Discover Your Community
Start your journey today. Follow the steps below to join a NASFAA Community.
- View the current community opportunities below and select the one that interests you.
- Fill out the corresponding community interest form.
- An invitation to join the community will be sent to your email within 7-10 business days.
- Read and familiarize yourself with our community guidelines.
Please note, you must use your institutional email address to participate. No personal emails can be used in the community.
Current Community Opportunities
- FA (Financial Aid) Chat Community
- For all current NASFAA members
- FAFSA Simplification Community
- For current NASFAA members who want to connect, learn, and engage around the complexities of the changing system
- New Professional Community
- For new professionals with five years or less of total financial aid experience
- The Directors' Club Community
- For directors of financial aid, which will be defined as the chief financial aid officer at your institution.
- Student Aid Index (SAI) Modeling Tool User Group
- For users of NASFAA's SAI modeling tool
- "Off The Cuff" Community
- For avid listeners of NASFAA's "Off The Cuff" podcast
- Community Book Club
- For NASFAA members interested in joining an asynchronous book club for continuous learning and networking
- NASFAA 2024 National Conference Charity 5K Virtual Training Community
- For those interested in participating in the charity 5K at the NASFAA National Conference in Milwaukee, or anyone interested in running a 5K in summer 2024
- MASFAA Region Community
- For financial aid professionals within the MASFAA region
- SWASFAA Region Community
- For financial aid professionals within the SWASFAA region.
- RMASFAA Region Community
- For financial aid professionals within the RMASFAA region
- WASFAA Region Community
- For financial aid professionals within the WASFAA region.
- Prison Education Program Community
- For financial aid professionals interested in prison education programs
- Diversity Leadership Program (DLP) Alumni*
- For past participants of NASFAA's DLP
- FAAC® Community*
*Designates a community that is invite-only. Reach out to Tim Maggio if you need to be invited to one of our invite-only communities.
Our community initiative is still relatively new, so we are releasing community opportunities on an ongoing basis. Is there a community you would like to start? We’d love to hear your feedback or ideas.
