National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators

Recommended Links

• Counselors and Mentors Handbook on Federal Student Aid
  The official complete guide from the U.S. Department of Education, updated annually.
   
• Necessary and Valuable Insight to Gain Access to Education (NAVIGATE)
  A unique peer-advising project started by undocumented students in Minnesota to share information about the unique challenges they faced and how they learned to navigate the college application process. Includes a list of scholarships available to undocumented students in Minnesota.
• College Goal Sunday
  At the opening of the financial aid application season each year--typically sometime around Super Bowl Sunday--your students can receive free, on-site professional assistance completing the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) at locations near you. Dates and locations are specific to each state. This program also offers a line-by-line FAFSA presentation that you can access year-round to help your students complete the form.
• Helping Students Navigate the Path to College: What High Schools Can Do
  This guide from the Institute of Education Sciences focuses on evidence-based practices that successfully prepare students academically for college, assist them in completing the steps to college entry, and improve their likelihood of enrolling in college.
• My Future, My Way: How to Go, How to Pay
  A workbook for students in middle and junior high from the U.S. Department of Education
• Pilot Project - Track Your Students to Keep Them on Track!
  Boost your outreach efforts. Administrators from a limited number of secondary schools and local educational agencies can obtain FAFSA submission information for their students under this new program.
• Federal Student Aid's You Tube Channel 
  Public service announcements in English and Spanish
• Supporting Success: Improving Higher Education Outcomes for Students from Foster Care (Version 2.0) 
  The Casey Family Programs provides tools to improve postsecondary education and training outcomes for student in and from foster care.