{"id":2688,"date":"2018-11-16T10:02:22","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T15:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=2688"},"modified":"2018-11-16T10:02:22","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T15:02:22","slug":"fafsa-state-deadlines-are-approaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/11\/16\/fafsa-state-deadlines-are-approaching\/","title":{"rendered":"FAFSA State Deadlines are Approaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2689\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2689\" style=\"width: 747px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DeadlineClock.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2689\" src=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DeadlineClock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"747\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DeadlineClock.jpg 747w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DeadlineClock-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">iStock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Need financial aid for the 2019-20 academic year?<\/p>\n<p>The US Department of Education is reminding students to remain cognizant of deadlines when completing the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fafsa.gov\/\">FAFSA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While the form is primarily used to award federal financial aid, many states also use the FAFSA to assess eligibility for their aid programs \u2014 and some of those <a href=\"https:\/\/studentaid.ed.gov\/sa\/sites\/default\/files\/2019-20-fafsa-state-deadlines.pdf\">deadlines<\/a> are on the horizon.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>More than 2 million students have already filed a FAFSA this fall, and department officials have released new resources to help counselors and others reach those who haven\u2019t yet completed their applications. The <a href=\"https:\/\/financialaidtoolkit.ed.gov\/tk\/outreach\/social-media\/digital-resources.jsp#but-first-fafsa?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=FSA&amp;utm_campaign=201920bff&amp;utm_content=partners_20181114\">updated toolkit<\/a> includes sample social media posts, reminder emails, posters, and more.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, on Thursday, Nov. 29, Federal Student Aid will host a webinar that takes students and parents through the FAFSA line-by-line. The <a href=\"https:\/\/fsaregistration.ed.gov\/events\/fsa-webinar-series\/event-summary-d8287c8573674ef79201b05a2e73f2b9.aspx\">free hour-long program<\/a> will begin at 3 p.m. ET and will be <a href=\"https:\/\/studentaid.ed.gov\/sa\/resources#webinars\">archived<\/a> for those who wish to access it at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>View the new <a href=\"https:\/\/financialaidtoolkit.ed.gov\/tk\/outreach\/social-media\/digital-resources.jsp#but-first-fafsa?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=FSA&amp;utm_campaign=201920bff&amp;utm_content=partners_20181114\">FAFSA outreach materials<\/a> and check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nacacnet.org\/knowledge-center\/financing-college\/paying-for-college\/\">additional financial aid resources<\/a> on NACAC\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p><em>Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"mailto:mstegmeir@nacacnet.org\"><em>mstegmeir@nacacnet.org.\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Need financial aid for the 2019-20 academic year? The US Department of Education is reminding students to remain cognizant of deadlines when completing the\u00a0FAFSA. While the form is primarily used to award federal financial aid, many states also use the FAFSA to assess eligibility for their aid programs \u2014 and some of those deadlines are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/11\/16\/fafsa-state-deadlines-are-approaching\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">FAFSA State Deadlines are Approaching<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,24],"tags":[34],"class_list":["post-2688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-financial-aid","category-paying-for-college","tag-fafsa"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-Hm","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2688\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}