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Share your success!

Check out other success stories and consider documenting your success so others can learn from your work. Start with these questions: what helped you get there? what resources were needed? what advice would you offer a district/school? Start with interviewing a few key people, and share the learning as far and wide as you’re able!

Share your success!

There are schools who could benefit from your success in engaging families with FAFSA/CADAA completion. Would you be willing to document or present the steps you have taken as a district to establish this level of engagement with your students’ families? Consider these questions: what helped you get there? What resources were needed? What advice would you offer a district/school who is challenged in this area?

Elicit family feedback

Spartanburg Academic Movement heard from their Spanish-speaking families that some undocumented parents were misinformed about their children’s eligibility so they worked with trusted community partners to offer FAFSA completion workshops with translators to ensure that these families were receiving accurate information and adequate support.

Share best practices

If one person is having an issue, it’s likely that another person has faced a similar issue. Holding regular meetings or creating a community of practice allows for collective responsibility in supporting one another and empowers site-level leaders to be equipped to address issues that come their way.  Use NCAN to kick start the conversation.

Invite partners to serve your students

Many are working to serve more students and families, and many postsecondary institutions are looking to strengthen their pipeline to students. Ask around, approach partners, attend open meetings, or volunteer to make presentations. These partners often have staff time, resources, expertise, or ideas to share. For example, these organizations can be pivotal once trained to assist students or to reach families that they serve.

Start a plan

This document provides suggested outreach activities that can help you plan your communications to students and parents about the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) process. It provides information on optimal timing, messaging objectives, target audiences, outreach activities, and resources.

Share your success!

Check out other success stories and consider documenting your success so others can learn from your work. Start with these questions: what helped you get there? what resources were needed? what advice would you offer a district/school? Start with interviewing a few key people, and share the learning as far and wide as you’re able!

Consider a Board policy

Val Verde Unified School District's (VVUSD) policy adding FAFSA/CADAA completion as a graduate requirement. Perhaps it will inspire your district to develop a local policy to ensure all students are completing the FAFSA/CADAA. According to CSAC, 87% of all of their Seniors in the Classes of 2021 and 2022 submitted FAFSA/CADAA compared to 52% of the same years.