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Student Financial Aid

For Federal student aid information— www.ed.gov/offices/OSFAP/Students  and

www.ed.gov/prog_info/SFA/studentguide  or call 1 (800) 4FED-AID, TTY 1 (800) 730-8913.

For information about the following programs, contact:

U. S. Department of Education HOPE Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits and other Federal Incentive Programs: www.ed.gov/inits/hope

Hispanic College Fund, Inc.: www.hispanicfund.org/scholar.html 

United Negro College Fund, Inc.: www.uncf.org/scholarship 

Presidential Freedom Scholarships: www.nationalservice.org/scholarships 

U. S. Department of Education Project EASI: http://easi.ed.gov 

AmeriCorps: www.americorps.org  or www.cns.gov or 1 (800) 942-2677

Before filing for financial aid contact each college’s financial aid office to determine which forms you need to file. Do not wait to be accepted to a college before filing such an application. Colleges may have exhausted their funding if you delay. The most important forms are:

FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)

This is the most important form that is needed for those applying for federal and most other financial aid. By filing the FAFSA, an individual will be considered for:

Federal Pell Grant

Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG)

Federal Work-Study (FWS)

Loan, Grant, and Job Programs from Private Colleges and Universities

Federal Perkins Loan

Federal Stafford Loan or Federal Direct Loan

To file on line www.fafsa.ed.gov 

PROFILE www.collegeboard.com 

Colleges may require students to file this form in order to be considered for college-funded aid. There is a fee for filing this form. The FAFSA and PROFILE forms are usually available in guidance offices or on the FAFSA and PROFILE internet site.

Other Important Sites

For help in filing the FAFSA www.ed.gov/prog_info/FSA/FAFSA 

To determine if there have been any complaints about a particular school (usually in terms of their having committed fraud) contact your local Better Business Bureau www.bbb.org 

To file a complaint about a fraudulent practice or for free information about a school

www.ftc.gov/scholarshipscams  or 1 (877) 382-4357 (Federal Trade Commission)

For information on state education programs, student aid, continuing education programs, and guarantee agencies, as well as other information on certification and licensing requirements, contact your state higher education agency (listed as follows):

Alabama 1 (334) 242-1998

Alaska 1 (800) 441-2962

Arizona 1 (602) 258-2435

Arkansas 1 (800) 547-8839

California 1 (888) 224-7268

Colorado 1 (303) 866-2723

Connecticut 1 (860) 947-1833

Delaware 1 (800) 292-7935

District of Columbia 1 (202) 727-6436

Florida 1 (888) 827-2004

Georgia 1 (800) 766-6878

Hawaii 1 (808) 956-8213

Idaho 1 (208) 334-2270

Illinois 1 (800) 899-4722

Indiana 1 (317) 232-2350

Iowa 1 (800) 383-4222

Kansas 1 (785) 296-3421

Kentucky 1 (800) 928-8926

Louisiana 1 (800) 259-5626

Maine 1 (800) 228-3734

Maryland 1 (410) 260-4565

Massachusetts 1 (617) 994-6950

Michigan 1 (877) 323-2287

Minnesota 1 (800) 657-3866

Mississippi 1 (601) 432-6997

Missouri 1 (800) 473-6757

Montana 1 (406) 444-6597

Nebraska 1 (402) 471-0030

Nevada 1 (775) 687-9228

New Hampshire 1 (603) 271-2555

New Jersey 1 (800) 792-8670

New Mexico 1 (800) 279-9777

New York 1 (888) 697-4372

North Carolina 1 (919) 549-8614

North Dakota 1 (701) 328-2960

Ohio 1 (888) 833-1133

Oklahoma 1 (800) 858-1840

Oregon 1 (800) 452-8807

Pennsylvania 1 (800) 692-7392

Rhode Island 1 (800) 922-9855

South Carolina 1 (803) 737-2260

South Dakota 1 (605) 773-3455

Tennessee 1 (615) 741-1346

Texas 1 (877) 782-7322

Utah 1 (801) 321-7207

Vermont 1 (800) 642-3177

Virginia 1 (804) 225-2632

Washington 1 (360) 753-7800

West Virginia 1 (888) 825-5707

Wisconsin 1 (608) 267-2206

Wyoming 1 (307) 766-2118

American Samoa 1 (684) 699-1141

Guam 1 (671) 735-2280

Northern Mariana Islands 1 (670) 234-6128

Puerto Rico 1 (787) 724-7100

Republic of the Marshal Islands 1 (692) 625-3394

Republic of Palau 1 (680) 488-1464

Virgin Islands 1 (340) 774-4546