Student Outreach and Support (SOS) Office

Student Outreach and Support provides three basic services to support student success:

Personal and career counseling,
Emergency funding

1. Personal and Career Counseling

We are here when you need to discuss life issues. The coordinator of Student Outreach and Support is one of several full-time, licensed counselors on staff, and is available to talk to you.

Please do not hesitate to visit the Student Outreach and Support Office, Building A, Room 125, or call 313-845-9757.

Career counseling is also available through the same office. If you're not sure about your major, come see us. You will take an assessment, we will interpret the results, and we'll talk to you about them. We'll discuss your natural talents and abilities, interests, values, and needs. You will leave with one to three occupations to consider, and we will help you develop an educational plan around these options.

2. Funding

Student Outreach and Support (SOS) offers financial assistance to students who have a financial emergency. The financial assistance includes the following:

Perkins Grant

This fund provides financial assistance to students in need. To qualify, you must:

Be a current HFC student, enrolled and attending classes.
Have an Unmet Need high enough to cover the cost of the requested item.
Enroll in a state-approved academic major. The coordinator can tell you if your academic program is state approved.
Have a FAFSA on file at HFC.

The Perkins Grant can only fund the following:

Tuition and fee balance
Textbooks and access codes
Mileage
Uniforms/scrubs
Computers/software
Car repairs
Internet bill
Child/elder care

Contact the SOS Office at bjhildreth@hfcc.edu for an application link.

Food insecurity

Henry Ford College provides direct food aid and personal hygiene items to students in need through our on-campus Hawks' Nest Food Pantry, in Building L, room 138.

Please read this before you fill out a Perkins Grant application

If you are applying for Perkins grant funding, please include the required documentation and information (see below). If the required documentation is not included, we will not be able to process your application.

If you encounter problems uploading all documents and information, please bring them to the Student Outreach and Support office in Building A, Room 125. The staff will scan the documents and return them to you via email, and then you can upload the documents as one file to the application.

Perkins Grant information

Perkins will pay for the following if you qualify and the required documents or information are included:
• Tuition and fee balance - Include a bill from Henry Form College showing your balance. Your name must be on bill. We only pay for past semesters and classes you are attending when you apply.
• Textbooks and Access Codes purchased- Provide the course and section number (Example: ENG-131-05) of the class you need the book for, the name of the book, and the price of the book.
• Mileage/gasoline -(please use an "driving directions" website for accurate numbers. Understand that we will use your home address as the origin point, and mileage may be verified based on your home address.)
-How many days do you attend classes on campus each week?
-What is the mileage (one-way) from your home to class? _
-How many days do you attend Clinical 1 each week? _
-What is the mileage (one-way) from your home to your clinical?
-How many days do you attend Clinical 2 each week (if there is one)? _
-What is the mileage (one-way) from your home to your clinical?
• Uniforms/scrubs for your program - please attach a completed order form to show the cost.
• Computers/software - attach documentation showing the price
• Car Repairs - attach an official written estimate from your car repair shop
• Bus Cards - no documentation needed
• Internet bill - bill must have your name on it, and clearly state cost of internet
• Child or elder care needed to be able to attend classes - attach a bill that shows your name, and daily cost.
• Credentialing- If a class or program requires a credential in order for a student to complete the class or program Perkins can pay the cost of that credential. The required document is a syllabus or printed program material that states the credential is required to pass the class or complete a program. We also need a document that shows the cost.