Off-Campus Life info.jmu.edu/ocl
What is Off-Campus Life? It is the mission of the office of Off-Campus Life to assist students in gaining necessary knowledge and skills to make informed decisions within the JMU off campus community. What does OCL provide to students?
Resources provided by Off-Campus Life office: • Annual Housing Guide of Housing Options • House Hunters- Housing Search Assistance • Lease Review
• Sublease Advertising • Budgeting Assistance • Roommate Search Resources • Landlord/ Tenant/ Roommate Conflict Assistance What programs does OCL put on? • Housing Fairs (Fall and Spring): Offers students the opportunity to see what apartment complexes exist in the area and meet property managers. • Roommate Mixers (Fall and Spring): Designed to give students the opportunity to meet others who may be in a similar situation, enabling students to find roommates and/or off-campus housing. • Budget Workshop: Designed to help students create a basic budget, learn to save money and learn ways to pay off debt. • Leasing 101 Workshop: Designed to educate students about the basics of leasing and what to know before signing a lease. • Cooking and Shopping on a Budget Workshop: Designed to educate students on ways to grocery shop on a budget and cook on a busy student schedule. What is UDAP? Who can use UDAP? The Utility Deposit Assistance Program is a JMU sponsored program that protects students’ credit ratings and waives the deposit fee for water, gas and electric service connections. The UDAP contract is a $40 non-refundable contract. The contract is issued to one student per residence. After signing a UDAP contract, deposits for utility connections are waived and if a final bill is in danger of being sent to collections, JMU will pay the final bill to the utility company. If UDAP pays a bill on your behalf, that amount is added to your JMU tuition bill and a hold is placed on your JMU record. If the default amount due exceeds the UDAP limit, that portion is turned over to a collection agency. To be eligible for UDAP, which you can purchase through My Madison, you must: • be a currently active, full-time degree-seeking student have no JMU holds on your account • live off campus • have an active JMU email account
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