Scholarship Program Resources

The below resources are not DHA-affiliated. Please visit the sites for more information as DHA is unable to provide additional information.

Veterans' Dependents

You have potential entitlement to benefits under a program known as the College Fee Waiver Program for Veterans' Dependents, if:

1.  You are the spouse, surviving spouse, son, or daughter of a veteran who is rated 100 percent service-connected disabling by the Veterans Administration (VA), or a veteran who died from service-related causes.
2.  You are the son or daughter of a veteran with a VA service-connected disability rating, or a veteran who had a VA service-connected disability rating at the time of death.

Contact Veterans Service Office

3970 Research Drive, Sacramento, CA 95838

Telephone: (916) 874-6811 | Fax: (916) 854-8900  | or download College Fee Waiver Application for Veteran Dependents

Foster Care Youth Waiver

Most foster youth may have most of their financial needs met for college through the Middle Class Scholarship (MCS), and the Foster Youth Student Success Completion Grant.

​For more information, visit the following sites:

• Universities of California (UC)
• California State Universities (CSU)
• California Community Colleges​​
  

Los Rios Promise Program 

The Los Rios Promise Program covers the cost of tuition for eligible students. You may also hear it referred to as California Promise or AB-19 (Assembly Bill 19) and AB-2 (Assembly Bill 2).

You are only eligible for the Los Rios Promise Program for two consecutive award years beginning with your initial enrollment in the summer/fall term. If your first enrollment is the spring term, then you are only eligible for 1.5 years (not the full two years), provided that you meet the enrollment and FAFSA completion deadline.

Apply Los Rios schools 

And make sure to complete the FAFSA by the June 30, 2026