On July 18, 2024, a federal court issued a stay preventing the Department from operating the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan. Here’s what it means for borrowers:

• Forbearance: Borrowers enrolled in the SAVE plan are being moved into forbearance. During forbearance, SAVE borrowers will not have to make payments. The time in forbearance will not count toward Public Service Loan Forgiveness or Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) loan forgiveness. SAVE borrowers will not accrue interest on their loans during the forbearance. SAVE borrowers will be notified about their forbearance by their loan servicers.
• Bills and payments: Borrowers enrolled in the SAVE Plan who have received a bill for August are being put in an interest-free forbearance – payments are not required during forbearance. Borrowers enrolled in the SAVE Plan who have not yet received a bill for August will also be put in forbearance and therefore will not receive a bill.

For more details view the full announcement: Department of Education Updates on Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE Plan) | U.S. Department of Education

Depending on your household size and income, and which county you reside in, you may be eligible to receive up to $291 per month through the CalFresh program. This program issues monthly electronic benefits that can be used to buy most foods at many markets and food stores. Applying for the program is easy and takes only about 15 minutes at BenefitsCal.

We want to extend you an invitation to an online CalFresh Application Workshop, Wednesday, September 25th from 5:30pm to 6:30pm. Register for this event, which will be hosted on Zoom.

Staff from both the Student Financial Services office and the Student Success Center will be available to provide information on the CalFresh program as well as on-the-spot assistance with the online application.  

If you are unable to make it to the Calfresh Workshop, the Student Financial Servcies office will be having drop-in advising for CalFresh applications every Tuesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. through the Student Financial Services Virtual Front Desk.

The Student Financial Services Office will be closed physically and virtually Tuesday, September 24 for an all Student Academic Affairs (SAA) Retreat. The office will reopen again with regular hours Wednesday, September 25 at 9am.

We understand that emergencies can arise when our office is closed. To better help serve our students in these instances we have a list of resources to provide assistance when our office is unreachable. Be sure to email or leave a message for our office and we will get back to you as soon as we return.

The After Hours information is located on our Contact Page just below the Virtual Front Desk section.