financial aid professionals (fap) portal
TRANSCRIPT
Session 38
Financial Aid for Professionals
(FAP) Portal and Beyond – How
We Communicate With You
Claire “Micki” Roemer
David Bartlett
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Websites
• Financial Aid Professional (FAP) Portal (formerly
known as the Schools Portal)
• IFAP
• COD
• NSLDS
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More Websites
• Application for Approval to Participate in Federal
Student Aid Programs
• Student Aid Internet Gateway
• FSA Download Site
• eCampus-Based/FISAP
• GAPS and E-payments
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Even More Websites
• FSA Assessments
• FAA Access Online
• FSA Publications
• ED’s PIN Registration Site
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Financial Aid Professionals (FAP)Portal(formerly know as the School’s Portal)
• Simple registration
• Can become your
home page
• Can serve as link to all
of ED’s functional
areas
• Can be customized to
add your own favorite
sites
www.fsa4schools.ed.gov
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Financial Aid Professionals - FAPwww.fsa4schools.ed.gov
Masthead
List of Links
FSA Calendar
FSA Headlines
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Register to Customize the Financial Aid Professionals Portal
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MY FSA – Registration Menu
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MY FSA – Customization Menu
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Customization Menu for Links
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Customization Menu for Bookmarks
•Go to “Other Links” Option at Homepage www.ifap.ed.gov/links/links.htm to help select your Bookmarks
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Customization Menu for Changing Your Password
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Schools Portal – FSA Contacts
The FSA
Contact List is a
service directory
for the FSA
community.
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Hurricane Katrina SiteFrom Financial Aid Professionals Portal
Redirects
you to
“IFAP”
www.ifap.ed.gov/eannouncements/katrina.html
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IFAP (Information for Financial Aid Professionals)
•Think of this as your financial aid online library.
•Can be accessed through the Financial Aid Professionals Portal toolbar.
•IFAP allows you to register for subscription services.
www.ifap.ed.gov
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Information for Financial Aid Professionals - IFAP
• Online library for Financial Aid Professionals.
• Most up to date guidance on administering Title
IV Federal Student Aid Programs.
• Special Link to the Higher Education
Reconciliation Act of 2005 (HERA) Information
Including ACG and SMART Grant Information
for Schools, Students, and Financial Partners.www.ifap.ed.gov
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IFAP Special Guidance
Special guidance is placed in one area for easy
retrieval.
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IFAP – Member Services
• Notification of
new content
• Member
Services Profile
• Register
• Different from
My FSA
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IFAP – Member Services - Registration• Select Member
Services
• Select “Click Here” to Register
• Complete the IFAP User Registration form and select the “Submit Registration” Button
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IFAP Subscription Services
• Weekly summary
• Frequently generated IFAP additions
• Additional publications by publication type
• Additional publications by program / service
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IFAP – Member Services - Subscription Service
48 Hour Weekly
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FAP Portal and IFAP – Need Your Feedback
Be part of the enhancement of the FSA FAP Portal
and provide us your Feedback.
Web CommunicationsE-Mail: [email protected]
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Please join us in the PC Lab for further discussion,
questions, or demonstrations.
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CODAccess the COD website from the Financial Aid
Professionals Portal page under “FAA Access to Student
Data”
From the web at: www.cod.ed.gov
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COD
• To use the COD website related to
student/award/disbursement data, you need to
have a password.
• Without a password, anyone can access:
– Daily updates
– Frequently asked questions about COD
– Sign on documents
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Electronic Announcement – 9/8/06www.ifap.ed.gov/eannouncements/attachments/0908CODProcUpdateDLPG.pdf
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NSLDS
• Can be accessed from the Financial Aid Professionals Portal under “FAA Access to Student Data”
• Requires a personal password that cannot be shared with others
www.nsldsfap.ed.gov/secure/logon.asp
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NSLDS (Continued)
• The site permits schools to:
– Perform NSLDS Enrollment Monitoring
– NSLDS Transfer Monitoring
– Check a student’s prior loan and Pell history.
– Verify various statuses of a student’s Title IV
eligibility.
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Application for Approval to Participate in Federal Student Aid Programs
• Can be accessed from the Financial Aid
Professionals Portal under “Participation and
Funding”
• Directly at http://www.eligcert.ed.gov/
• Does require a password
• This is used as an application for initial
participation, renewal, reinstatement, and updates
including address, change of officials, etc.
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Student Aid Internet Gateway
• Can be accessed from the Financial Aid Professionals
Portal under “Participation and Funding”
• Directly at http://www.fsawebenroll.ed.gov/
• This site permits your school to enroll or update
enrollment for any of the Department’s electronic
processing such as Direct Loans, CPS, RFMS, Campus-
Based, or NSLDS activities.
• Registration can be completed online or hard copy printed
and mailed.
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FSA Download Site
• Access from the Financial Aid Professionals Portal, under “Resources and Training; Software and Manuals”
• Directly at www.fsadownload.ed.gov
• This is your resource for all ED developed software i.e. EDExpress, SSCR, QA Tools, DL Tools, etc. along with tech references, install guides, and user guides.
• Does not require a password.
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FISAP• Financial Aid Professionals
Portal under “Other Links”. Select the letter F” and scroll down to FISAP.
• Site permits you to submit FISAP information, access Campus-Based information data and review reports.
• You use your ED Pin to complete the FISAP.
www.cbfisap.ed.gov
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GAPS• Can access from
Financial Aid
Professionals Portal
under “Participation and
Funding”
• This is the site for
requesting Title IV
funds, returning excess
cash and ultimately
reconciling your
financial data.
• Requires a sign on.
https://e-grants.ed.gov
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• IFAP
www.ifap.ed.gov
•School Portalwww.fsa4schools.ed.gov
Where to locate the FSA Assessments
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The FSA Assessment – Re-Design
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FSA Assessments (Continued)
• Provides the following modules:
– Institutional eligibility
– Default prevention and management
– Consumer information
– Return of Title IV funds
– Change in ownership
– Managing funds
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Satisfactory Academic Progress Assessment(SAP)
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The Regulation Link
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We welcome you to the PC Lab or to Session #12 – “Self
Assessment and Evaluation”. Please join the ED
Assessment Team as they show you how to use the
assessments to prevent and/or identify compliance issues.
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FAA Access Online
• Financial Aid Professionals Portal under “FAA Access to
Student Data”
• On web at: www.fafsa.ed.gov/FOTWWebApp/faa/faa.jsp
• Access is with your ED pin
• Permits you to
– View students’ SAR data
– Compare two ISIR transactions for the same student
– Enter a FAFSA or renewal FAFSA
– Correct a processed FAFSA
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FSA Publications• Financial Aid
Professionals Portal under “Resources and Training” – “Publications and How to Order”
• The place to order all of our publications
www.ed.gov/offices/OSFAP/services/ fsapubshome.html
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Websites for Parents and Students
• ED’s Pin Registration Site
• Student Portal
• The Student Guide
• FAFSA on the Web
• NSLDS for Student Access
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Websites for Parents and Students (Continued)
• Paying Back Your Student Loan
• FSA Ombudsman Home Page
• DL Servicing Online
• DL Master P-note Site
• DL Loan Consolidation Page
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ED’s Pin Registration Site• Financial Aid
Professionals Portal under “Other Links”
at the top.
• You will need this Pin to also access the FISAP and to access FAA Access Online.
• This is your personal PIN with the U. S. Department of Education
www.pin.ed.gov
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Student Portal
• Can be added to Financial Aid Professionals Portal
“Resources and Training”
• On web at www.studentaid.ed.gov
• Links to many of the student web sites
• In Spanish as well as English
• Provides links to many of the other student websites
• Student may set up “My FSA”
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MY FSA- Student Portal
• Allows a student to create his or her own “My FSA” to
– Plan for college and find the right school
– Search for scholarships
– Apply to college online
– Transfer their profile to FAFSA on the Web
– Find financial aid opportunities
– Track their favorite schools
– Research career choices
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FSA Ombudsman Home Page
• Provides tips on resolving problems and disputes involving FSA loans
• Assists in resolution if normal channels do not result in resolution
www.ombudsman.ed.gov
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DL Sites Not Linked
• Direct Loans Master P-note Site
– http://dlenote.ed.gov
– Used to sign electronically a master p-note for
Direct Loans
• Direct Loan Consolidation Home Page
– http://loanconsolidation.ed.gov
– Contact point on the web for applying to
consolidate loans.
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FSA Video Conference Site
• Financial Aid Professionals Portal under
“Resources and Training” – “Videoconferences”
• On web at www.edvideo.ddlomni.com
• Preview of upcoming video conferences and web
casts, including printed materials.
• You can view archived web casts or order tapes of
a previous videoconference.
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Training Opportunities
To register, go to: www.ed.gov/offices/OSFAP/training/newfaps.html#fundamentals
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Training – Welcome to TFAP• Financial Aid
Professionals Portal
under “Resources
and Training”
• Upcoming training
opportunities
• Access training
materials; i.e, COD
CBTwww.ed.gov/offices/OSFAP/training/index.html
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Online Training• EDExpress Basics Web-based Training
– www.ifap.ed.gov/edexpress
• FAA Assessments
– Financial Aid Professionals Portal under “Resources and Training”
– www.ifap.ed.gov/IFAPWebApp/qualityassurance/
– SFAAssessment.jsp
• COD Computer Based Training
– www.cod.ed.gov
• FSA COACH
– www.ed.gov/fsacoach
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FSA Coach• Under IFAP “Tools
for Schools”
• Under TFAP side bar
“Training”
• A free web based
orientation to student
financial aid concepts
• 40 hours of self paced
instruction, 9
modules, 36 lessons www.ed.gov/fsacoach
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Conferences• Financial Aid
Professionals Portal under “Resources and Training”
• No sign-on necessary
• Preview of upcoming FSA conferences, agendas, hotel and travel information.
www.ed.gov/offices/OSFAP/conferences/index.html
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Current & Future Training
• Federal Student Aid Conferences:
– Orlando, Florida October 30 –November 2,
2006
– Las Vegas, Nevada November 28- December 1,
2006
• Fall 2006 Training – HERA
• Spring 2007 Training – ACG/SMART
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Where to Start
• Find a mentor
• Stay in touch
– Subscribe to IFAP
– Read COD Daily Update
• www.cod.ed.gov
• Attend conferences, workshops, etc.
• Get out of your office
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The Status of the Profession
• Professional Development
• Professional Judgment
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Additional Beginner’s Track Sessions
• Session #39 - Uncover the Mysteries of How a
Law Becomes Operational
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Questions Contact Information:
Claire (Micki) Roemer
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (202) 377-3452
And
David Bartlett
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (816) 268-0434