[YEP-DC] Volunteer Opportunity: Help Students Succeed! Seeking FAFSA Prep Volunteers.

OSSE Seeking Volunteers for its FAFSA Submission Events

 

 

Overview

 

Each year the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) allows students across the country to access their share of over $150 billion in federal grants, loans, and work-study funds.  The FAFSA allows many colleges and universities to determine the amount of additional need-based aid that students should receive.   It should come as no surprise that several national studies have shown a strong linkage between FAFSA completion and college enrollment.  As the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) is committed to increasing the rate of postsecondary participation by District high school graduates, it has created the FAFSA Completion Initiative.

 

The Initiative has brought together a wide array of organizations through the College and Credential Completion Network (C3N), the postsecondary change network of Raise DC, in order to increase the District of Columbia's rate of FAFSA completion. Through C3N, OSSE and its key partners have created a District-wide campaign to increase the awareness of FAFSA's importance, encourage FAFSA completion, and give students and their families the opportunity to receive FAFSA submission assistance at four sites throughout the city in February.  Key partners include Local Education Agencies (LEAs), high schools, college access programs, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, and the Department of Education's Office of Federal Student Aid.

 

Do you want to help District of Columbia students submit their FAFSA?  Then volunteer with OSSE and its partners at a FAFSA submission event this February.  Please see below for further information regarding the submission events and registration information.

 

Key Event and Volunteer Registration Information

 

Dates and Locations :

-          2/21/2015, Youth Re-Engagement Center and MLK Jr. Library

 

-          2/28/2015, Latin American Youth Center and the  R.I.S.E. Center at St. Elizabeth's East

 

Time: 12:00pm-5:00pm

-          Volunteers may work the entire shift or select one of the following windows of time

o   12:00pm-2:30pm

o   2:30pm-5:00pm

 

Responsibilities: Assist DCPS and Public Charter School students and their families with submitting the FAFSA at computer labs throughout the city.  Each site's team of volunteers will be led by a site director, with information for challenging FAFSA-specific questions provided by staff from the Office of Federal Student Aid.

 

Requirements: Familiarity with the Free Application of Federal Student Aid and its 2015 submission requirements a plus.  Participate in training webinar run by the Office of Federal Student Aid on either February 11th  from 10:00am to 11:00am or February 19th from 3:00pm to 4:00pm.  More information on the webinar to follow.

 

Number of volunteers needed at each site at any given time: 

-          Youth Re-Engagement Center (5-6 volunteers)

-          MLK Library (20-24 volunteers)

-          LAYC (10-12 volunteers)

-          RISE Center (20-24 volunteers)

 

Interested volunteers may register here.

 

If you have any other questions related to the initiative, please contact Michael Longaro, Manager of Stakeholder Engagement and C3N, at Michael.Longaro@dc.gov or 202-251-7856.  Thank you for your interest and we look forward to seeing you in February!

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