If you have an intellectual disability, you may receive funding from the Federal Pell Grant, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, and Federal Work-Study programs if you

• are enrolled or accepted for enrollment in a comprehensive transition and postsecondary (CTP) program for students with intellectual disabilities at an institution of higher education (a college or career school) that participates in the federal student aid programs;
• are maintaining satisfactory academic progress; and
• meet the basic federal student aid eligibility requirements, except that you are not required to have a high school diploma or GED and are not required to be pursuing a degree or certificate.   

A CTP program for students with intellectual disabilities means a degree, certificate, or nondegree program that

• is offered by a college or career school and approved by the U.S. Department of Education;
• is designed to support students with intellectual disabilities who want to continue academic, career, and independent living instruction to prepare for gainful employment;
• offers academic advising and a structured curriculum; and
• requires students with intellectual disabilities to participate, for at least half of the program, in
• regular enrollment in credit-bearing courses with nondisabled students,
• auditing or participating (with nondisabled students) in courses for which the student does not receive regular academic credit,
• enrollment in noncredit-bearing, nondegree courses with nondisabled students, or
• internships or work-based training with nondisabled individuals.

*As of July 1, 2012

If you have questions about your eligibility, contact the financial aid office at your college or career school.