Financial Aid

 

 Students & Parents

You must fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to receive federal aid. The FAFSA is available from your high school counselor, any financial aid office, or the public library. You can also complete the FAFSA application online in English or Spanish at www.fafsa.ed.gov. 

Types of Financial Aid include

  1. Grants and schoalrships include money that you do not have to pay back.
  2. Work-study is money earned from work that you use to help pay for educational expenses.
  3. Loans inmude money that you borrow and must repay (with interest).
  4. Educaid has a list of other types of Financial Aid available to college-bound students.

The California Student Aid Commission, administers State aid for California resident students with financial need as determined by the information contained on their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). In addition, the well funded Cal Grant programs require academic qualification as derived from the Student Aid Commission Grade Point Average (GPA) Verification Form. Both the FAFSA and GPA Verification must be postmarked by March 2nd each year.

Other Sources of Financial Aid

Beware of Scholarship Scams!

School Personnel

If you want to prepare a financial aid presentation at your school site, be sure to check out PowerPoint presentations which can be downloaded from Educaid.

NASFAA also has a PowerPoint presentation and helpful guidelines to prepare for a Financial Aid Night Presentation at your site.

Another good source for information is the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA).


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