Cash for College

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Cash for College
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Overview

• Workshops
• 1,000 Incentive Scholarships
• 4,000 Performance Scholarships
• Resources

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• California Cash for College Workshops
• Partnership effort with CSAC, high schools,
  campuses, business, outreach and community
  organizations
• Workshops offered Jan. to Mar. 2 Cal Grant
  Deadline
• 1,000 incentive scholarship continued at
  qualifying workshops. New performance-based
  scholarships of up to 4,000 offered in certain
  areas Los Angeles, S. San Joaquin Valley,
  Capitol area and Far North state
• For more info or to register workshops, visit
  www.californiacashforcollege.org

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• California Cash for College Workshops
• Open to all student and families with a focus on
  low-income and first-generation seniors
• Focus this year on computer lab-based workshops
• Involve parents/guardians
• Provide line-by-line help on the FAFSA, learn
  about Cal Grants, AB 540, other grants and
  scholarships
• Offer multi-lingual materials
• Site support funds offered to help defray costs
  of workshop
• Organizers help notify scholarship recipients in
  late May/early June

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FAFSA WORKSHOP REGISTRATION BEGINS LATE OCTOBER
2009

• For more information, contact
• Statewide Cash for College office e-mail is
• cash4college_at_csac.ca.gov
• Find your regional Cash for College coordinating
  organization
• www.californiacashforcollege.org

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Questions?