Financial Aid Bolsa Grande High School

January 7, 2016

Upcoming Events

• On 01/13 or 01/15, Counselors will be pulling students out of their English Class to help them complete the FAFSA or CA Dream Act.

• Please make sure your student is PREPARED on this day! (“Documents Needed” listed on back of workshop schedule)• In order to help students complete the FAFSA, parents must

also sign up for an FSA ID, which will allow you to make and approve any changes made to your student’s FAFSA. • To apply for the FSA ID, please visit:

• https://fsaid.ed.gov/

Cal Grant Submission• In order to receive a Cal Grant, students MUST fill out the FAFSA and

also, have their GPA submitted to CSAC. • It is the school’s responsibility to calculate and send each student’s GPA to

the commission. • We collected Social Security Numbers from each student in order to prepare

for Cal Grant Submission.

Information we will submit for each student includes:• Name

• Date of Birth• Address

• Social Security # • GPA

If your student does not have a SSN, we can and will submit their GPA for financial aid consideration through the CA Dream Act.

Documents Needed for FAFSA• Student Driver’s License • Student Alien Registration Card or Green

Card

• Student and Parent:• Social Security cards• 2015 W-2 Forms and records of

money earned and other• 2015 federal income tax form

(even if not yet completed)• Records of untaxed income• Current bank statements• Business, farm, and other real

estate records• Records of stocks, bonds, and

other investments

Create a file for copies of all financial aid documents submitted.

Most important document – Parent’s 2015 Tax Return & W2’s if possible.

If not, 2014 Tax Return is fine (we can make corrections later)

Parental Information• Never married and not living together: • Provide information on the parent you are currently living with.

• Unmarried and both parents living together: • Provide information about both parents regardless of their gender.

• Married or remarried: • Provide information about both parents regardless of their gender. If

remarried, include stepparent’s information.• Divorced or separated:• Provide information for the parent you lived with more during the past 12

months.• Widowed:• Provide information for the surviving parent.

Parent Cash, Savings, & Checking

• Most parents will be asked to report…• the current balances of their cash, savings, and checking• net value of their investments such as real estate, rental property,

money market and mutual funds, stocks, bonds and other securities

• net value of their businesses, partnerships and investment farms

• Do not report the home in which you live, the value of life insurance and retirement plans, or the value of a family-owned and controlled small business (less than 100 employees)

Special Circumstances• Contact the Financial Aid Office if there are

circumstances which affect a family’s ability to pay for college such as:

• Loss or reduction in parent or student income or assets• Death or serious illness• Natural disasters affecting parent income or assets such as the recent

California wild fires, floods, or mudslides• Unusual medical or dental expenses not covered by insurance• Reduction in child support, Social Security benefits or other untaxed

benefit• Financial responsibility for elderly grandparents• Any other unusual circumstances that affect a family’s ability to

contribute to higher education

Helpful Resources• Electronic FAFSA: • www.fafsa.gov

• General Questions to U.S. Dept. of Ed. and FAFSA Processing Issues: • 1-800-433-3243

California Student Aid Commission (CSAC):www.csac.ca.gov

Cal Grant Information 1-888-224-7268

Ca$h for College Workshop• Free help from college experts in regards to filling out the

FAFSA and the California Dream Act• Great opportunity!!! Don’t miss out!!!

Monday, January 115:30-8:00pm

Garden Grove High School 11271 Stanford Ave, Garden Grove, CA 92840

Free Workshops

All workshops will be held in our Library, from 2:45-4pm. Parents are always Welcome!

• Wed, 01/20/16• Wed, 01/27/16• Thurs, 02/04/16• Tues, 02/16/16• Tues, 02/23/16

We also help students fill out the Dream ACT during these workshops!

Scholarships

• Please encourage your students to apply for scholarships to earn additional money for college!

• Our Scholarship Bulletin is available under the Guidance Section of our webpage.

• Visit www.bolsagrande.org for more information on how to apply!

Thank you for coming!

Are there any questions?