How FSA Resources Can Help Your Family & Community PRESENTED BY Cindy Cameron Sandra Vuong

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StudentAid.gov/Resources Fact sheets Brochures Booklets Videos Infographics Info re Braille

Ordering Print Publications www.edpubs.gov FSA and “Big ED” publications Orders limited to 1-3 copies FREE

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FinancialAidToolkit.ed.gov AUDIENCE: School counselors & other mentors SITE STRUCTURE: Learn About Financial Aid Conduct Outreach Get Training Search Tools and Resources

Learn About Financial Aid Self-instruction Talking points & tips for advising students Featured resources

Conduct Outreach In-person or remote IDEAS & RESOURCES FOR OUTREACH: In-person or remote How to answer FAQs from special audiences

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Bulk Publication Ordering For you as FSA staff, to share in your community Contact Veronica Redmond (3rd floor UCP) For community organizations to order and share www.FSAPubs.gov Search “How-to Guides” on Toolkit for instructions on signing up for ID number for organization

How FSA Resources Can Help Your Family & Community SOCIAL MEDIA /FederalStudentAid @FAFSA YOUTUBE VIDEOS /FederalStudentAid BLOGS www.ed.gov/blog

College preparedness Paying for college Student loan repayment

Facebook.com/FederalStudentAid Search “Federal Student Aid”

“Follow” us to see our posts on your newsfeed Facebook.com/FederalStudentAid “Like” our page “Follow” us to see our posts on your newsfeed Got a question? Send us a message or leave a comment on one of our posts.

Facebook Post Examples Facebook.com/FederalStudentAid Facebook Post Examples FSA responds to many questions on Facebook

Facebook Post Examples Facebook.com/FederalStudentAid Facebook Post Examples We also post “fun” content that is relevant to students and parents.

Sharing a Facebook Post Facebook.com/FederalStudentAid Sharing a Facebook Post Clicking on the “Share” button will prompt this pop-up. You can add your own personal text.

Sharing a Facebook Post Facebook.com/FederalStudentAid Sharing a Facebook Post The post will be shared via your personal timeline and appear on your friend’s newsfeed. Also, “liking” or “commenting” on a Facebook post are other activities that can be shared to your friend’s newsfeed.

Twitter.com/FAFSA @FAFSA on Twitter “Follow” @FAFSA to see our tweets. Currently, FSA has 63k followers.

Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter.com/FAFSA Twitter Post Example Reply Retweet Favorite

Twitter.com/FAFSA Twitter Post Reply Reply to a tweet and say something about it. The tweet appears on your feed and begins a discussion thread.

The original tweet is duplicated. Twitter.com/FAFSA Twitter Post Retweet Retweet is similar to “re-sending” someone else’s tweet to all of your followers. The original tweet is duplicated. This tweet has been retweeted 22 times.

Lets FSA know you liked our tweet and allows you to save it for later. Twitter.com/FAFSA Twitter Post Favorite Favorites: Lets FSA know you liked our tweet and allows you to save it for later. This tweet has been favorited 31 times.

#AskFAFSA Office Hours Twitter.com/FAFSA #AskFAFSA Office Hours

Storify Page #AskFAFSA Office Hours Storify.com/FAFSA

Storify.com/FAFSA #AskFAFSA Office Hours Storify.com/FAFSA

YouTube.com/FederalStudentAid YouTube Channel YouTube.com/FederalStudentAid Subscribe to our YouTube Channel

Video: “FAFSA Overview” YouTube.com/FederalStudentAid YouTube Video Video: “FAFSA Overview” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-23SMf5DyQ

HomeRoom Blog View our blogs by visiting www.ed.gov/blog In the sidebar, click on “Federal Student Aid.”