Tech Talk

 USA Funds Connection Offers Personal Gateway to Web-Based Tools and Resources
To help schools streamline the financial aid process, USA Funds Connection^® offers centralized access to various financial aid tools and sources of information in a single view. Read more.

USA Funds Update

USA Funds Employees Help Indianapolis ‘Rebuild Together’
Ten USA Funds^® employees recently joined hundreds of other volunteers in refurbishing neighborhood homes during the Rebuilding Together Indianapolis event. Learn more.

USA Funds Lists Top 50 Lenders
USA Funds lists the top 50 lenders of USA Funds-guaranteed loans through April 2009. Read the list.

Operations Bulletin

Department Offers Instructions for TPD Discharges for Veterans
The U.S. Department of Education announced the procedures for processing total and permanent disability loan discharges for veterans deemed by the federal secretary of veterans affairs to be unemployable due to a service-connected condition. Learn more.

Policy Frequently Asked Question: Loans Eligible for Income-Based Repayment
USA Funds’ policy experts note to which education loans the income-based repayment option applies. Read more.

New Guide on IBR Available
A National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs workgroup in which USA Funds is involved has produced a document to assist in implementing the new income-based repayment plan. The Income Based Repayment Plan Implementation Guide offers an overview and questions and answers about IBR. The NCHELP Federal Family Education Loan Program IBR workgroup created the guide and will continue to update it as needed. You will need Adobe Reader to access the guide on the NCHELP Web site.