FA 101: Online Resources for Financial Aid Administrators Presented by: Matt Brown, Erick Danielson, and Tristan Lynn

Agenda Tools for Assisting Students New/Perspective Student Current Student Graduates Tools for Financial Aid Administrators Daily Job Tasks Regulations Training

FAFSA4Caster Uses Estimate your EFC Federal funding estimate Issue Can’t play with the numbers Website FAFSA4Caster

College Board Uses Estimates EFC Can play around with numbers better Issue Not exact Website College Board EFC Calculator

FAFSA Demo Allows you to complete sample FAFSA Available at the FSA Conference in November/December Last couple of years, not available until last minute User Name: eddemo Password: fafsatest Can’t do IRS data retrieval Website FAFSA Demo Site

FAFSA Demo

FAFSA Students complete to get EFC Can be completed Online or in paper form Online is recommended for quickest results Questions while completing Instructions are on the side of page when completing Read Instructions (Paper Form) Worksheets – Don’t have all pertinent information Website FAFSA

Studentloans.gov Financial Awareness Counseling Exit Counseling Entrance Counseling Master Promissory Note Plus Direct Website StudentLoans.gov

Studentloans.gov

Financial Literacy Financial Awareness Counseling Iowa Student Loan Student Loan Game Plan Return on College Investment (ROCI) Great Lakes Financial IQ Iowa College Access Network (ICAN) Financial Literacy College Series Iowa College Access Network (ICAN) Financial Literacy College Series

Financial Awareness Counseling

Iowa Student Loan

Great Lakes Financial IQ

ICAN Financial Literacy College Series

Loan Forgiveness Loan Repayment Programs Attorney Federal Employee & Public Service Employee Health Care Teacher Website Iowa College Student Aid Commission

Loan Forgiveness

Repayment Plans Types Standard Graduated Extended Income-Based (IBR) Pay As You Earn Income-Contingent Income Sensitive Website Federal Student Aid

Repayment Plans

NSLDS for Students National Student Loan Data Systems Information for Students Amount of debt Interest and Principal Servicers Contact Information Website NSLDS

NSLDS for Students

NSLDS for Financial Aid Professionals National Student Loan Data Systems Information for Financial Aid Professionals Student Information Loans and Grant Amount Aggregate Information Reports Delinquent Borrower Report Transfer Monitoring List Cohort Default Rate Website NSLDS Two Factor Authentication to Access

NSLDS for Financial Aid Professionals

Common Origination & Disbursement (COD) Access to a student information Loan Information Counseling Master Promissory Notes Pell Amounts Plus Applications More up to date than NSLDS Website COD Two Factor Authentication to Access

Common Origination & Disbursement (COD)

Information for Financial Aid Professionals (IFAP) Federal Student Aid Handbook (FSA) Application and Verification Guide Dear Colleague Letters Federal Registers Electronic Announcements My IFAP Weekly Digest Specific Financial Aid Areas Website IFAP No Login Necessary!

Information for Financial Aid Professionals (IFAP)

National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) NASFAA News Federal Updates Research Papers Compliance Policies and Procedures Guide Website NASFAA

National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA)

ListServs Automatic Mailing Lists FINAID-L FSATECH IASFAA Membership Profile MASFAA Membership Profile Software Provider Admissions Registrar Daily Synopsis

Additional Resources IASFAA State, Federal, Publication, Association, and Other Resources College Board Federal Student Aid FSA Coach Inside Higher ED Iowa Jump$tart Iowa College Student Aid Commission College Aid Insider FinAid Many more resources available!

Colleagues Conferences IASFAA MASFAA NASFAA FSA Other Events Drive-In Workshop Support Staff Workshop Networking

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