College Scholarships

Accepting applications for a Workforce Scholarship for students who live in Adams County or went to an Adams County High School and are enrolled in a certificate program.

Must meet the following requirements:

• Be 16-24 years of age
• Attend or attended an Adams County high school or live in Adams County
• Be a Colorado resident
• Be enrolled in a certificate program at a community college or technical college at a public institution of higher education in Colorado
• Meet income eligibility (up to 250% PELL). Get a free estimate of your federal student aid by completing the Federal Student Aid Estimator
• Complete application

If you meet all eligibility above, apply for the ACEC Workforce Scholarship

Through a generous grant from McKee Foundation and their Blue Star Scholarship, the FRCC Foundation is awarding $25,000 to veterans or active military students.

The Career and Technical Education (CTE) Grant is open for the 2024-2025 school year. The grant is only available for fall and spring semesters.

The CTE Grant offers financial assistance to students if they are enrolled in one of the approved CTE certificates and meet eligibility requirements. The purpose of the grant is to provide funding assistance to low-income students enrolled in certificate programs that are under 16 credit hours. The grant covers the cost of tuition, fees, required books and materials only. 

• Must be a Colorado resident
• Must be enrolled in a CTE program that is 15 credit hours or less to complete
• Must not be receiving Veterans Administration education benefits
• Must be in good standing for Financial Aid Satisfactory Academic Progress standards
• Cannot receive CTE Grant Funds with Title IV aid or other state aid

This grant is need based and student must show financial need by completing a FAFSA demonstrating they would qualify for Pell grant OR by providing a copy of proof of any of the following:

• Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) Benefits
• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Benefits
• Medicaid Eligibility
• Supplemental Security Income (SSI), or Disability Benefits
• Section 8 Housing Voucher
• Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Benefits
• An income that is eligible for Free and Reduced Lunch Benefits
• An income that is too low to require a Federal Income Tax Filing

CCCS Foundation Scholarship is now closed for 2025-2026; please check back next year for the 2026-2027 application! 

• NO letters of recommendation required
• NO transcripts required
• NO resumes required
• NO interviews required
• One application for multiple scholarships
• Awards range from $1,000 to $5,000
• ASSET students are eligible for many scholarship opportunities, except where noted otherwise

FRCC has received two grants—totaling more than $4 million—from the state Department of Higher Education's Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative (COSI). FRCC will use these funds to re-enroll and support students who have started their education, but had to stop without completing a degree. 

• Must be enrolled in the early childhood education program
• Must have worked in an early childhood facility for a minimum of 6 months
• Must be currently working a minimum of 20 hours/week in a licensed early childhood facility in Adams County

EmpowerEd is a state-funded program, to provide higher education funding and support to individuals who experienced homelessness and were identified as being McKinney-Vento eligible by a designated school personnel while enrolled in a Colorado high school. Students wishing to apply for Summer 2025 funding may do so until the application closes on until June 12, 2025.

Eligibility Criteria

Students who meet the criteria are eligible to have the remaining cost of attendance (after scholarships, grants and other financial aid awards have been applied) covered through this program for up to 132 semester credit hours or 198 quarter credit hours.

• Identified by designated school personnel as a homeless child or youth under the Federal McKinneyVento Homeless Assistance Act, while residing in Colorado anytime between the start of 9th-grade and end of 12th-grade,
• Is at least 17 years of age, and not yet 27 years old,
• Is a current Colorado resident,
• Has been accepted into an in-state, public institution of higher education, local district college or area technical college,
• Is enrolled in courses leading towards the qualifying student’s first bachelor’s degree, associate degree or certificate of completion at an accredited institution of higher education, and
• Has completed the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or the Colorado Application for State Financial Aid (CASFA) for the applicable school year. Note that the CASFA is for undocumented, Colorado ASSET students.

*EmpowerEd cannot be utilized to pursue a second degree of the same type. For example, if a student has already received a bachelor's degree, EmpowerEd can only be used towards a certificate or an associate degree. If a student has an associate degree, EmpowerEd can only be used towards a certificate or a bachelor's degree.

Application Process

1. Complete the FAFSA or CASFA and indicate past or current experience of homelessness,
2. Be accepted and enrolled at an accredited Colorado public institution of higher education and
3. Complete the EmpowerEd Application.

If a student graduated after October 2023, please note that proof of eligible McKinney-Vento experience signed by an authorized entity for homelessness determination is required to submit the EmpowerEd application. If you do not have this form, please contact Paula Gumina (gumina_p@cde.state.co.us) for assistance.

For assistance with EmpowerEd at Front Range Community College, please contact Cindy Golder, cynthia.golder@frontrange.edu

Undergraduate, Transfer, DACA and others.

FosterEd is a state-funded program, to provide higher education funding and support to individuals who have been in the foster care or in non-certified kinship care in Colorado on or after their 13^th birthday. The deadline for students to self-identify as eligible for FosterEd with FRCC and be included on Summer 2025 rosters is June 12, 2025.  Students must provide applicable documentation and meet eligibility criteria before the deadline.

Eligibility Criteria

• Current Colorado resident;
• Was in foster care from age 13+ in Colorado or in non-certified kinship care from age 13+ in Colorado and was, at any time, adjudicated neglected or dependent pursuant to Article 3 of Title 19;
• Attending a state public institution of higher education, local district college, or area technical college;
• Currently enrolled in courses leading toward a certificate of completion, associate, bachelor’s, or postgraduate degree and in satisfactory academic standing as defined by the institution of attendance;
• Completed the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or the Colorado Application for State Financial Aid (CASFA) for the applicable school year. Note that the CASFA is for undocumented, Colorado ASSET students.
• Complete the Education and Training Voucher (ETV) application, if eligible; 
• Complete and submit a FERPA Consent Form to the institution the student is attending; and
• Self-identify with the FosterEd Liaison or financial aid office at the institution the student is attending.

FosterEd will cover up to 132 semester credit hours or 198 quarter credit hours starting from the time you join this program. Credits earned prior to joining this program will not count towards the credit limit.

Please note, there is no age limit on this program.

• FRCC Foundation Scholarship
  • The FRCC Foundation Scholarship application is now closed for the 2025-2026 school year.  Please check back December 1, 2025 for next years application. 
  • The application for the 2025-2026 year is now closed. 

This scholarship has been created to provide financial support to students pursuing a degree or certificate in Highway Maintenance Management at FRCC.

The Learning Source at FRCC offers a scholarship for students pursuing, or who have just earned, an high school equivalency diploma by passing the GED or HiSET Exam.

The rock icons of Metallica are big supporters of skilled trade education—and want to help career and technical students at FRCC. With scholarships and support, Metallica Scholars can get help with the training to begin a rewarding career.

Note: no availability for Spring 2025 & Summer 2025 semesters.

Nevada Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) has partnered with the Front Range Community College (FRCC) Foundation to offer scholarship funds to students seeking to advance their career through the Highway Maintenance Management Program at the FRCC Larimer Campus.