HOPE Career Grant
The HOPE Career Grant, formerly known as the Strategic Industries Workforce Development Grant, is available to HOPE Grant-qualified students who enroll in select majors specifically aligned with one of 17 industries in which there are more jobs available in Georgia than there are skilled workers to fill them. The eligible programs at OFTC are:
Diploma Programs
- Air Conditioning Technology
- Applied Business Technology
- Automotive Fundamentals
- Automotive Technology
- CNC Technology
- Cybersecurity
- Diesel Equipment Technology
- Early Childhood Care/Education
- Electronics Fundamentals
- Electronics Technology
- Electrical Control Systems
- Industrial Mechanical Systems
- Industrial Systems Technology
- Machine Tool Technology
- Mechatronics Technology
- Networking Specialist
- Pharmacy Technology
- Practical Nursing
- Welding and Joining Technology
Technical Certificate of Credit Programs
- Advanced General Machinist
- Advanced Shielded Metal Arc Welder
- Air Conditioning Electrical Technician
- Air Conditioning Repair Specialist
- Air Conditioning Technician Assistant
- Auto Basic Maintenance and Detailing Technician
- Auto Electrical/Electronic Systems Technician
- Automotive Chassis Technician Specialist
- Automotive Climate Control Technician
- Automotive Engine Performance Technician
- Automotive Engine Repair Technician
- Automotive Transmission/Transaxle Tech Specialist
- Basic Shielded Metal Arc Welder
- Child Development Specialist
- Commercial Truck Driving
- Computed Tomography Specialist
- CNC Specialist
- Diesel Truck Maintenance Technician
- Early Childhood Program Administration
- Flux Cored ARC Welder
- Gas Metal Arc Welder
- Gas Tungsten Arc Welder
- Heating and Air Conditioning Installation Technician
- Heavy Diesel Service Technician
- Industrial Electrician
- Industrial Motor Control Technician
- Imaging Science Assistant
- Infant/Toddler Child Care Specialist
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging Specialist
- Mechatronics Specialist
- Mechatronics Technician
- Medical Front Office Assistant
- Microsoft Network Administrator
- Mobile Electronics Technician
- Nurse Aide
- Pipe Shielded Metal ARC Welding
- Pipe Welder
- Process Control Technician I
- Process Control Technician II
- Programmable Control Technician I
Award Amounts
To qualify, an OFTC student must be fully admitted to the college, enrolled in one of the above programs and receiving the HOPE Grant for the same term. The amount of the HOPE Career Grant award is a fixed amount for each term of enrollment:
- 9 or more credit hours – $500/semester
- 3-8 credit hours – $250/semester
- 1-2 credit hours – $125/semester
- Commercial Truck Driving – $1,000 one time award
Eligibility
- Eligibility for the HOPE Career Grant for the Commercial Truck Driving program is for one term only.
- The HOPE GED Grant, HOPE Grant, and HOPE Career Grant can be awarded in the same term, if all other eligibility requirements are met up to cost of attendance.
- High school students in dual or joint enrollment programs are not eligible for the HOPE Career Grant.
- Students who are actively pursuing a GED are eligible for HOPE Career Grant.
- All eligibility requirements for the HOPE Grant apply to HOPE Career Grant.
If you have questions that are not addressed here, please call the Financial Aid Office or stop by the campus nearest you.
- Sandersville Campus – Financial Aid Office: 478-553-2131
- Dublin Campus – Financial Aid Office: 478-274-7833 or 478-274-7940
