March 8, 2011

It’s FAFSA Time Again – Are You Ready?

It’s that time of year again. Yep, we’re talking about FAFSA time. We know that completing the FAFSA can be an intimidating process for students and parents, and that aid administrators often don’t have a lot of time to prepare for FAFSA workshops.

Fortunately, UCanGo2’s FAFSA Fundamentals presentation materials are available to help (and they’re free)! This set of tools includes:

• A PowerPoint presentation that explains the FAFSA process from start to finish.
• A FAFSA Dependency Questionnaire tool for you to print and distribute.
• A printable FAFSA Facts handout.
• A handy presenter’s guide with slide-by-slide talking points.

This year, we combined the best elements of our two courses previously known as ‘FAFSA 101’ to form one easy-to-use product. Based on the feedback we received from our partners over the past couple of years, we refined our materials to make them even more relevant and useful. This new and improved package provides more information about the types of financial aid that are available and can be customized to fit your presentation agenda and audience.

Wondering how to get your hands on FAFSA Fundamentals? It’s easy!

Simply visit the Campus Partners page at UCanGo2.org. There you can easily download all of the materials you need for a successful presentation. If you’d rather have these tools on a CD, contact us at UCanGo2@ogslp.org and we’ll mail you one today. Remember, we’re also available to give on-site FAFSA presentations for you or with you, free of charge!

If you work closely with local counselors who use our High School Counselor Toolkit, note that the FAFSA presentation included in the kit is the 2010-2011 version. Counselors can get the updated FAFSA tools from UCanGo2.org or by contacting us directly. Any counselor who hasn’t yet received his or her copy of the kit can contact us today to request it.

In addition, don’t forget that important enhancements have been made to the FAFSA-IRS Data Retrieval process for the 2011-2012 processing cycle. Read DCL: GEN-11-03 for more information or e-mail us at UCanGo2@ogslp.org if you have questions.