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Tomorrow! If you are an admin, counselor, teacher, program manager, or coordinator this is for you!! Learn how to use the DecidED Advisor Dashboard including all-new features for Advisors AND Students!... Moneythink will answer your technical questions, implementation questions, and share best practices from partners. This webinar will be offered in English, Register Here: https://decided.org//decided-advisor-dashboard-new-releas/

We would like to take today to thank, honor, and remember all of the military personnel that have given their lives defending our country and our values. We encourage our followers to take a moment on this #MemorialDay to reflect and remember. As always, Gone But Not Forgotten.

Please join us in welcoming our new Associate Development Manager Blessing Chirimbani to the team! Dialing in from Santa Cruz and she's already hitting the ground running. Blessing, we can't wait to see all of the great things we will do together! Congratulations and welcome to #Moneythink!!

70% of college dropouts leave because of financial concerns. It is our goal to help students understand all of their college costs before they arrive at school in the fall, and ultimately before they decided on a college or university. Tomorrow is National Decision Day -- if you have a student at home or in your family that has not decided on a college, we strongly urge them to sign up for a free DecidED account. ... There they can compare the true cost of their top choices, and make the best choice, for themselves.

Join us tomorrow!

As Decision Day Approaches - we will be hosting this workshop for students to provide last-minute support and guidance before college enrollment deadlines! RSVP today for reminders.

Let the countdown begin!! Spondulics has partnered with Pockets Change & Hip Hop CU to put together this great event!! Watch Live, it starts at 8 PM ET / 5 PM PT ... http://www.hiphopfinfest.com/ See more

Tuesday, November 17 @ 8:30am: - A Pathway to Financial Aid - Hosted by the California Student Aid Commission (CSAC) 30 breakout sessions 73 speakers, and over 2000 attendees It's not too late to sign-up for the 2nd Annual #CACollegeAffordability Summit next week!... Click here to learn more and register ---> http://ow.ly/i3Ou50Ci3EN #CACollegeAffordability #FinancialAid #CollegeAccess #CollegePersistence #IncreaseCollegeAccess

Thursday, November 12 @ 1pm: Where We Stand Post-2020 Election - Join National College Attainment Network and Penn Hill Group, for a timely opportunity to engage on what the election results mean for higher education and for the college access and success priorities of NCAN members. Register here ----> http://ow.ly/swtd50CfSYr #CollegeAccess ... #CollegeSuccess #EdEquity #HigherEd #CollegeAffordability #CollegeFinances See more

Join our Advisor Webinar tomorrow to learn more about college affordability and how our DecidED affordability tool can support you and your students. Advisors - ow.ly/zEcx50CbTrY #CollegeAffordability... #CollegeFinances #EdEquity #FinancialLiteracy #SupportingAdvisors See more

Our Financial Need & Ownership Report shows that low-income and first-generation students face significant financial barriers to success in higher education. This is even more evident than ever in today's reality! We propose that Unmet Need and Sense of Ownership are the critical drivers of students’ financial vulnerability. The financial decisions that students face throughout their postsecondary education experience and how well they are prepared to meet these challenges... can drastically impact their lives for years to come. We believe in equipping the student with the information, resources and tools they need to have a strong sense of internal ownership. This then can better position students in making well informed decisions and better outcomes. Learn more about our findings - http://chapter-network.moneythink.org//Moneythink-Financia Check us out and learn more about our affordability tool DecidED: tool and resource in support of increasing internal sense of ownership when it comes to college affordability and enrollment decisions . --> www.moneythink.org #collegemoney #moneysavvy #moneystory #collegeready #haveaplan #financialeducation #collegestudents

Students and families can register for FREE Cash4College workshops across California in support of completing; FAFSA, California Dream Act, or Chafee Grant for Foster Youth applications. Don't leave any money on the table that you could be eligible for to help pay for college costs! It's critical all families and students complete the required financial aid applications they are eligible for to help college be affordable. Register for a workshop on the California Student Ai...d Commission website - https://cash4college.csac.ca.gov/ #FAFSA #DreamAct #CollegeAffordability #FinancialAid

Join us at one of our upcoming webinars in November to learn more about college affordability and how to plan to cover college costs. Advisors - http://ow.ly/ElJD50CbTrW Parents - http://ow.ly/ZRoj50CbTrS... Students - http://ow.ly/3aGK50CbTrV

Have you voted yet? Get the information you need from Vote411.org #votingday #votingmatters ... #govote See more

Fill out the FAFSA and then reach out to the colleges you're considering. Tell them Hey, something's happened. Our finances are just a little bit different now. What can we do to let you know so you can take a second look? - https://www.npr.org//fafsa-applications-are-open-heres-how We couldn't agree more NPR! ... While you appeal your financial aid packages from colleges keep a look out for DecidED, our college affordability tool we are launching to support student and families navigate the unnecessarily complex and confusing process. - http://ow.ly/4oPt50C9B6r For support in appealing you financial aid check out FormSwift - https://formswift.com/swift-student#startmyappeal

Moneythink DEI Reading & Reflection day. What staff are reading/exploring - The Ally Nudge - Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas ... - Heavy, An American Memoir - Black Power Afterlives: From the Black Panther Party to Black Lives Matter #DEI

Moneythink was founded in the wake of the 2008 recession and 10 years ago today, we received our official 501(c)3 acceptance letter as a tax-exempt organization. We’ve empowered more than 32,000 young people in navigating their most important financial decisions and in the last three years alone, Moneythink student-users received $2.4M in financial aid and took out 42% less in student loans, on average. Celebrate our history and help us continue our work by making a tax-dedu...ctible donation today. Your support will go towards our first no-cost college affordability tool we are releasing to students and their families for free! https://moneythink.org/give/

Why work-study is important! Any pay a student earns from a non-work-study job ends up counting against the student on their FAFSA when determining financial aid the following year, not so with work-study. Work-study allocation varies across colleges and are not equitably distributed: "Private four-year universities enroll only 14 percent of undergraduates, but receive 38 percent of work-study money, while community colleges, which take almost half of all students and serve... large numbers of low-income Americans, get 20 percent, according to the Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment." COVID-19 has further exacerbated the inequities in our higher education systems, the allocation of work-study amongst universities is no different. Nonetheless, protecting the Federal Work-study program and pushing for equity in the distribution of funds for the program is critical, since it has direct impact on student financial aid package for low-Income, first-gen and underrepresented students in making college affordability a reality. Read more about this from the The Hechinger Report --->https://hechingerreport.org/another-campus-casualty-of-cov/ #LessDebtMoreDegrees #EdEquity #CollegeAffordability

According to The Hechinger Report article "Many states have so many restrictions that the students who need free college most can’t get it" The last thing you want to do is some sort of bait and switch, where students were under the impression that college was free, they did all the things, they enrolled and then they’re getting billed and they don’t understand why. Only the Washington College Grant program was fully inclusive... Plus, the program covers at least four y...ears of tuition and living costs. The report also rightly points out that free tuition community college programs don't address the reality of students struggling to pay because of all the other costs outside of billable tuition fee that make up 80% of cost of attendance, that many students are not prepared for or accounted for. Free-college program tend to serve a high percentage of underrepresented students, so it's even more imperative these programs are providing the resources and meeting the need of these students. Read more here--->https://hechingerreport.org/free-college-programs-sound-gr/ #EdEquity #CollegeAffordability #LessDebtMoreDegrees

Students leave more than $2.9 billion dollars in free federal grants on the table each year simply because they do not apply for them! "Increase in unmet financial need could lead students to transfer to cheaper but lower-performing institutions, accrue more debt, or drop out of college altogether, failing to reap the benefits of a degree while having to pay back their existing loans...Uncertainty around future college plans might cause students to put off filing the FAFSA......Students may also view their award as final, rather than something that they can appeal." https://www.ideas42.org//the-college-student-journey-in-t/ Check out FormSwift to get support in appealing your financial aid award, a great free resources for students and families. #LessDebtMoreDegrees #FAFSACompletion #CollegeAffordability

Join us and learn how we are removing the guesswork out of college affordability. 10/28 Students, Parents & Advisors - http://ow.ly/ZCuZ50C0stI 11/4 Students - http://ow.ly/KwRB50C0stK 11/6 Parents - http://ow.ly/A2QC50C0stL... 11/10 Advisors - http://ow.ly/iGMs50C0stG See more