<p>My step-daughter’s mother told us that my husband’s daughter qualified for a Pell Grant of about $2800, but the community college she plans to attend told them that they are out of grant money. Is this possible? I know some colleges do run out of certain types of financial aid, but can they run out of Pell grant money as well?</p>
<p>No. The school should not run out of Pell grant. It is not campus based grant like the SEOG where they can run out…</p>
<p>Pell money comes from the Federal gov’t…not the school. The school cannot “run out of Pell money”.</p>
<p>You can always email the FA office of the school and ask if a student qualifies for Pell, is it possible that the school would say it “ran out of money.”</p>
<p>Schools don’t run out of Pell grants. They can & do run out of institutional grants. Is your step-daughter planning to start school in the summer? If so, she would be eligible for a Pell grant, but I am not at all surprised that there are no institutional grants available for summer.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone for your replies. I figured that the school couldn’t run out of Pell grant money since it was a federal grant. Step-daughter is enrolled for school fall of 2010 and the mother is rather dingy, so I usually have to run behind and figure everything out based on what I’m told…ughh!</p>