Webinar: Creating Stronger Alignment Between Human Services and Postsecondary Education

TICAS conducted a review of each state that has published a Workforce Pell application or policy laying out how programs can meet federal and state requirements. This is the first blog in a series that will analyze the differences in state implementation procedures and provide recommendations for state policymakers to improve their approval process.

TICAS' Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy for New York, Kirsten Keefe, delivered oral and written testimony to the New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Higher Education and Assembly Standing Committee on Banks today in a hearing on Federal Lending Changes in Higher Education.

As co-sponsor of California Assembly Bill 2251 (Rodriguez), TICAS submitted a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom urging his signature on the bill. AB 2251 would expand students’ access to financial aid by increasing transparency in institutional cost of attendance (COA) budget calculations and standardize the COA adjustment process across California’s higher education institutions

TICAS applauds the California Legislature for the unanimous passage of AB 1534, which establishes strong program approval processes and additional student protections for the new federal Workforce Pell Grant Program.

TICAS submitted a letter to the California Senate Appropriations Committee in support of AB 2251, which would expand students’ access to financial aid by increasing transparency in institutional cost of attendance (COA) budget calculations and standardizing the COA adjustment process across California’s higher education institutions.

Our latest piece examines CUNY’s programs through the lens of student basic needs, and in the light of changes coming to safety net programs that impact students. We examine the range of resources CUNY currently offers and look at effective programs in other states that help students cover the non-tuition costs of college.