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To process a scholarship, students should notify the Financial Aid Office when they receive an outside scholarship. Washington State Opportunity Scholarship https://www.waopportunityscholarship.org/ OUTSIDE FUNDING SOURCES Financial Aid Office Student Affairs (SA), 2nd floor, Room 231 253-288-3392 Students who are working with agencies such as the Department of Labor and Industries, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Work Source, King County Work Training, Tribal funding, and scholarships, the Department of Social and Health Services, Employment Security, Services for the Blind, private insurance, or other agencies should connect with the Financial Aid Office to turn in paperwork, contracts, or vouchers. Green River staff serve as liaisons between the students, the faculty, and the agencies that provide educational funding. WORK STUDY AND STUDENT EMPLOYMENT Financial Aid Office Student Affairs (SA), 2nd floor, Room 231, 253-931-6531 Green River offers Work Study and Non-Work Study employment through the Student Employment Program. To participate in the Student Employment Program, students must be registered for a minimum of six credits at Green River College, at all times of employment. Work Study hires must also maintain Financial Aid eligibility to qualify for Student Employment. Work Study is part of a student's financial aid and, unlike other financial aid, it is funding that a student receives in the form of a paycheck throughout the quarter, dependent on the number of hours they work. Students should make note that eligibility for Work-Study does not guarantee a job. Student programs, clubs, recreation, and instructional divisions use Non-Work Study (also known as Work Grant) to hire through the Student Employment Program. To learn more about the Student Employment Program visit our website: https://www.greenriver.edu/students/ pay-for-college/financial-aid/student- employment/ THE WORKFORCE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Student Affairs (SA), Room 270 253-931-6550 The Workforce Education Department administers four grants — Worker Retraining, WorkFirst, Opportunity Grant, and the Basic Food Employment and Training Program that provide funding assistance towards tuition, books, fees and other support service to traditionally underserved students. Grant eligibility includes dislocated workers, vulnerable workers Unemployment Insurance recipients, Military Service-members who have already separated and those in the process of separation from active duty service, SNAP eligible, TANF recipients and low-income. These grants are an effort to support students in gaining marketable skills, which will enable their return to the labor market and help them earn a competitive wage. For more information, please contact the Workforce Education department at 253- 931-6550, workforce@greenriver.edu or visit the department online at greenriver. edu/workforce 138 138