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CSS Profile®. CSS Profile is a common aid application for nonfederal, institutional aid. CSS Profile is easy to implement for institutions and delivers additional data to help make equitable need-based aid decisions. Now, CSS Profile has launched a shorter application feature designed to reduce barriers to higher ed. Learn more about CSS Profile or email us.

NASFAA is pleased to provide an updated timeline of the simplified FAFSA rollout, covering new events and announcements from our last update through August 2024. NASFAA will continue to update the timeline monthly as needed.

We need your great ideas for engaging, relevant, and interesting conference sessions. All types of session proposals are welcome, from those focused on advocacy, training, and professional development, to sessions structured as open-forum discussions. We urge you to construct your session proposal with an eye toward inclusion, ensuring speakers from different backgrounds — particularly those from marginalized groups — are represented. All proposals must be received by October 25, 2024. Visit our Presenters and Moderators page to submit a proposal.

Do you have an internal presentation, document, or file that your office uses to better inform and train your staff on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)? If your institution has created a template you are willing to share with the larger financial aid community, please submit the document to our community resource library by September 20. Thank you for helping support our community. 

Join NASFAA for an insightful webinar, now available on demand, for a discussion of the longstanding rules and general observations related to the treatment of other financial assistance (OFA) (formerly EFA). The webinar focuses on the changes made by the FAFSA Simplification Act, which removes from OFA 1) emergency financial assistance for unexpected expenses within the student’s cost of attendance (COA); and 2) foster care payments under Title IV, Part E of the Social Security Act. We’ll also discuss what happens when Title IV aid and non-Title IV aid exceed the COA.

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