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Last month, two NASFAA members traveled to Washington, D.C. as part of NASFAA's ongoing Advocacy Pipeline. While on Capitol Hill, Allene Curto, associate director of financial aid services at Springfield College, and Jacquelyn Cottom, assistant director of financial aid and compliance at Northern Virginia Community College, met with staffers from the offices of five different lawmakers representing Virginia and Massachusetts. We asked Allene and Jacquelyn to share their thoughts and takeaways. Read on to learn about their experiences.

No. According to guidance NASFAA has received from the U.S. Department of Education (ED), the family grid in the College Board's CSS Profile cannot be used to satisfy federal verification requirements for household size and number in college. View the full answer to this question to learn more and search for answers to your other pressing regulatory and compliance questions, in NASFAA's AskRegs Knowledgebase.

When your written policies and procedures are spread across multiple documents, it can be difficult to identify incomplete or missing sections, and can lead to compliance issues down the line. Blue Icon Advisors, NASFAA's consulting service, worked with one institution to upload its policies and procedures into NASFAA's P&P Builder to flag and complete missing sections, which helped the institution create a more comprehensive manual that better represented its current practices. Before Blue Icon stepped in, "we didn't fully realize what could go into a policies and procedures manual," the school's financial aid director said. Learn more about how Blue Icon can help your institution with its policies and procedures.

The 2020 Leadership & Legislative Conference & Expo is quickly approaching. While we hope you'll be able to participate in opportunities to network with colleagues and build your leadership skills, we understand things may happen that can impact your ability to attend. The last day to cancel your registration and receive a refund is this Friday, January 24. If you haven't yet signed up, it's not too late. There are still spaces available in the Strategic Enrollment Management and Advanced Topics in Financial Aid Leadership pathways. Sign up now before registration closes this week.

If you attended our November 2019 special, extended edition Verification webinar, but just can't get enough verification information, never fear! Join us for our Verification 2020-21: Follow-Up Webinar, tomorrow, Wednesday, January 22 at 2:00 p.m. ET when Joe Massman, NASFAA regulatory specialist, will spend time following up on some of the unanswered questions from the previous webinar and providing clarification on some of the most commonly misunderstood topics. Register now.

The Department of Education (ED) is required to report to the Department of the Treasury the status and condition of its non-tax debt portfolio in accordance with the requirements of the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (DCIA) and the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 (DATA Act).

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