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DCTAG Application Process
How to Apply
Opening Date: Feb. 3, 2025 | Closing Date: Aug. 15, 2025 at 3 p.m.
Follow these three steps:
*The DCTAG application is an online process and you must use Google Chrome.
- Step 1: Complete the DC OneApp annually here (applicants who have received DCTAG funding in the past must complete an application for every year they are seeking DCTAG funding).
- Step 2: Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) here:
- Provide your processed FAFSA Submission Summary (FSS) with a Student Aid Index (SAI) {formerly known as the SAR} as a part of completing your DCTAG application.
- Step 3: Upload the DC OneApp Required Supporting Documents
- Only PDF and JPEG document types can be uploaded and accepted.
- Sample supporting documents can be found here. All documents must be uploaded at the same time to the DC OneApp for review prior to the deadline (Aug. 15, 2025, at 3 p.m.).
- Allow 7 business days for review and processing of your uploaded documents. If your documents are correct, you will receive your DCTAG award letter. If your document(s) are incorrect, they will be rejected and you will be permitted to reupload correct documents prior to the deadline.
- You may check your DCTAG application status at any time by logging in to the DC OneApp here and clicking the ‘Correspondence’ tab.
- Based on individual circumstances, the DCTAG program office reserves the right to request additional documentation from applicants.
See this page of the DCTAG walkthrough documents for more information on how to apply.
DCTAG Advisors Contact Information can be found below:
Please note: Any third party must have appropriate and legal permission to discuss a specific student’s DCTAG application with a DCTAG advisor.
| Applicant Last Name: A,B,C,D,E Lincois Anderson [email protected] (202) 719-6646 |
Applicant Last Name: F,G,H,I,M,N Sirwalter Hemphill [email protected] (202) 654-6106 |
| Applicant Last Name: S,T,U,V,X,Y,Z Jarriene Barnes [email protected] (202) 741-6411 |
Applicant Last Name: J,K,L,O,P,Q,R,W Tiffany Williams [email protected] (202) 741-6403 |
| Disbursement Melanie Fleming [email protected] (202) 741-6406 |
General Inquiry (202) 727-2824 (877) 485-6751 |
Manage your Correspondence
Check your DCTAG application status by logging in to the DC OneApp here and clicking ‘Correspondence.’ The DCTAG application statuses include:
- Application Submitted – your DCTAG application has been submitted successfully. Next, upload your supporting documents to your application (review the supporting documents checklist). Your status will be marked as incomplete until correct documents are uploaded. Please note: All correct documents should be uploaded to your application at one time together.
- Documents Uploaded – your documents have been uploaded, please allow up to 7 business days for review.
- Documents Rejected – your documents have been reviewed and are incorrect. Please reupload corrected documents. All uploaded documents must be correct (and uploaded at the same time) for an applicant to be deemed eligible for a DCTAG award.
- DCTAG Award Letter – you have been deemed eligible for DCTAG award funding. Review your next steps on the DCTAG Awards page.
- Transfer – Log in to the DCTAG OneApp and click ‘Transfer’ to transfer your institution and receive an updated DCTAG award letter. Please note: You must be deemed eligible for DCTAG funding to successfully complete the Transfer.
- Eligible-Ineligible Institution – your college or university is not currently participating in the DCTAG program. For more information, please contact the DCTAG Disbursement Analyst, Melanie Fleming, at [email protected].
- Ineligible – you have been deemed ineligible based on documents uploaded. Please note: DCTAG applicants who are ineligible for an award will receive a notification indicating the ineligible status. Please refer to your DCTAG – Ineligibility Letter for information about the appeals process.
Manage your DCTAG Award and Disbursement
DCTAG Award Letter
- If eligible for a DCTAG award, you will receive an award letter.
- To retrieve the DCTAG award letter, log into the DCTAG OneApp, click the ‘Correspondence’ tab, and then click ‘Award Letter.’ You have the option to view, forward, email and/or print and make copies of the DCTAG award letter.
- Submit your award letter to the financial aid office at your college or university (if you are submitting your award letter to a different college/university than you indicated on your OneApp, please update the name of the school in your OneApp portal).
Student Payment History
- Click here to login to the OneApp to view your invoice, amount, check number, check approval date, and payment history for all years you have participated in the DCTAG program.
DCTAG Disbursement Process
- The DCTAG program begins paying invoices from colleges and universities on Oct. 1 each year.
- DCTAG funds will not come in the form of a refund from your institution.
- During each semester, the financial aid office must confirm a student’s enrollment status (after the last day to add a course) and issue an invoice directly to the DCTAG portal (using the DCOneApp).
- Your college or university will submit an electronic invoice to the DCTAG program office for payment. If the invoice is approved, the DCTAG program office will submit the invoice for processing. It can take up to 30 business days for DCTAG funds to be transferred to your college/university.
- Once the invoice is submitted by your college or university, the “Payment History” tab within your DCTAG OneApp online application will allow you to track when your DCTAG funds will be disbursed.
- After the college/university receives the DCTAG funds, the college/university will apply DCTAG funds to the student’s account. Colleges and universities may have their own policy in place related to how and when they disburse funds. Colleges and universities have the option to consider DCTAG funding and other government grants or outside scholarships “pending” or “active” which is a school-by-school decision.
For more details, you can review the DCTAG disbursement and awards process here.
If your college or university’s financial aid office requires assistance, they may contact Melanie Fleming at [email protected], DCTAG Disbursement Analyst, at (202) 741-6406.
Please note: School participation in the DCTAG program is not a prerequisite for seeking assistance from DCTAG program staff.
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