{"id":431,"date":"2017-01-17T06:06:53","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T11:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=431"},"modified":"2017-01-13T12:20:27","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T17:20:27","slug":"tips-to-help-boost-fafsa-participation-in-your-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/01\/17\/tips-to-help-boost-fafsa-participation-in-your-district\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips to Boost FAFSA Participation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Looking for ways to boost FAFSA completion rates in your school district?<\/p>\n

Erin Bibo, deputy chief of college & career programs with DC Public Schools, shared success strategies in a recent column published by Homeroom<\/em><\/a> \u2014 the official blog of the US Department of Education.<\/p>\n

\u201cFinancial aid plays a huge factor in students\u2019 college-going decisions and success,\u201d Bibo wrote. \u201cFor a large urban district like DC Public Schools, where 77 percent of our students qualify for free and reduced price lunch, getting graduating seniors to complete their FAFSAs on time isn\u2019t an optional task, it\u2019s a necessary one.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In 2014, DC Public Schools launched a multi-year effort aimed at increasing FAFSA completion rates. The district saw a 3 percentage point increase in FAFSA completion from year one to year two, and is \u201caiming for an additional 3 percentage point increase this year,\u201d Bibo said.<\/p>\n

Two keys strategies: Setting goals and accessing data through the FAFSA Completion Portal \u2014 a tool created by the office of Federal Student Aid.<\/p>\n

In DC, school leaders receive a biweekly email with updated completion rates for all schools and the district,\u201d Bibo noted.<\/p>\n

The format offers \u201chelpful context on their progress compared to peer schools, generates some healthy competition, and serves as a nice prompt for school leaders to log-in to the portal to see exactly which students have and haven\u2019t completed their FAFSAs,\u201d Bibo noted. \u201cWe also follow up directly with schools who are lagging behind, or who have requested a strategy session to improve their completion rates.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read the full column<\/a> and access more financial aid resources<\/a> on NACAC\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0<\/em>mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Looking for ways to boost FAFSA completion rates in your school district? Erin Bibo, deputy chief of college & career programs with DC Public Schools, shared success strategies in a recent column published by Homeroom \u2014 the official blog of the US Department of Education. \u201cFinancial aid plays a huge factor in students\u2019 college-going decisions … Continue reading Tips to Boost FAFSA Participation<\/span> →<\/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":[17,25],"tags":[238,34],"class_list":["post-431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-access","category-financial-aid","tag-erin-bibo","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-6X","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431","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=431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}