USA Funds^® Consejos is designed to provide Latino students and their families more-complete information about the value of a postsecondary education, the education options available to them and the availability of financial aid. This flexible program allows presenters to customize the presentation to the particular audience — including middle-school students, parents or the entire family — that they are trying to reach.

USA Funds Consejos is presented in a telenovela format as a story about brothers Robbie and David Chavez and their family as they plan for their future. Their experiences provide a springboard for discussion and activities designed to help students along the path to a postsecondary education.

The USA Funds Consejos kit includes:

• A 40-minute DVD presenting the story of Robbie and David Chavez.
• A guide for planning, preparing and facilitating the program.
• Workbooks for students and their families.
• Fliers to help promote the presentation.

USA Funds Consejos will be available without charge to schools, community agencies and faith-based organizations, with priority consideration given to the following:

• Those located in states where USA Funds is the designated guarantor – Arizona, Hawaii, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Nevada and Wyoming – as well as those in California, Florida and Texas. 
• Those connected with minority-serving postsecondary institutions or with local, state and national educational organizations that help prepare students and families for postsecondary education.

Order  materials for USA Funds Consejos.

For more information about USA Funds Consejos, send an e-mail to Kyle Malone, or call (317) 806-0150.