USA Funds Sponsors FAFSA Help in Nine States

USA Funds^® is providing support to programs in nine states and the District of Columbia to help parents and their college-bound children complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. USA Funds is supplying funding and volunteers to assist with College Goal Sunday 2007, which provides families with free expert help in filing for financial aid.

States where USA Funds is sponsoring College Goal Sunday programs include:

• Nevada. Twelve sites will offer FAFSA assistance on Jan. 28.
• Hawaii. Three locations on Oahu, Hawaii, and one site in Hilo, Hawaii, will host College Goal Sunday on Jan. 28. Three locations — on Maui and Kauai and in West Hawaii — will conduct the event on Feb. 11.
• Maryland. One location will host College Goal Sunday on Jan. 28, two sites will offer assistance on Feb. 1, and one site will conduct the event on Feb. 18. Sixteen sites in Maryland, Delaware and the District of Columbia will present College Goal Sunday on Feb. 11.
• Arizona. College Goal Sunday will be at one location on Feb. 10, and at 29 locations on Feb. 11.
• Indiana. Feb. 11 is the date for College Goal Sunday at 35 locations.
• Kansas. Twenty locations will host the event on Feb. 11.
• Wyoming. College Goal Sunday will be at 13 sites on Feb. 11.
• Florida. One location will host the event on Feb. 24, and 46 sites will conduct College Goal Sunday on Feb. 25.

College Goal Sunday originated in 1989 as a program of the Indiana Student Financial Aid Association and the State Student Assistance Commission of Indiana, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The program is designed to help families — particularly those with lower incomes and no tradition of college attendance — to surmount the paperwork barriers to receiving financial aid for higher education.

“College Goal Sunday works to help students — particularly first-generation college attendees, low-income families and minorities — complete the financial-aid paperwork that is critical in getting help paying for higher education,” says Henry Fernandez, USA Funds executive director of scholarships, outreach and philanthropy. “USA Funds supports College Goal Sunday as part of USA Funds’ mission to promote higher-education preparedness, access and success for all deserving students.”