About USA Funds Connection

USA Funds Connection® is a customized Web portal for USA Funds® school-customers. USA Funds Connection links you to the Web-based information, resources and applications that you need to do your job. You'll enjoy a Web view customized for your needs, as well as value-added features not offered on USA Funds' Web site.

USA Funds Connection provides tools and resources that will save you time. This efficient, effective resource is designed to make the financial-aid process easier for you so you can focus on your student’ needs.

USA Funds Connection Login Page

USA Funds Connection serves as your gateway to a range of high-quality products and services, such as USA Funds Debt Manager®, OpenNet, presented by USA Funds, industry-best practices, compliance information and loan calculators. USA Funds Connection also offers you easy access to financial-aid resources and personal-productivity tools, including the following:

  • Default-prevention and student-retention best practices
    • Find helpful information about USA Funds Life Skills® — a flexible financial-literacy program that schools can use to teach students how to manage their time   and money wisely while they are on campus and after graduation.
    • Find suggestions and tools to strengthen your debt-management and default-prevention efforts and improve your student-retention rates in USA Funds’ Best Practices in Debt Management and Solving the Retention Puzzle online manuals.
  • Information resources 
    • If you have a question about how a federal regulation affects your administration of student loans, USA Funds’ policy experts are just an e-mail message away.  By using USA Funds Connection, you can simply click the “Ask Policy” link, and send your question directly to our policy staff. 
    • Check out up-to-date news and information highlighting a variety of higher-education-finance topics.
  • Training and professional-development opportunities
    • To enhance your skills and knowledge, register for a variety of USA Funds’ financial-aid workshops, online courses or webcasts, and view a list of additional training opportunities.
  • USA Funds’ products and services
    • Learn how you can put the premier products and services that USA Funds offers to work for you and your students.
    • View quick demonstrations of USA Funds’ products and services right from your computer.
  • Web-based loan-delivery and inquiry tools and services
    • Manage your loan process by certifying loans and accessing key reports from this convenient, single-point online resource.

Because USA Funds Connection is a Web-based portal, you have secure access to it, at anytime, from any location. The only technology you need is a personal computer, an Internet browser and Internet access. With USA Funds Connection, you can:

  • Access online loan calculators, compliance information and debt-management information.
  • Create a contact list that includes key USA Funds personnel and a campus address book for quick access to important phone numbers and e-mail addresses.
  • Link to the most-popular loan-processing Web sites from USA Funds’ Loan Management Center.
  • Organize your financial-aid office workforce with a campus-level task-management feature.
  • Register for USA Funds’ online courses, workshops and webcasts, keep track of registered courses and view new training opportunities.
  • Review important announcements from USA Funds and your campus administrator.
  • Use a single sign-on ID to access Meteor and USA Funds University training. Please note that the single sign-on for OpenNet will be available in an upcoming release.
  • Use the portal while you are telecommuting or traveling.

For more information about USA Funds Connection or to request access to the Web portal, contact your USA Funds Services representative.