Types of Financial Aid

FEDERAL AID

STATE AID

Chafee Educational Training Voucher

The Chafee Education and Training Voucher (ETV) program provides resources specifically to meet the educational and training needs of eligible current or former foster youth. The Chafee ETV program offers up to $5,000 per year for post-secondary education and training to assist youth with skill development needed to lead independent and productive lives.

Go Youth Challenge Program

The GO Youth ChalleNGge Program is a program to encourage and assist those students who graduate from the Louisiana National Guard's Youth Challenge Program to continue their education and enhance their employment opportunities by providing tuition at an eligible Louisiana postsecondary institution.

Strategies to Empower People Program (STEP)

The Strategies to Empower People (STEP) Vocational Education Program, funded by the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), awards payment of postsecondary tuition and up to $300 for books and fees each semester to eligible recipients of the Family Independence Temporary Assistance Program (FITAP).

TOPS

TOPS (Taylor Opportunity Program for Students) is a program of state scholarships for Louisiana residents. Eligibility requirements for TOPS awards are determined by Louisiana Office of Student Financial Aid (LOSFA). LOSFA will notify NLTCC of all students who are eligible for TOPS for the upcoming semesters, and we will automatically authorize TOPS awards on individual LoLA accounts.

Louisiana Department of Veteran Affiars (State)

Louisiana offers education assistance to surviving spouses of deceased Veterans as well as children of Veterans rated with 90% or more service-connected disability and children of Veterans rated with 100% service-connected disability due to unemployability. For more information, visit your local Veteran's Parish Service Office.

Louisiana Go Grant

The purpose of the Louisiana Go Grant program is to provide a need-based component to the state's financial aid plan to support nontraditional and low to moderate-income students who need additional aid to afford the cost of attending college.

Louisiana National Guard Tuition Exemption

To determine eligibility, students must contact Sgt. Acker with the Louisiana National Guard at (504) 278.8273. If the student is eligible, NLTCC will be contact via the receipt a Tuition Exemption letter. The Tuition Exemption denotes that NLTCC will waive tuition ; however, the student will be responsible for any fees. Please note that any student that wishes to obtain a tuition exemption through the Louisiana National Guard, must pursue at least an Associate’s Degree.

Louisiana Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment Services

Vocational Rehabilitation, the flagship program of Louisiana Rehabilitation Services (LRS), is a one-stop career development program that offers individuals with disabilities a wide range of services designed to provide them with the skills, resources, attitudes, and expectations needed to compete in the interview process, get the job, keep the job, and develop a lifetime career. LRS' Vocational Rehabilitation Program provides comprehensive rehabilitation services that go far beyond those found in routine job training programs. This frequently includes work evaluation and job readiness services; assessment for and provision of assistive technology, such as customized computer interfaces for persons with physical or sensory disabilities; job counseling services, and medical and therapeutic services.

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)

The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA) is designed to help job seekers access employment, education, training, and support services to succeed in the labor market and to match employers with the skilled workers they need to compete in the global economy. The goal of the ACT is to increase employment, retention, and earnings of participants and in doing so, improve the quality of the workforce to sustain economic growth, enhance productivity and competitiveness and reduce welfare dependency. Student eligibility is determined by Coordinating and Development Corporation (CDC) Field Offices in the city/parish that he/she resides in. If student lives inside the city limits of City of Shreveport, please contact the City of Shreveport’s WIOA office.

NLTCC SCHOLARSHIPS

Jon Cole Harris Foundation Scholarship
at Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College - Fall 2023

Deadline: July 28th, 2023

Scholarship Application Link

Scholarship Qualifications and Criteria:

Student must be enrolled in Welding Technology at the Minden Campus.
Awards shall be made in the amount of $2,500 as a one time award to a qualifying student.
Student must be enrolled as a full-time student at the College (enrolled in 12+ hours).
It is preferred that the student not be receiving any additional Financial Aid.

A special note from the family:

The Jon Cole Harris Foundation was created in loving memory of our son Jon Cole (JC) Harris. We lost this precious soul on December 16, 2020 at the age of 19. Jon Cole was an avid outdoor enthusiast regardless of the season, weather, or activity. JC grew up in Bossier City and attended Apollo, Greenacres Middle School, and Airline High School.

After graduation from Airline, he attended Northwestern State University in Natchitoches and became a member of the Kappa Alpha fraternity. JC cherished the friendships that NSU and KA brought to his life. However, he made the decision to take a different career path. His motivation was that he did not foresee himself being happy in a job that would require him to sit behind a desk to make a living. He wanted to pursue a path that would allow him to be outdoors, love what he was doing, and offer him a career. He felt that path was learning to weld at Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College in Minden.

He began NLTCC in August of 2020 and loved the experience. He decided that evening classes were for him and worked hard to complete the semester early. After his first semester there, he knew he had made the right career choice for himself and was looking forward to returning that January and completing the program that Spring. This foundation and scholarship was created to offer other individuals the opportunity to also pursue a career opportunity in welding. We give this in memory of JC and in appreciation of the faculty/staff at NLTCC that work to help make dreams come true.

5 for 6 Initiative

The 5 for 6 Initiative was established to assist student who are currently enrolled in an adult education program and wishes to begin working towards their postsecondary education prior to obtaining their high school diploma (or equivalency). To be eligible, students must:

Be ages 14-26
Be in the foster care system, aged out of the foster care system, exited the foster care system through legal guardianship or adoption after attaining the age of 16, or was in the foster care system after the age of 14 and exited for reasons other than adoption, guardianship, or aging out; and
Be enrolled in postsecondary education; and
Annually complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)

Renewal Requirements

Not have attained the age of 26; and
Be enrolled in postsecondary education; and
Not have participated in the program for more than five years, whether or not consecutively; and
Be making satisfactory academic progress in his/her program of study

Future Farmers of America

Applicant self disclose when completing admissions application in Banner. System office verifies. The student must be a Louisiana high school graduate and only applies for the fall (August) semester immediately following high school graduation (May). The waiver is a $500 one time scholarship. If the student is a LDE and CDE Champion, then the student is eligible for additional $500 ($1,000 total).