The percentage of seniors from the selected cohort who successfully complete the FASFA or TASFA will be 100% and 1 more... less...
Project Link
Percent of Seniors who have completed FASFA or TASFA - all campuses
Current Value
97%
Definition
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Story Behind the Curve
Negative Factors:
- Lack of Understanding
- Low expectations
- Only 1 expert - no training opportunities
- Not a priority
- No trust
Positive Factors:
- Project Link on campuses
- Robbie & Rolando/Waco Foundation
- Additional Resources - VOICE/CAP
- MCC/TSTC financial aid offices
- CTE teachers on HS campuses
Partners
- Waco Foundation: Robbie and Rolando provide training and MAC grant
- VOICE/CAP: scholarships for completion, attend FAFSA workshops
- MCC/TSTC: financial aid workshops; answer questions/special circumstances [brandon]
- CTE Teachers: allow students to come in for meetings
- AVID: partner for field trips and motivate for completion
- Prosper Waco: leverage power and resources to create change
Untraditional:
- Parents
- College Fair (campus admin - with school as a whole)
- ISD Admin offices
- University's tax services
- MCC college and career fair with FASFA table
- Tax Services (H&R Block)
- Churches
- City of Waco - community centers
- Other colleges and universities admins and FA
- Waco immigration alliance
- Business partner
- CIS
What Works
| Low Cost/No Cost Field trips (senior trip - FASFA required) Give the training to campus staff Information sheet for parents about FASFA/Flier (mailouts) Callouts Social media Class assignments | Out of Box Football game FASFA TV/PSA for FASFA completion/understanding Home visits/Outside of School District adopting FASFA/TAFSA as priority Saturday school FASFA, TSI, ApplyTexas |
| Promising Practices Gift cards for completion/incentives (laptops) Parent Night Competitions between Schools Bring award letters to track $$$ | Other research needed accurate and consistent data more information about verification |
Action Plan
What are we going to do?
Individual:
- Information Mailouts for PL families (L) Created the mailer. About to send out - will send to the group.
- Fliers and Mailouts (T) Created flier about myths and truths! Rework the flier with newly learned lessons from student interactions - rough draft by the 24th.
- Track award letters (R)
- Track award letters (A) Find a place to leave the reward letters and track in excel. Reward letter will be required for seniors to participate in activities.
- Helping Robbie - PL POC (B) Robbie retired...Brandon needs to met and help the new person at Waco Foundation - Lauren Allen.
- Campus admin discussion about policy priorities (N): Natalie spoke with Waco ISD board member. Next step, meet with MP.
Campus:
- (LV) Football FAFSA - Changed to Basketball FAFSA - include on flier what information to bring with them.
- (UHS) additional FAFSA training for staff - FAFSA night on Oct 24th. Trainer has transitioned out of district. Looking for additional options. Potentially training available at Region 12 and TSTC.
- (WHS) Saturday school integration - Positive response from Waco High. Follow-up with Natalie. Curriculum outlined and approved.
- (MCC) run verification reports for HS campuses: Natalie can run verification reports as long as student is planning on coming to MCC.
- (TSTC) increase visibility through FASFA completion Build relationships with students earlier in the year.
Team Level:
- Adopt policy recommendations around FAFSA and TASFA
- Gift cards/incentives for completion
- Train the trainers
- School competition
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