As the price of college and its associated costs continue to rise, students are often left without the necessary financial resources to succeed in class and cover their basic needs. According to previous research, a student's ability to cover essential expenses poses a significant barrier to degree completion. Students' ability to cover expenses hence prohibiting degree completion has prompted colleges and universities across the United States to implement programs that swiftly provide students with additional funds promptly through emergency aid programs. While an abundance of previous literature has focused on emergency aid programs that were externally funded by foundations and other organizations, additional research noted that there was a significant gap in information on programs started and supported by an institution. Students who need emergency aid the most are enrolled part-time and face substantial life challenges that may pose challenges for accessing emergency aid despite being eligible to receive it. This emergency aid program aims to address these issues by providing efficient distribution of relatively small dollars to address emergency needs of students with an easy-to-use application for emergency aid, Edquity, Inc. The goal of this study was to evaluate the impact of receiving emergency aid to address a financial hardship through the Edquity application on student academic outcomes at a large community college system.