FAFSA

In partnership with the National College Attainment Network (NCAN), the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA), and 24 additional groups, TICAS urged President Biden to extend the verification waivers granted in 2021-22 award year to the 2022-23 award year.

This week, Congress passed a massive emergency economic relief and appropriations package.

“The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to exacerbate inequities in college access and degree attainment for years to come. Lost jobs…

Joint letter from TICAS, CLASP, and HLA encouraging policymakers to consider two specific improvements to the FAFSA Simplification Act of 2019 that would further strengthen the bill for the benefit of students and their families.

Affordability is a key issue for many students and families when choosing which colleges to apply to and attend, but the financial aid process can seem overwhelming. At the recent NCAN conference in Pittsburgh, TICAS and uAspire shared specific ways that counselors can help students and families approach the issue of college affordability and understand their financial aid options.

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for the 2018-19 school year became available on October 1st, and millions of students can once again use the IRS Data Retrieval Tool (DRT) to electronically transfer their tax information directly into the form. (As we wrote about here, the DRT was taken down due to security concerns in March.) Unfortunately, the DRT will remain...