[Wsssc] Promoting FAFSA Completion and Utilization of the Washington College Grant

[Joe Holliday]

Colleagues: Carli Schiffner wanted me to share the email below from Kelly Evans at Soundview Strategies regarding WSAC's intent to coordinate a major FAFSA completion effort and promotion of the Washington College Grant (formerly the Student Need Grant). SBCTC Executive Director Jan Yoshiwara sits on the WSAC board. She is putting together a group that will focus on community college students (including potential and past students) in this effort, based on the assumption that WSAC will be more focused on high school students and parents. Stay tuned for updates as this work proceeds. Joe

From: Kelly Evans <kelly at soundviewstrategies.biz<mailto:kelly at soundviewstrategies.biz>>
Date: August 25, 2019 at 10:59:17 AM PDT
Subject: Follow up
So to follow up on what I was telling you last night, WSAC wants to lead a big FAFSA completion push as a way to get more students to take advantage of the College Grant.  We are working on a bunch of different strategies and tactics and would love to have the CTCs engaged.  I haven't talked to Laura about this yet but will.

The idea is to set a goal of increasing completion (we're 48th<https://national.fafsatracker.com/currentRates>) currently.  WSAC is running numbers, but maybe we set a goal to increase 10 spots.  My simple math says that would be about 8,000 more completed applications.  WSAC is also running data around eligibility (using free & reduced lunch) plus post-secondary enrollment and looking for places with the best opportunities.

We'll then engage a bunch of different tactics to try and reach these students and families.  I can review some of the tactics with you and I'm sure you'll have more ideas as well.

Let me know your thoughts and how best to engage WSBCTC.

Kel


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Joe Holliday
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Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
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