complete the 2024-25 FAFSA and maximize their financial aid opportunities. The CADAA does not provide access to federal student aid.
For more information on how students from mixed-status families can access the California Dream Act Application, visit the CSAC CADAA for Mixed Status Families webpage.
Resources and Support for Mixed Status Families:
- Do you need help applying for financial aid?
Visit our Financial Aid Success Lab for assistance with applying for financial aid. For days, times and location, click the link below and select the tab "Success Lab":
- What happens after I apply?
The LMC Financial Aid Office will begin processing 25-26 financial aid applications by Summer 2025.
- For LMC to receive your financial aid application, students must:
- List LMC (school code 010340) as a school of attendance on their FAFSA/CADAA
- Have an LMC Student ID#
- Have a SSN on file with the college (FAFSA applicants)
- Check Your Insite:
- Students will be notified of the status of their financial aid by Summer 2025. If you have not heard from the LMC financial aid office by June 2025, email us at financialaid@losmedanos.edu or by phone at 925-473-7525.
- View your financial aid status by logging into InSite and selecting the Financial Aid Tile.
- For LMC to receive your financial aid application, students must:
- What is the deadline to apply?
The California state priority deadline has been extended to April 2, 2025. To maximize your financial aid package, students should apply be the state deadline. Students MAY still apply after April 2, 2025 and receive financial aid, such as the Pell Grant, California Promise Grant, and the Free Tuition Program.
- Student Account Charges
Financial aid funds (excluding EOPS and some scholarships) will be applied toward your current student account charges. Remaining financial aid balances after your charges have been paid, if any, will be refunded to you based on your BankMobile disbursement preference. To review your student account charges/payments, log onto InSite, click the Payment tile, then Account Activity.
- Student Loan Repayment
Student loan interest will resume starting on September 1, 2023, and payments will be due starting in October. The U.S. Department of Education and your loan servicer(s) will communicate with your regularly before and after your payments resume to keep you informed and provide support.
Student Connections: We've teamed up with Student Connections to help you with your student loans. This service is completely free for you get. Get in touch with Student Connections to:
- Find your loan balance and monthly payment amount
- Explore options to reduce or delay your payments
- Request an in-school deferment to postpone payments
Visit Student Connections or talk to a borrower advocate for free at (866)311-94509
- What do I need to do?
- Update your contact information on StudentAid.gov
- Update your contact info on your servicer's website. Log in to find your servicer
- Explore affordable repayment plans - compare repayment plans with Loan Simulator
- Enroll (or reenroll) in autopay on your servicer's website.
- Check if you qualify for a type of targeted loan forgiveness
Visit, Preparing for Payments to Resume, to look at all the resouces available to support borrowers in difficult situations.
- Student Connections
Our school has teamed up with Student Connections to help
you with your student loans!Student Connections helps students manage their federal
student loans. This service is completely free for you.Contact Student Connections to:
- Find your loan balance and monthly payment amount
- Discuss available repayment plans
- Explore options to reduce or delay your payments
- Student Loan Repayment in Five Easy Steps
- List of Loan Servicers
Loan Servicer Contact Great Lakes Educational Loan Services, Inc 1-800-236-4300 Edfinancial 1-855-337-6884 MOHELA 1-888-866-4352 Aidvantage 1-800-722-1300 NelNet 1-888-486-4722 OSLA Servicing 1-866-264-9762 ECSI 1-866-313-3797 Default Resolution Group 1-800-621-3115 (TTY: 1-877-825-9923 for the deaf or hard of hearing) - Beware of Scams
Beware of Scams
You might be contacted by a company saying they will help you get loan discharge, forgiveness, cancellation, or debt relief for a fee. You never have to pay for help with your federal student aid. Make sure you work only with the U.S. Department of Education and their loan servicers, and never reveal your personal information or account password to anyone.The U.S. Department of Education emails to borrowers come from noreply@studentaid.gov, noreply@debtrelief.studentaid.gov, or ed.gov@public.govdelivery.com. You can report scam attempts to the Federal Trade Commission by calling 1-877-382-4357 or by visiting reportfraud.ftc.gov.
- Higher Education Legal Services
Free immigration legal services and case support for students, staff, and faculty on California community college campuses statewide or virtually.
- Affordable Connectivity Program
The Affordable Connectivity Program seeks to ensure all eligible households have access to high-quality home internet at a low monthly cost.
As a Pell Grant recipient, you can save on high-speed Internet with the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). This federally funded program allows Pell recipients to save $30 per month on home internet and a $100 one-time discount for a computer or tablet.
Applying is easy and takes just a few minutes. For more information and to apply, click below:
The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) Checklist
- Federal Work Study
The FWS program offers on-campus part-time employment to qualified students. The average annual award is $4,500 ! For more information, visit Types of Aid, and select Federal Work Study and Student Employment or email, LMCWorkStudy@email.4cd.edu.
- Constitution Day
Celebrating Constitution Day – September 17
Constitution Day commemorates the formation and signing of the U.S. Constitution by thirty-nine brave men on September 17, 1787, recognizing all who are born in the U.S. or by naturalization, have become citizens.
All institutions receiving federal funding, including funding through the U.S. Department of Education, are required to hold an educational program pertaining to the United States Constitution on September 17 of each year (or in the preceding or following week if the date falls on a Saturday, Sunday or holiday).
Websites Dedicated to Constitution Day:
- Exploring the United States Constitution: This eBook connects primary sources to the principles of the Constitution. It can accompany the U.S. Constitution iTunes U course.
- Congress Creates the Bill of Rights: The eBook, app, and online resources situate the user in the proposals, debates, and revisions that shaped the Bill of Rights.
- Putting the Bill of Rights to the Test: This primary source-based eWork book helps students explore protections in the Bill of Rights and how they’ve been tested throughout history.
Constitution Day Check List:
- Register to Vote
- Check out this whole Government Research Guide to learn more
For more information visit the LMC Library.
- Outreach Flyers
Need help navigating financial aid?
Whether you’re a high school senior, starting college for the first time, returning after a break, or supporting a student through the process—these flyers are here to guide you.
Our downloadable resources cover the key steps in applying for financial aid—from completing the FAFSA/CADAA to exploring grants, scholarships, and other funding opportunities.