CCCSFAAA History

The California Community College Student Financial Aid Administrators Association (CCCSFAAA) was founded in 1969. In fall of 1968, a group of financial aid officers were attending a meeting of the College Board. They were discussing the complexities of financial aid and thought it might be useful to form some type of group to regularly discuss issues and find workable methods to run these new programs. The members of this discussion group were all working in junior colleges across California.

On November 6, 1968 Gene S. Miller, the financial aid counselor at Pasadena City College, sent a letter to colleagues inviting them to a junior college financial aid workshop to be held at Pasadena City College. There were ten participants from Southern California community colleges. A few weeks later, on November 25, 1968 a similar meeting was held in the northern part of the state at the City College of San Francisco. Twenty-four colleagues from Northern California community colleges attended this meeting. At both of these meetings, there was discussion of the possibility of a formal organization of the community college Student Aid officers on a statewide basis. Dr. Charles Herndon drafted a proposed constitution of the California Community College Student Aid Officers' Association (CCCSAOA). The association would be non-profit and follow parliamentary procedure. Arrangements were made for the community college financial aid officers of California to hold a breakfast "under their own sponsorship" on Tuesday January14, 1969 in the Civic Center Room of the San Francisco Del Webb Towne House. The purpose of this meeting was to approve the formal organization, the Constitution and by-laws of a state organization of Community College Student Aid Officers.

On January 14, 1969 at the Del Webb Townhouse in San Francisco, California an organizational conference was held and the California Community College Student Aid Officer Association (CCCSAOA) was established. In its first year, CCCSAOA had 44 members. In 1974 the Association officially changed its name to the California Community College Student Financial Aid Administrators Association (CCCSFAAA). CCCSFAAA is now 114 community colleges strong!


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