As the nation's leading guarantor of federal education loans, USA Funds^® supports billions of dollars in financial aid to college students and their parents. While focused on its traditional responsibilities as a guarantor, USA Funds also is taking a broader approach to improving access to education by supporting a full spectrum of initiatives and programs.

Providing financial support to low-income students
In addition to guaranteeing billions of dollars in federal education loans to students and parents each year, USA Funds promotes and provides additional financial support to deserving low-income students.

• American Indian College Fund. 
• Asian Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund.
• Black History Makers of Tomorrow Scholarship.
• Hispanic Scholarship Fund.
• Latino Community Grants.
• Scholarship America.
• Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
• United Negro College Fund.
• USA Funds Access to Education Scholarships^®.  

Enhancing "early awareness" of higher learning and financial aid
USA Funds works with organizations in the higher-education community to help families realize that, with the proper academic and financial preparation, higher education is possible for every deserving student.

• Dean’s Future Scholars.
• Louisiana Next.
• Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning.
• Mississippi Next.
• Next Indiana.
• USA Funds Consejos.
• USA Funds Unlock the Future^®.
  

Ensuring financial and academic preparation for college
To help families prepare financially and academically for higher learning, USA Funds is supporting and developing several initiatives.

• AVID Program.
• Cathedral High School.
• Circle City Classic College Readiness Workshops.
• College Cost Calculator.
• College Depot.
• College Goal Sunday.
• Countdown to College publications.
• Girls, Inc.
• Honolulu National College Fair.
• Indiana Dollars for Scholars.
• Jobs for America's Graduates.
• Kansas Academic Decathlon.
• Indiana Black Expo Education Conference.
• Learning Communities Coalition.
• Learn More Resource Center.
• PacFAA Financial-Aid Nights.
• Police Athletic League, Indianapolis chapter.
• Project Stepping Stone.
• Riley Hospital's Child Life School Program.
• Starfish Initiative.
• Youth Entrepreneurs of Kansas.
  

Promoting student success in college and beyond
USA Funds provides tools for students to successfully finish their academic degrees with limited debt and the skills to handle their finances in the future.

• Arizona Commission for Postsecondary Education.
• Jump$tart Coalition.
• GRAD Magazine.
• Nevada System of Higher Education.
• Training, Inc.
• Urban Mission Branch YMCA college tour.
• USA Funds Life Skills^®.  

As it has since its founding in 1960, USA Funds will continue to explore innovative programs that permit students and their families to obtain the funding, information and preparation they need to realize their dreams of going to college.

Learn more about USA Funds' access and outreach efforts.