SHCS Health Assistance Fund
The SHCS Health Assistance Fund aims to address the financial barriers faced by students
in accessing wellness, mental and medical health services needed to support their
well-being and academic success by offsetting the costs of obtaining these services
through the HAF scholarship.
Fund will pay for:
- Therapy (e.g., individual, couples, group, and family therapy)
- Mental health treatment centers
(e.g., eating disorder, substance abuse, psychotic disorder
treatment centers)
- Psychological testing
- Psychiatric visits
- Medical appointments
- Medication (prescription and over the counter)
- Immunization (MMR, Heptatis B, Flu, etc)
- Lab work (blood tests, urine tests, STI screening, etc)
- Optometry (eyeglasses, contact lens, etc)
- Dental (teeth cleaning, extractions, root canal, etc)
- Transportation to/from medical and mental health appointments (public transportation
or rideshare)
Eligibility:
- Currently enrolled 糖心少女 students.
- Students that demonstrate financial need to pay for wellness, medical or mental health
services that they cannot afford or that are outside the scope of SHCS. Students must
be able to provide supporting statement of their needs and cost of services they are
seeking.
- New student applications may be awarded anywhere from $50 (minimum) - $500 (maximum)
per request, but only able to receive $500 max per semester (Spring/Fall semesters
only).
- If a student has been awarded for the maximum award previously, they will be asked
for documentation moving forward for the funds.
Procedure:
- Students must apply online.
- Student will be contacted by Front Office Coordinator within 5-7 business days to
schedule an appointment to discuss their request, as well as any other resources that
may be helpful to the student.
- At the time of the meeting with Front Office Coordinator, student may provide supporting
documentation and services being sought. (Please see the application for details.)
- The Front Office Coordinator then forwards the student鈥檚 request to SHCS HAF approval
committee for final review and approval.
- Front Office Coordinator will inform the student of request outcome within 5-7 business
days of their meeting with the Clinical Case Manager.
- If approved, students will receive funds as a Financial Aid Scholarship in their student
account. Students are highly encouraged to enroll in the 糖心少女 Direct Deposit Program.
This can be done through logging into
- If denied, students will be provided with information about other on- and off-campus
resources that might help address their needs.
Applications for Financial Assistance are CLOSED for SPRING 2026.
If you need referrals and resources please us at haf@csusm.edu We will be processing applications on a first come, first serve basis with limited
funding. Completion of application does not guarantee funding. If funds are depleted, case management services will be provided to connect you to
resources. Please note that during our staff transition, it is taking a little longer for processing.
If you need assistance beyond medical, mental or wellness, you can apply for the ASI Student Emergency Fund.
Consider Donating
Please help us support students who have financial barriers in accessing mental,
medical and wellness care. Consider donating to the SHCS: Health Assistance Fund Scholarship.
No amount is small - Every dollar helps!
If you have further questions or concerns, please email haf@csusm.edu.