State Programs Requiring a FAFSA

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Howard P. Rawlings Guaranteed Access (GA) Grant​

The Howard P. Rawlings Guaranteed Access (GA) Grant provides postsecondary financial assistance to eligible students currently enrolled as high school seniors who will complete a college preparatory program or a student who graduated prior to the current academic year who provides written documentation explaining why they were unable to attend college within one (1) year of graduating from high school.
http://www.mhec.state.md.us/preparing/Pages/FinancialAid/ProgramDescriptions/prog_ga1718.aspx

Howard P. Rawlings Educational Assistance (EA) Grant
You and your parents (if you are a dependent student) must be Maryland residents. You must enroll at a two-year or four-year Maryland college or university as a full-time (12+ credits per semester), degree seeking, undergraduate student.  Audited courses cannot be used to reach the minimum credit hours required for full-time status.  You must demonstrate financial need. All applicants are ranked by Expected Family Contribution (EFC). Your EFC is based on information reported on the FAFSA. Students with the lowest EFC are awarded first.
http://www.mhec.state.md.us/preparing/Pages/FinancialAid/ProgramDescriptions/prog_ea.aspx

Charles W. Riley Firefighter and Ambulance and Rescue Squad Member Scholarship Program
The Charles W. Riley Firefighter and Ambulance and Rescue Squad Member Scholarship Program encourages members of the fire-fighting, ambulance, and rescue organizations serving Maryland communities to pursue credited courses that lead to a degree in fire service technology, emergency medical technology, fire service management, or public safety administration with a minor or concentration in fire service technology or fire service management.
http://www.mhec.state.md.us/preparing/Pages/FinancialAid/ProgramDescriptions/prog_fire.aspx

Veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts (VAIC) Scholarship Program
The Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship Program is designed to provide financial assistance to United States armed forces personnel who served in the Afghanistan or Iraq Conflicts, and their sons, daughters, or spouses who are current high school seniors, and full-time or part-time, degree-seeking undergraduate students enrolled in an eligible accredited Maryland postsecondary institution.
http://www.mhec.state.md.us/preparing/Pages/FinancialAid/ProgramDescriptions/prog_vaic.aspx

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