Life happens no matter where you are or where you are going, and the FIPSE Grant provides the opportunity to mitigate some financial stressors related to unforeseen life events. Emergency funding is available with a limited capacity to help contribute to auto repair, healthcare costs, emergency housing costs, and/or utilities payments. In addition to the potential emergency relief funding, resources both on and off campus exist that may provide long term assistance that the grant team will assist in referring/connecting students to.
Auto Repair
- Grant funding available to assist with auto repair costs.
- Payment to be made directly to mechanic shop, or auto body.
Healthcare
Grant funding available to assist health care bills.
County Health Assistance
Stop in or make an appointment for support in applying for NJ Family Care.
Location: The Student Enrollment Building (#9) 10a-4p the first Tuesday of every month
*Select County Financial Support Services
Can’t make it? Contact us and let us know.
More information here: https://njfamilycare.dhs.state.nj.us/
Housing
Grant funding available to assist with:
- Subject to eligibility and availability of funds.
- Coordination with community resources.
County Housing Assistance:
Stop in or make an appointment for support in applying for emergency housing.
Location: The Student Enrollment Building (#9) 10a-4p the first Tuesday of every month
Services include:
- Homelessness prevention
- Emergency Shelter
- And more
- Temperature of 32F or lower.
- Ocean County Department of Human Services with partners including the Toms River Office of Emergency Management, the Ocean County Sheriff’s Department, Just Believe Inc. open warming centers for overnight stay throughout the county.
How to know when a Code Blue has been announced:
- Toms River Office of Emergency Management Facebook
- Department Of Human Services email list, sign up here
- Just Believe Inc. Facebook
- State of New Jersey housing hotline. 211 offers a variety of services and resource, more here.
Ocean County is a shelter desert and lacks open emergency shelters outside of Code Blue nights. The closest shelters to Ocean County College are:
Utilities
Grant funds are available to assist with emergency utilities relief.
Utilities include:
- Water/Sewage
- Cell Phone
- Electric
- Gas/Oil
- Internet
State of New Jersey Board of Public Utilities offers this page to assist with general inquiries for utilities assistance.
DC Aid Are You Eligible? is a free tool that with just a few quick questions helps to identify utility assistance programs and links directly to their applications.
Stop in or make an appointment for support in applying for utilities assistance program(s).
Location: The Student Enrollment Building (#9) 10a-4p the first Tuesday of every month
*Select County Financial Support Services
Can’t make it? Contact us and let us know.
Contact Us
Jim Campbell
Project Manager, FIPSE Grant
jcampbell@ocean.edu
732-255-0400 ext. 2379
“The contents of this Website were developed under a grant from the Department of Education. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.”
Grant Information:
$949,275.00 over 3 years
100% of project or program costs are funded by this grant. No grant project or program activities are funded by non-government sources.