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1. Resources for Financial Aid Professionals Jenelle Handcox Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
2. Accessorizing Your Financial Aid Toolbox FA Acronyms… What do all those letters mean?!
3. Accessorizing Your Financial Aid Toolbox FA Acronyms
4. Accessorizing Your Financial Aid Toolbox A comprehensive list of financial aid acronyms is available as Appendix A of your training manual!
5. Accessorizing Your Financial Aid Toolbox Web Sites for Students Web Sites for Financial Aid Professionals More Web sites Listservs & E-mail Federal Student Aid Handbook Regulations, Statutes, Codes, Laws, Federal Registers, etc. Tools Up!
6. Accessorizing Your Financial Aid Toolbox 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 Web Sites for Students
7. Accessorizing Your Financial Aid Toolbox 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. Web Sites for Students
8. Accessorizing Your Financial Aid Toolbox 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. Web Sites for Students
9. Accessorizing Your Financial Aid Toolbox Information for Georgia students: www.gacollege411.org College Planning Financial Aid Planning HOPE Application for Georgia Scholarships and Grants Web Sites for Students
10. Accessorizing Your Financial Aid Toolbox FSA for Schools: www.fsa4schools.ed.gov Portal for Financial Aid Professionals Customize to add your favorite sites Calendar Hot Topics Contact List Web Sites for Financial Aid Professionals
11. Accessorizing Your Financial Aid Toolbox 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. Web Sites for Financial Aid Professionals
12. Accessorizing Your Financial Aid Toolbox 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 Web Sites for Financial Aid Professionals
13. Accessorizing Your Financial Aid Toolbox FSA Coach: http://www.ifap.ed.gov/fsacoach/fsacoachsub.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. Web Sites for Financial Aid Professionals
14. Accessorizing Your Financial Aid Toolbox FAA Access to CPS Online:www.fafsa.ed.gov/FOTWWebApp/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 Web Sites for Financial Aid Professionals
15. Accessorizing Your Financial Aid Toolbox 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. Web Sites for Financial Aid Professionals
16. Accessorizing Your Financial Aid Toolbox 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. Web Sites for Financial Aid Professionals
17. Accessorizing Your Financial Aid Toolbox Direct Loans: www.studentloans.gov Federal Government’s portal on the Direct Loan program Web Sites for Financial Aid Professionals
18. Accessorizing Your Financial Aid Toolbox FSA Assessments: www.ifap.ed.gov/qahome/fsaassessment.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. Web Sites for Financial Aid Professionals
19. Accessorizing Your Financial Aid Toolbox Student Aid Internet Gateway: www.fsawebenroll.ed.gov This site permits your school to enroll or update enrollment for any of the Department’s electronic processing such as Direct Loans, CPS, RFMS, Campus-Based, or NSLDS activities. Web Sites for Financial Aid Professionals
20. Accessorizing Your Financial Aid Toolbox 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. Web Sites for Financial Aid Professionals
21. Accessorizing Your Financial Aid Toolbox 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. Web Sites for Financial Aid Professionals
22. Accessorizing Your Financial Aid Toolbox 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 Web Sites for Financial Aid Professionals
23. Accessorizing Your Financial Aid Toolbox Web Sites for Financial Aid Professionals www.gacollege411.org> College Administrators This site provides a wealth of information for financial aid administrators from the state of Georgia. State Scholarship and Grant Program Regulations Compliance Documents SURFER access FFELP Common Manual
24. Accessorizing Your Financial Aid Toolbox 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 GASFAAwww.gasfaa.org 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 More Websites
25. Accessorizing Your Financial Aid Toolbox SASFAA: sasfaal- www.sasfaa.org/ListLock/ GASFAA:gasfaal- www.gasfaa.org/ListLock/index.html IFAP: www.fsa4schools.ed.gov/help/lm_list.htm (IFAP, FSATECH, DIRECT LOAN) NASFAA Today’s News : http://www.nasfaa.org/Apps/Forms/WebIDRequest/WebIDRequest.asp NASFAA AskRegs (Membership required)www.nasfaa.org/apps/forms/askregs/askregs.asp FINAID-L Discussion List: www.nasfaa.org/publications/2001/finaid.html Other List Servs: Software used by Financial Aid Office List Servs & E-Mail
26. Accessorizing Your Financial Aid Toolbox Published each year and available on www.ifap.ed.gov > 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 2010-2011 Federal Student Aid Handbook Federal Student Aid Handbook
27. Accessorizing Your Financial Aid Toolbox www.ifap.ed.gov > Laws & Regulations www.nasfaa.org > Regulatory www.nasfaa.org > Legislative www.gacollege411.org > Georgia Regulations Regulations, Statutes, Codes, Laws, Federal Registers, etc.
28. Accessorizing Your Financial Aid Toolbox Questions?