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◊Educational Opportunity Center


ALOHA!

The Educational Opportunity Center

Interested in college but unsure of where to begin?
eoclogocolor EOC admissions advisers make navigating the world of college applications, majors, financial aid, and scholarships easy. EOC has been helped more than 40,000 residents meet their college and career goals. Many have gone on to college, some to graduate school, and others into careers they would have never dreamed possible before.

REQUEST FOR SERVICES

The EOC is a federally-funded TRIO program whose mission is to increase the college enrollment of disadvantaged Maui County residents. As a US Department of Education grant-funded program, EOC is required to document our services. A Request for Services form is required for each student.  Download the form, complete, and submit it to EOC. For dependent students, we will require the following:
  • Dependent students are required to provide a parent signature on their EOC Client intake form verifying income.
  • We use the Federal Financial Aid dependency criteria to determine dependency.  A student is considered a dependent of their parents if they cannot answer “yes” to any of the following questions:
    • Will you be 24 years old or older by January 1 of the year you are completing this form?
    • As of today are you married?
    • Are you in a masters, doctorate, or post-baccalaureate certificate program?
    • Are you currently on active duty in the military?
    • Are you a veteran?
    • Do you  have children who receive more than half their support from you?
    • Do you have dependents who live with you and receive more than half their support from you?
    • At any time since you turned 13, were you an orphan, in foster care, or a ward of the court?
    • Are you or were you an emancipated minor?
    • Are you or were you in legal guardianship in your state of residence?
    • Did your high school homeless liaison determine that you were an unaccompanied youth who was homeless?
    • Did a director of an emergency shelter or transitional housing program funded by the US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development determine that you were an unaccompanied youth who was homeless?
    • Did a director of a runaway or homeless youth basic center or transitional living program determine that you were an unaccompanied youth who was homeless or were self-supporting and at risk of being homeless?
A few words on dependency: dependency for financial aid is significantly different than dependency for tax purposes. If you do not meet any of these criteria, then you are classified as a dependent student for EOC and FAFSA purposes. Whether you believe you are independent or not does not change your dependency status on the FAFSA. Many students each year attempt to file as independent students because they are living on their own and are self-sufficient or their parents refuse to contribute to their education. However, under federal regulations, they are still classified as dependent students. You must file your FAFSA based on the dependency requirements listed above or you risk getting no federal financial aid. Need help? Contact Us. We can help. Services are free and available on an individual, group or outreach basis. We help County adults access college on Maui or elsewhere. Contact Us. Educational Opportunity Center is a fully-funded TRIO program of the U.S. Department of Education in the amount of $426,991 annually.  SEc. 402D HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965 SEC.  402D.20 U.S.C. 1070a-14.
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UH Maui College – Campus Services Hours Spring 2012 (Jan. 9 – May 10, 2012):

  • Library
    • Monday – Thursday: 8:00am – 6:00pm Friday: 10 am – 4 pm Saturday – Sunday: Closed
  • Kalama Computer Lab
    • Monday – Thursday: 8:30 am – 8:30 pm Friday: 8:30 am – 1:30 pm Saturday – Sunday: Closed
  • TLC
    • Monday – Thursday: 9 am – 6 pm Friday – Sunday: 11 am - 5 pm  
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