Transcript News to Know Office of Student Financial Assistance Florida Department of Education April 2005

News to Know
Office of Student Financial Assistance
Florida Department of Education
April 2005
Web Enabled Front End System
• We are pleased to announce that we are ready to
enter the testing phase of our new Web Enabled
Front End System. We will be conducting on site
visitations to three beta test sites during May
2005 and expect to roll out the product to the
Financial Aid Community at the FASFAA Spring
Conference. Mark your calendars to stop by our
booth at the Conference to learn more about
how this innovative product can assist your
institutional loan process. Or, contact your
Outreach Representative directly for more
information.
Navigating Your Financial Future
www.NavigatingYourFuture.Org
Debt Management
Program Overview
School and Life
Management
Managing Your
Credit
Career
Planning
Financial
Aid
To learn more about this
innovative product, contact
your Outreach
Representative today!
Managing Your
Budget
Repayment of Your
Student Loan
Borrower Contact Assistance
• To enhance your Default
Prevention efforts, we
have created ‘sample’
letters to assist
institutions in contacting
delinquent or defaulted
borrowers. By working
together, we can help our
borrowers’ enter a
successful repayment
program. For your free
sample, contact your
Outreach Representative.
FASFAA Workshop Presentations
• If you were unable to attend one of the
FASFAA Regional Workshops and would like a
copy of the presentations that were made on
behalf of the Florida Department of Education,
please contact your Outreach Representative.
• Topics included: Guarantor Update, State
Program Update, NSLDS Reporting, Managing
Your Cohort Default Rate, and Specialty Claims.
What is the role of the OSFA
Program Review Unit?
• The Florida Department of Education (OSFA) routinely performs
Program Reviews at institutions located within the State of Florida.
Program Reviews are necessary to insure that institutions are
complying with Federal Regulations. The US Department of
Education requires state agencies to conduct Program Reviews and
report the results to the USDOE. This information is then available
and shared between guarantors. Therefore, while it may appear that
we conduct reviews more than other guarantors within the state,
other state based guarantors are completing the same function
within their own home state and reporting their results to the
USDOE, as well. Our Program Review Unit works diligently with
Florida institutions to perform these reviews quickly and
professionally with minimal disruption to the institutional workflow.
Our goal is to assist Florida institutions in insuring that Title IV is
administered correctly and efficiently. Like all of our staff, the
Program Review Unit is here to help you.
What’s Happening in FSA - An
Update
• To view the above presentation that is from the
March 2005 Career Colleges Region VI
Conference, please visit the link at:
− http://ifap.ed.gov/presentations/0305CareerColleges
RegVI.html
Federal Work Study Program
Community Service Request
• To learn more information on requesting a
waiver of the 2005-2006 community service
expenditure requirements under the Federal
Work Study Program, please visit:
− http://ifap.ed.gov/dpcletters/CB0505FWSCSWRequ
est.html
EDExpress Training
• The 2005-06 instructor-led online training in Application
Processing with EDExpress and FAA Access to CPS
On-line is still available until late June. You can choose
the class that best fits your schedule. All classes will be
conducted using the Department's Distance Education
system which will allow you to participate without
leaving your desk. Registration is required for these
sessions. To learn more about the sessions, please visit:
− www.register123.com/event/profile/web/index.cfm?
PKwebID=0x11458afc5&varPage=info
NASFAA 2004 Fall Training
Materials
• If you were unable to attend NASFAA's Fall
2004 Training Series on Student Loan Issues, you
can now order the reference materials distributed
at the workshops. The materials answer
frequently asked questions, provide the latest
guidance received from ED, and clarify areas that
often cause confusion. For more information,
please visit the website:
− http://www.NASFAA.org/publications/2005
/ctfall04materials010305.html
SASFAA Summer New Aid
Officer’s Workshop
• Online registration is now available at
(www.sasfaa.org) for the 2005 SASFAA Summer
New Aid Officer’s Workshop. Select the
“Training” tab from the home page and you will
find information regarding the workshop, as well
as the link to register. Space is limited, so register
today! The workshop will be held on the
beautiful campus of University of North
Carolina (Asheville) from June 19 – 24, 2005.
Mapping Your Future named “Best
of the Web”
• Forbes.com named Mapping Your Future as a
“Best of The Web” winner in the Spring 2005
Best of The Web, just released online at
www.forbes.com/bow. Mapping Your Future was
named in the College Planning category and is
among less than a dozen sites chosen for this
recognition. The recognition includes a review
of the site and compliments Mapping Your
Future by saying this “easy-to-navigate, easy-toread source for general information will ease you
into the college planning process.” OSFA is
proud to sponsor this winning organization!
Mapping Your Future Annual
Conference
• “Blazing a New Frontier” -- the Mapping Your
FutureTM (MYF) Annual Conference will be
held in Fort Worth, Texas on April 27-29, 2005.
It’s still not too late to register and take
advantage of this low cost alternative for
professional development. The registration fee is
$150 and registration is available online at:
− mapping-yourfuture.org/apps/Surveys/index.cfm?reqSurveyID=53
MYF Financial Aid Chats
• We are pleased to announce the following
financial aid chat is available in May. This chat is
FREE to you and your students through our
sponsorship of Mapping Your Future.
− Tuesday, May 10, 2005 @ 7 PM
− Loan consolidation, forgiveness, cancellation, and
discharge
− www.mapping-your-future.org
Top 10 Financial Aid Blunders
• Experts were asked to name the financial aid
blunders families tend to make. Here are the top
10 and how to help your students avoid them:
− http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/articles/05041
8/18mistake.htm
Mission Statement
• The Florida Department of Education, Office
of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA), serves
as a guarantor for the Federal Family Education
Loan Program (FFELP), and the administrator
of Florida’s scholarship and grant programs. The
OSFA Mission is to facilitate higher education
access and services by providing exemplary
customer attention, comprehensive financial aid
information, and convenient and efficient
products.
Philosophy
• As a public agency, OSFA has the ability to offer its partners and
customers something few guarantors can: the ability to shape OSFA
programs and services based on their specific concerns. Earnings
generated from OSFA’s loan programs are used to help fund
scholarship and grant programs, financial aid workshops and
publications, and to provide better services for our participants.
When schools and students choose to use the OSFA guarantee for
student loans, they are actually helping countless other needy and
deserving students by investing in education programs. So, if a
participant has a problem or suggestion, OSFA administration
listens and does whatever it takes to implement a solution that meets
their needs. Public dollars deserve that kind of accountability in
education finance.
2005 Important Dates
•
April 20-21, FASFAA Region V/VI Workshop, Ft. Lauderdale,
FL
•
April 27-29, Mapping Your Future Annual Conference, Fort
Worth, TX
•
June 8-10, FASFAA Spring 2005 Conference, Miami Beach,
FL
•
June 19-24, SASFAA Summer New Aid Officers Workshop,
Asheville, NC
•
July 3-6, NASFAA Annual Conference, New York, NY
•
October 25-27, FASFAA Fall 2005 Conference, Orlando, FL
•
October 31 - November 3, SFA Electronic Access
Conference, San Diego, CA
•
November 29 - December 2, SFA Electronic Access
Conference, Atlanta, GA
For more
information
about these
events and
other future
scheduled
events,
please visit
www.fasfaa.
org and
click on
calendar.
Outreach Team Contact
Information
•
Ernest Smith, Director of Market Development
 850-322-6498
•
Jacqueline Hill, Default Prevention Manager
 850-212-1108
•
Karen Hurrell, Senior Outreach Representative
 904-745-3091
•
Lori Auxier, Manager of Outreach Services and Outreach
Representative
 850-212-2997
•
Stephanie Durdley, Outreach Representative
 850-322-6219
•
Armando Salas-Amaro, Outreach Representative
 850-264-6008
Regional Contact Information
• Lori Auxier, Manager of
Outreach Services and
OSFA Outreach
Representative
− 3715 Kirkwood Circle
− Boynton Beach, FL
33436
− 561-434-3993 (office)
− 850-212-2997
(cellular)
− [email protected]
Closing
• Confidence in the institution’s ability to
determine our integrity, character, and
truthfulness is of the utmost importance to
OSFA. The Office of Student Financial
Assistance wants to know and deliver what you
seek in a partner. You have the right to choose.
Together, we have the power to make a
difference. Trust the Office of Student Financial
Assistance to help you help your students. They
are our future.