Accessorizing Your Financial Aid Toolbox

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Accessorizing Your Financial Aid Toolbox

• Presented by
• Pat Arauz University of Louisville
• poarau01_at_louisville.edu

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Tool Up!

• Web Sites for Students
• Web Sites for Financial Aid Professionals
• More Websites
• Listservs E-mail
• Federal Student Aid Handbook
• Regulations, Statutes, Codes, Laws, Federal
  Registers, etc.
• Networking Outreach

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Web Sites for Students

• FAFSA on the Web www.fafsa.ed.gov
• Before Beginning A FAFSA
• Filling Out a FAFSA
• FAFSA Follow-Up
• Federal Student Aid PIN www.pin.ed.gov
• Apply For A PIN
• Check PIN Status
• Request Duplicate PIN
• Change My PIN
• Disable My PIN

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Web Sites for Students (Cont.)

• Student Aid on the Web www.studentaid.ed.gov
• Applying for College
• My FSA
• Applying for Financial Aid
• Federal Student Aid Programs
• National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS)
  www.nslds.ed.gov
• The site displays information on Title IV loan
  and/or grant amounts, outstanding balances, loan
  statuses, and disbursements. 

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Web Sites for Students (Cont.)

• FAFSA4caster www.fafsa4caster.ed.gov/
• With the FAFSA4caster, the student and his/her
  family receive an early estimate of eligibility
  for federal student aid.
• Much of the information entered in the
  FAFSA4caster later populates the FAFSA on the Web
  application, making the experience of applying
  for federal student aid a lot easier.

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Web Sites for Financial Aid Professionals

• FSA for Schools www.fsa4schools.ed.gov
• Portal for Financial Aid
• Professionals
• Customize to add your
• favorite sites
• Calendar
• Hot Topics
• Contact List

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Web Sites for Financial Aid Professionals

• NSLDS for Financial Aid Professionals
  www.nslds.ed.gov/nslds_FAP/secure/logon.jsp
• NSLDS provides a centralized,
• integrated view of Title IV
• loans and grants during their
• complete life cycle, from aid
• approval through disbursement,repayment,
  delinquency,
• and closure.

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Web Sites for Financial Aid Professionals (Cont.)

• Information for Financial Aid Professionals
  (IFAP) www.ifap.ed.gov
• Downloadable Software
• and Manuals
• Training, Workshops and
• Videoconferences
• Links to EApp, SAIG,
• COD, GAPS, etc.
• Handbooks (past and present)
• Verification Guides and Worksheets

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Web Sites for Financial Aid Professionals (Cont.)
FSA Coach http//www.ifap.ed.gov/fsacoach/fsacoac
hsub.html FSA COACH is a FREE training program
from the U.S. Department of Education (ED). It is
a comprehensive introductory course on school
requirements for administering postsecondary
federal student aid (FSA) programs authorized
under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of
1965, as amended.
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Web Sites for Financial Aid Professionals (Cont.)

• FAA Access to CPS Online www.fafsa.ed.gov/FOTWWeb
  App/faa/faa.jsp
• View students' SAR information
• Compare two ISIR transactions for
• the same student
• Enter a FAFSA and/or Correct a processed
  FAFSA,submit a signature
• flag for an application in a signature
• hold status
• Review verification data with the Verification
  Tool
• Calculate/manage the return of
• Title IV funds

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Web Sites for Financial Aid Professionals (Cont.)

• Common Origination Disbursement (COD)
  www.cod.ed.gov
• Financial Aid Administrators,
• Servicers, or other officials
• can use this site to perform a variety of
  functions related to student/award/disbursement
• data for Pell, Direct Loan,
• and Campus-Based programs.

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Web Sites for Financial Aid Professionals (Cont.)

• GAPS (G5) e-grants.ed.gov
• This is the site for requesting
• Title IV funds, returning
• excess cash and ultimately
• reconciling your financial
• data.
• It is used primarily by
• your Business Office.

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Web Sites for Financial Aid Professionals (Cont.)
Direct Loan www.ed.gov/offices/OSFAP/DirectLoan/
index.html Federal Governments portal on
itsDirect Loan program
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Web Sites for Financial Aid Professionals (Cont.)
FSA Assessments www.ifap.ed.gov/qahome/fsaassessm
ent.html In collaboration with financial aid
professionals, Federal Student Aid has designed
management assessment modules to help schools
enhance their services. The modules contain
links to applicable laws and regulations.
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Web Sites for Financial Aid Professionals (Cont.)

• Student Aid Internet Gateway www.fsawebenroll.ed.
  gov
• This site permits your
• school to enroll or update
• enrollment for any of the
• Departments electronic
• processing such as Direct Loans, CPS, RFMS,
  Campus-Based,
• or NSLDS activities.

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Web Sites for Financial Aid Professionals (Cont.)

• eCampus-Based System www.cbfisap.ed.gov
• This site contains the
• "Fiscal Operations Report and Application to
• Participate (FISAP)" for
• The three Campus-Based
• programs Federal Perkins Loan, Federal
  Supplemental
• Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG), and
• Federal Work-Study (FWS). In addition, this site
  allows
• users to access Campus-Based
• account data and view reports.

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Web Sites for Financial Aid Professionals (Cont.)
Application to Participate in the Federal Student
Aid Programs www.eligcert.ed.gov

• Postsecondary institutions use the E-App to apply
  for designation as an eligible institution,
  initial participation, recertification,
  reinstatement, change in ownership, or to update
  a current approval. Updates include changes such
  as, but not limited to, name or address change,
  new location or program, increased level of
  offering, change of officials, or mailing address
  for publications.

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Web Sites for Financial Aid Professionals (Cont.)
FSA Publications www.fsapubs.org

• This site gives you access to a wealth of free
  publications and application tools that explain
  the federal aid programs, including
• FAFSA Worksheet
• Do You Need Money for College?
• Funding Education Beyond High School
• FAFSA4caster Hall Pass
• Save Your Money, Save Your Identity

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More Websites

• FinAid-The SmartStudent Guide to Financial Aid
  www.finaid.org
• National College Access Network
  www.collegeaccess.org
• NASFAA www.nasfaa.org
• NASFAA Encyclopedia www.nasfaa.org/Apps/Eplus/
• SASFAA www.sasfaa.org
• State Associations www.sasfaa.org gt About
  SASFAA gt State Associations
• U.S. Department of Education www.ed.gov
• Selective Service www.sss.gov
• KnowHow2Go www.knowhow2go.org
• Free Scholarship Searches
• www.fastweb.com
• www.collegeboard.com
• www.srnexpress.com
• www.petersons.com

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List Servs E-Mail

• SASFAA sasfaal- www.sasfaa.org/ListLock/
• State Associations List Servs
• IFAP www.fsa4schools.ed.gov/help/lm_list.htm
• (IFAP, FSATECH, DIRECT LOAN)
• NASFAA Todays News http//www.nasfaa.org/Apps/F
  orms/WebIDRequest/WebIDRequest.asp
• NASFAA AskRegs (Membership required)www.nasfaa.or
  g/apps/forms/askregs/askregs.asp
• FINAID-L Discussion List www.nasfaa.org/publicati
  ons/2001/finaid.html
• Other List Servs Software used by Financial Aid
  Office

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Federal Student Aid Handbook

• Published each year and available on
  www.ifap.ed.gov gt Publications
• Application and Verification Guide  
• Volume 1 - Student Eligibility  
• Volume 2 - School Eligibility and Operations  
• Volume 3 - Calculating Awards and Packaging  
• Volume 4 - Processing Aid and Managing Federal
  Student Aid Funds  
• Volume 5 - Overawards, Overpayments,
  Withdrawal Calculations  
• Volume 6 - Campus-Based Programs  
• What's New in the 2007-2008 Federal Student Aid
  Handbook

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Regulations, Statutes, Codes, Laws, Federal
Registers, etc.

• www.ifap.ed.gov gt Laws Regulations
• www.nasfaa.org gt Regulatory
• www.nasfaa.org gt Legislative
• Learn where you can access information on your
  states laws (i.e. Kentucky www.lrc.ky.gov/Law.h
  tm)

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Networking Outreach

• Attend Conferences
• State Association
• SASFAA Conference
• SASFAA New Aid Officer Workshop
• SASFAA Mid-Level Workshop
• SASFAA Management Institute
• FSA Conference
• NASFAA Conference
• Exchange Business Cards Find a mentor
• Utilize Membership Directories
• Outreach (High Schools, Community Organizations,
  etc.)

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Questions/Suggestions