Oakland Community College Students

Students attending OCC should notifymoussa.traore@myhpsd.org, Promise Zone Executive Director Moussa Traore, or College Success Coach,moussa.traore@myhpsd.org that you are taking courses. Notifying the PZ team will allow staff to verify that you are coded in OCC's system as a Promise Zone student recipient.

Steps you need to follow every semester/year.

• • Successfully complete and submit your FAFSA
• • Notify PZ staff that you are taking courses
• • Staff will verify that you are coded as a Promise Zone student and that we have your waiver on file.
  • • If the waiver is on file it allows OCC to bill us for your tuition and fees
  • • It also allows us to troubleshoot on your behalf if you run into any issues
• • Register for courses
• • Go to class
• • About 4-5 weeks after your semester starts the Promise Zone will receive your tuition bill. We will make payment directly to school.

*We must have a waiver on file for all students for us to receive your bill. You should have signed the waiver during your high school senior year. If you did not sign it,to download the waiver.

Failing to submit a waiver form can result in deregistration from classes and the Promise Zone won't be able to do anything until we receive your signed waiver form

Once you send these documents, the Promise Zone Interim Executive Director will respond with the exact dollar amount that will be mailed, in the form of a check, to your college or university.

If you wish to use PZ funds, your school must be located within the state of Michigan. Your FAFSA must be successfully completed and processed by your college or university.

You need to do this process every semester for funds.

Staff Contact: Promise Zone, Interim Executive Director, moussa.traore@myhpsd.org
Promise Zone College Success Coach,moussa.traore@myhpsd.org