WEBVTT 1 00:00:04.980 --> 00:00:10.889 In this Webinar. We will go over completing the Fafsa and the California tree, Max. 2 00:00:12.580 --> 00:00:27.990 We will cover a few different topics. We'll go when you should be applying for financial aid which financial aid application, you should file how to complete the Fafsa, how to complete the California dream and more information on how to contact our office. Should you need additional assistance. 3 00:00:29.140 --> 00:00:33.400 Okay, to start off. When should you apply for financial aid 4 00:00:33.540 --> 00:00:44.500 to apply for Federal State institutional financial aid. You do have to submit your application every academic year. The financial aid applications to open on October first. 5 00:00:44.990 --> 00:00:59.349 Jand we have a priority deadline of March second. While they're so hard at deadline, we do encourage students to submit the application by March second, so they can receive their financial aid in a timely manner 6 00:01:00.720 --> 00:01:03.639 which financial aid application should you file. 7 00:01:03.940 --> 00:01:09.609 there is the Federal application. So the Fafsa people 8 00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:26.860 who need to file this application, it would be us citizens, permanent residents, and eligible non-citizens. If you are an undocumented individual a daca recipient, a Tps holder with California resident residency or you visa holder, you should file the California Dream acts. 9 00:01:26.870 --> 00:01:35.899 If you're an undocumented individual without a State residency, then you would go ahead and submit the Css profile via the college board. 10 00:01:37.430 --> 00:01:41.019 and then just some quick notes on the Fafsa and the California Dream Act. 11 00:01:41.050 --> 00:01:58.249 both the Fafsa and the California dream that will request tax and income information from 2 years prior to the application to determine your financial aid eligibility, for example, for the 2,023 2,024 academic Here you would be filling out the Fafsa and the California treatment 12 00:01:58.260 --> 00:02:02.600 with 2,021 income information and so on 13 00:02:02.920 --> 00:02:09.769 the bats in the California dream that both use scape logic to display questions that are applicable and relevant to you. 14 00:02:09.900 --> 00:02:14.510 If you are eligible to complete a fafsa and meet the Fafsa filing 15 00:02:14.610 --> 00:02:19.689 guidelines, then you do not need to file a California dream out to application. 16 00:02:19.930 --> 00:02:24.429 If you need tips on how to answer specific questions. 17 00:02:24.520 --> 00:02:26.380 or have. 18 00:02:26.900 --> 00:02:34.429 or unsure of the question or what the question is asking you? There is a little question mark 19 00:02:34.510 --> 00:02:36.820 next to the Fafsa 20 00:02:37.090 --> 00:02:43.729 or the California Dream Act on each question that will guide you on where you can find the information that they are requesting. 21 00:02:45.530 --> 00:02:51.010 So this section is completely dedicated to the Fafsa. 22 00:02:53.310 --> 00:03:11.850 There are a few different ways that you can submit the fax application. The most popular and the way that we recommend is completing out the electronic form via Fafsa Gov. If you scan the little QR. Code to the side. It will take you to complete the Fafsa online. You can mail in the application if you download the Pdf. 23 00:03:11.860 --> 00:03:14.080 From the department of its websites. 24 00:03:14.120 --> 00:03:20.059 and in some cases the university can submit your Fafsa. 25 00:03:20.860 --> 00:03:25.790 if you are unable to do so via online or via a mailing application 26 00:03:27.640 --> 00:03:31.989 before you get started. On filling out the fafsa. There are a couple of things that you will need 27 00:03:32.050 --> 00:03:50.790 from yourself and your parents, if you are an undergraduate, dependent students. You will need your social security, number your parents, social security, number your alien registration number or a number. If you are not the Us. Citizen, You also need your Federal income tax returns, and W. Two's 28 00:03:50.800 --> 00:04:00.949 and any other record of money earned. You'll need bank statements and records of investments, if applicable as well as any records of untaxed income. 29 00:04:01.040 --> 00:04:08.020 and as long as you will need your Federal student aid, Id or your fsaid to log into the application. 30 00:04:09.800 --> 00:04:20.910 So a little bit more on the fsaid the If I say Id if your username that you must create to sign into an electronically sign your Fafsa, your parent. 31 00:04:21.050 --> 00:04:34.049 If applicable, we'll also need to create an F. The aid the Fsid is tied to your personal identifying information, such as your social security number, your date of birth and your legal name. 32 00:04:35.290 --> 00:04:41.389 You will also need a mobile number, an email or a challenge question to resets 33 00:04:42.020 --> 00:04:45.130 your password. If you forget it. 34 00:04:45.210 --> 00:04:58.169 and then you do not need to create a new fsaid. If you all have already created one in the past, and you don't remember your at the Safety. You can always click forgot login information for more information. 35 00:04:59.780 --> 00:05:05.119 So to start the fafsa you want to make sure that you are logged under your Fs. Did. 36 00:05:05.240 --> 00:05:10.199 And then you want to select the application for the correct academic year. 37 00:05:10.290 --> 00:05:27.630 The B. That will always have 2 academic years online. But a student can complete it. You want to make sure that you are selecting the one that applies to you depending on when your start time at the University is, or if you're renewing your application for the following academic year, you will simply click returning. User 38 00:05:29.810 --> 00:05:43.599 So the first part of the Fafsa is the Student demographics section. You want to fill out the information as it as it is on your social security card or your permanent Residency card. Other information required on the Student Demographics section 39 00:05:43.610 --> 00:05:53.889 will include contact information. Your Residency, as well as the High school that you attended to be eligible for Federal student aid. You must have completed high school, or it's equivalent. 40 00:05:56.140 --> 00:06:04.080 When you get to the school selection you want to go ahead and enter the University of San Francisco school code, which is 0, 0, 1, 3, 2, 5, 41 00:06:04.220 --> 00:06:09.170 and then you would just add the school to the list of schools that you want to send your application to 42 00:06:09.880 --> 00:06:14.989 without a school code on the Fafsa. The University will not receive your application. 43 00:06:16.470 --> 00:06:25.049 The next part for the school selection is the housing information, so it'll ask you what your housing plans for that 44 00:06:25.230 --> 00:06:33.490 particular university is what you select on. The Fafsa directly impacts your cost of attendance. 45 00:06:36.450 --> 00:06:40.320 and I will go over into dependency status. So 46 00:06:40.760 --> 00:06:45.849 if you answer no to any of the following questions, you are considered an 47 00:06:45.980 --> 00:06:58.480 a dependent students, and will be required to provide parent information. If you answer Yes, you may be considered an independent students. Some of these questions may trigger 48 00:06:58.550 --> 00:07:12.300 more information to be submitted to the institution. So the questions are: If you're currently on active duty in the Us. Armed forces for purposes other than training. Are you a veteran of the United States armed forces 49 00:07:12.360 --> 00:07:16.830 at any time since you turn 13. We're both of your parents deceased. 50 00:07:17.070 --> 00:07:21.809 Were you in foster care, or were you a ward or dependence of the courts. 51 00:07:22.160 --> 00:07:34.299 Are you an emancipated minor, or you in a legal guardianship as determined by acorns? Are you an accompanied youth, who is homeless or self supporting, and at risk of being homeless. 52 00:07:35.900 --> 00:07:37.510 If you answered 53 00:07:37.740 --> 00:07:39.630 No. 54 00:07:39.740 --> 00:07:41.370 it'll prompts 55 00:07:41.500 --> 00:07:45.350 this question, and you'll have to provide 56 00:07:45.570 --> 00:07:57.380 information about your parents if you are unable to provide information about your parents. Your fafs will be compete, considered incomplete, and additional information will need to be provided to the institution. 57 00:07:59.690 --> 00:08:09.170 Now, whose information should you provide based on your selection, it will ask you to provide either both parent information or one pair of information. 58 00:08:09.850 --> 00:08:17.220 If you are adopted, you do not have to provide parent information. So for your parents, it'll off. You don't include their name. 59 00:08:17.240 --> 00:08:28.349 their data, birth, and their social security number, their marital status and some household information. If your parent does not have a social security number, you would input 60 00:08:30.230 --> 00:08:31.660 8 zeros. 61 00:08:34.909 --> 00:08:52.090 Okay, Once you're in the parent demographic section, it'll ask you more about the number of your household, and then how many people in your household are attending college? Be sure that you do include any siblings that are attending college, but not your parents, your parents, and not be considered in the number of college for the households. 62 00:08:54.700 --> 00:09:04.689 Once the parent demographic section is all filled out. It will now go into parent financials, so you will need your tax information, so they will 63 00:09:04.790 --> 00:09:19.179 need to provide you with a copy of the tax. Return the tax return transcripts W. 2 information. So you can fill out this next portion. If your parents is eligible for the Irs data retrieval tool, we do recommend that it 64 00:09:19.470 --> 00:09:22.329 that you they use it as it'll 65 00:09:22.540 --> 00:09:25.659 automatically fill in all the information required 66 00:09:25.730 --> 00:09:39.809 on the directly from the Irs. Not all statuses are available for the Irs data retrieval tool. In those cases you will need to have the physical documents help you answer the tax questions 67 00:09:42.650 --> 00:09:44.360 after the text. 68 00:09:44.420 --> 00:09:50.580 The income. Information is all filled in. It'll move on to the asset portion 69 00:09:50.700 --> 00:09:52.510 of the 70 00:09:52.610 --> 00:09:54.890 parent financial section. 71 00:09:55.060 --> 00:10:05.890 Not all students may be provided with the as the information like we, said, Fafsa and the California Dream Act both use skip logic, so as the information may only be required in certain it. 72 00:10:05.960 --> 00:10:17.849 Circumstances, if you do have to fill out the asset information. You would want to include cash savings and checkings, investments as well as any current business or investment farms. 73 00:10:22.030 --> 00:10:39.709 After the parent financial section is completed, we'll move on to the student financial section. If you, the students earned income and file taxes, you may be required to provide more information if you earned income, but did not file taxes, and you would indicate that you will not file and then 74 00:10:39.720 --> 00:10:46.100 provide the income that you earn based on your wage and income tax, transcript or your W. To. 75 00:10:46.130 --> 00:10:55.849 If you did file taxes. You also have the option of using the Irs data retrieval tool. If it's available for you. If not, you would have to fill out the information manually 76 00:10:56.950 --> 00:11:02.909 depending on your talks. Information assets may be required to be reported. 77 00:11:04.480 --> 00:11:24.389 Once you finish the student financial section of the bouncer, you'll have to go ahead and sign and submit your fafsa as the students you can use at the say to electronically sign the Fafsa before you do so you do want to review the Fafsa summary and make sure that all the questions are answered correctly and accurately. 78 00:11:24.400 --> 00:11:28.639 If not, you can go back into that section and make any corrections as needed. 79 00:11:30.410 --> 00:11:32.410 So once you sign the Fafsa. 80 00:11:33.580 --> 00:11:50.449 you have the option to do so electronically with your ups a. D print of signature sheets or submit without signatures. If you submit a fafsa without any signatures, the Fafsa is considered incomplete, and you'll not. You will not be eligible to receive financial aid 81 00:11:50.460 --> 00:11:56.080 until the signatures are come submitted and process successfully. 82 00:11:57.010 --> 00:12:07.380 If you choose not to use your Fsa to electronically sign your Fafsa. It may take a couple of weeks for the signature page to be processed by the Department of education 83 00:12:08.600 --> 00:12:14.989 after you sign the Fafsa. It just require a parent signature, and it must be a parent that is listed on the Fafsa. 84 00:12:15.490 --> 00:12:22.359 If your parent is eligible to create an fsaid. They can go ahead and use their Fs to electronically find the Bsa. 85 00:12:22.650 --> 00:12:27.809 If they are unable to create an app to. Say, Id then you would have to sign 86 00:12:27.950 --> 00:12:31.929 and submit the fafsa via a paper form. 87 00:12:32.130 --> 00:12:35.750 If you click on other options to sign and submit. 88 00:12:36.020 --> 00:12:41.250 the paper form will be presented along with the mailing address that you must in the Fafsa to 89 00:12:44.410 --> 00:13:00.529 once signed and submitted, you'll receive a congratulations confirmation page. If your parents had to use the paper form to submit the Fafsa. You'll still receive a crank, a congratulations message that you have submitted the Fafsa. 90 00:13:00.540 --> 00:13:16.239 However, until the Department of education receives that signature page. The Fafsa will not be Prof. Successfully. Once they do receive that signature page, they will send you an email, letting you know that your application has been prostate successfully. 91 00:13:19.060 --> 00:13:22.980 Now, this next section we're going to go over on how to complete the California tree, Max. 92 00:13:24.830 --> 00:13:30.249 so to apply for the California jury, Max. If you are an eligible students. 93 00:13:30.680 --> 00:13:41.580 then you can go ahead and submit your application online by creating a user Id if you already created a user Id then you can simply use it to renew your application. 94 00:13:41.660 --> 00:13:47.499 I forgot your user Id. You can use the email address that you use to 95 00:13:48.200 --> 00:13:50.080 reset your password. 96 00:13:51.100 --> 00:13:57.980 You can use this little QR code, and it will take you to the California student in commission sites to complete the California dream act 97 00:13:59.380 --> 00:14:18.150 so just a little. No. On California Dream Act and Federal aid. Students who submit the California Dream Act are not eligible for Federal financial aid, including the Federal Pill Grants Federal supplemental, educational Opportunity, Grants Federal student loans and the parent plus loans. However, you can still qualify for it 98 00:14:18.160 --> 00:14:28.050 institutional states and external financial aid. So we do recommend, if you're eligible, to submit to California, that California tree, Max, that you do so as well. 99 00:14:28.630 --> 00:14:34.129 and another 5 notes State 8 is limited to undergraduate students. 100 00:14:34.200 --> 00:14:43.670 Graduate students are typically not eligible for State financial aid, but the exception of one or 2 programs as determined by the Commission. 101 00:14:44.810 --> 00:14:50.700 So to start the California dream out. You want to go ahead and sign in using that username and password that you created. 102 00:14:51.900 --> 00:14:53.930 and the California Dream Act 103 00:14:54.230 --> 00:15:00.459 mimics a little bit of what the Fafsa does. So it does have a student, demographic section, apparent demographics, and then 104 00:15:00.700 --> 00:15:04.289 financial information for both the students and the parents. 105 00:15:04.310 --> 00:15:08.609 So you want to make sure that you fill out your application the same way. 106 00:15:08.700 --> 00:15:13.220 It was filled out when you apply to us to Usf. 107 00:15:13.280 --> 00:15:16.030 and what your current Usf information is 108 00:15:16.290 --> 00:15:25.890 the California Dream Act. If you have a social security number, you want to go ahead and use that Social security number. If you do not have a social security number, you can utilize your 109 00:15:25.960 --> 00:15:28.830 it. I n number as well. 110 00:15:30.510 --> 00:15:33.630 but they are optional, so it's not required. 111 00:15:36.230 --> 00:15:47.009 Okay. So under the student demographics section, you want to make sure that you answer all the questions correctly, because these questions help establish your State's financial aid eligibility 112 00:15:49.020 --> 00:15:57.500 under school selection. You can also use the school code of 0, 0, 1, 3, 2, 5, 0 0 to add usf to your application. 113 00:16:00.570 --> 00:16:07.899 So for the California Dream Act. It does also have dependency questions similar to the Fafsa. 114 00:16:08.180 --> 00:16:15.380 So if you will be 24 or older by January first of the school year for which you are applying for financial aid. 115 00:16:15.800 --> 00:16:19.780 If you are married or separated, but not divorced 116 00:16:19.890 --> 00:16:27.470 as well as will you be working on a masters or doctorates degree. Do you have children who receive more than half of their support from you? 117 00:16:27.680 --> 00:16:31.360 Do you have dependence other than a children or spouse 118 00:16:31.400 --> 00:16:35.520 who live with you, and receive more than half of their support from from you? 119 00:16:35.860 --> 00:16:44.100 Are you currently serving on active duty in the Us. Armed forces for purposes under their training. Are you a veteran of the Us. Armed forces 120 00:16:44.140 --> 00:16:53.409 at any time since you turned 13? Were both of your parents deceased. Were you in foster care? Or were you a water dependence of the courts? 121 00:16:53.530 --> 00:17:00.049 Are you emancipated minor? Are you any legal guardianship as determined by a courts, or are you 122 00:17:00.160 --> 00:17:05.120 and accompanied youth who is homeless or self-supporting, and at risk of being homeless? 123 00:17:05.220 --> 00:17:23.359 If you answer yes to any of these questions, you are considered an independent students, and will not need to provide parental information. If you answered no to all of these questions you are considered a dependent student, and must provide parent information on your application for the application to be competes. 124 00:17:25.869 --> 00:17:38.620 If you are, or were a foster care students, you want to make sure that you answer the fact the question correctly, as it may allow you to receive 125 00:17:38.980 --> 00:17:43.760 a Chaffee grants, which is additional financial aid from the States. 126 00:17:46.180 --> 00:18:01.319 So, after you answer a little bit of the student demographic questions and your dependency questions. You move on to the financial section of the California Dream Act. If you are a tax filer. You must provide your tax and income information as reported on your Federal tax. Return 127 00:18:01.380 --> 00:18:13.889 regardless of your tax filing status. You will need to report your wage and ask the information. If you do not have financial information to reports, you can put a 0 or leave the answer, link 128 00:18:14.420 --> 00:18:21.280 other financial aid information in the student Financial section includes any untaxed income sources. 129 00:18:24.180 --> 00:18:31.149 After you finish answering your financial information, you move on to the parent demographics section 130 00:18:31.170 --> 00:18:36.370 To complete this section. You'll need some information from your parents, including their marital status. 131 00:18:37.560 --> 00:18:53.349 their social security number, and it in. If they do not have a access center it in. You want to go ahead and enter all zeros, and then, depending on their marital status, information may be requested from one or both parents. 132 00:18:55.430 --> 00:19:03.830 It will then move on to your parent household Info. So you want to make sure that you read the questions carefully and include 133 00:19:03.910 --> 00:19:12.340 the people in your parents household. Do you want to include yourself in the household, even if you not live with your parents, your parents. 134 00:19:12.380 --> 00:19:15.480 your parents, other children, if they will 135 00:19:15.530 --> 00:19:19.650 receive at least half of their financial support from their parents 136 00:19:19.960 --> 00:19:28.609 or other people, if they now live with them, and we'll continue to provide out these half of their support. So if your parent provides more than half of the support 137 00:19:28.660 --> 00:19:32.170 for any other individuals living in the households 138 00:19:33.160 --> 00:19:45.490 where the parent financial section, you will need your parents Federal tax return form and schedules as well as their W 2, and also regardless of their tax filing status you will need to report wage, and as the information. 139 00:19:45.720 --> 00:19:58.699 if your parent does not have any additional information to refer, you can also put a 0 or leave the answer for link, and it will also ask you some more information regarding their untaxed income. If they have any. 140 00:20:00.130 --> 00:20:05.730 Now to sign your California Dream act, you can go ahead and electronically do so by 141 00:20:05.940 --> 00:20:11.300 writing in your name, and then clicking the little box and submitting the application. 142 00:20:12.570 --> 00:20:17.360 Your parent will also need to sign the California's dream 143 00:20:17.380 --> 00:20:19.059 without 144 00:20:19.620 --> 00:20:21.140 apparent signature. 145 00:20:21.640 --> 00:20:26.070 The Fafsa is Comp. Oh, sorry. The California Dream Act is concurrent, and completes. 146 00:20:26.150 --> 00:20:41.370 If you select the parent signature, button or your parent separately subm. It's the parent signature on the California Home Dream of Home page. Your parent will be directed to the parent signature portal. Your parent will need to create a a PIN to sign the dream act. 147 00:20:43.060 --> 00:20:54.519 So if your parent does not have a previously created PIN, they must create one, and it will prompt the instructions on how to create a PIN and then to electronically find the dream act 148 00:20:54.820 --> 00:20:58.329 similar. They'll be displayed with a little box that they do have to click 149 00:20:58.380 --> 00:21:05.890 and agree that they filled out the application to the best of their knowledge, and then submit the signature. 150 00:21:07.860 --> 00:21:14.279 If you have any questions on any of the information provided on the Fafsa or the California Dream Act. 151 00:21:14.330 --> 00:21:22.479 You may utilize any of these resources for assistance for the Fafsa you want to contact the Federal student aid. 152 00:21:22.620 --> 00:21:32.290 You can contact them by phone. You can also email them or do a live chat. They also have a little help center on their websites with some 153 00:21:33.280 --> 00:21:38.250 guides on how certain questions should be answered. If you need clarification on any question 154 00:21:38.290 --> 00:21:50.909 for the California and Dreamac, do you want to go ahead and contact the California Student Aid Commission. Their number is provided on the screen. You can also email them@studentsupportatcsack.the a. Gov. 155 00:21:51.020 --> 00:21:55.039 Or you can go to their contact information on their websites. 156 00:21:56.960 --> 00:22:05.860 If you have any questions or need any clarification, you're also more than welcome to contact the office of financial aid in contact us by phone at 4, 1, 5, 157 00:22:05.970 --> 00:22:18.190 4, 2, 2, 3, 3, 8, 7. You can also send us an email to schedule a phone or zoom appointment. So we do offer virtual equipment, or you can visit us during any of our walk in hours. 158 00:22:20.850 --> 00:22:27.970 Thank you for watching this Webinar, If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to our office.