{"id":38,"date":"2018-08-06T02:15:27","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T02:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/connect.pasco.k12.fl.us\/sfraneco\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2020-08-31T15:46:23","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T15:46:23","slug":"financial-aid-and-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/connectplus.pasco.k12.fl.us\/sfraneco\/financial-aid-and-scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial Aid &#8211; Information and Websites"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/connectplus.pasco.k12.fl.us\/sfraneco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/scholarships_dollar-sign.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-144\" title=\"scholarships_dollar-sign\" src=\"http:\/\/connectplus.pasco.k12.fl.us\/sfraneco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/scholarships_dollar-sign-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"139\" height=\"167\" \/><\/a>Understanding the process of financial aid and scholarships can be <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">overwhelming<\/span><\/strong>, to say the least.<br \/>\nCheck out this <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">amazing<\/span><\/strong> resource to help you understand the financial aid process:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.navigatingyourfinancialfuture.org\/Audio_Presentation.aspx\">http:\/\/www.navigatingyourfinancialfuture.org\/Audio_Presentation.aspx<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><strong>College Cost Calculator:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.finaid.org\/calculators\/costprojector.phtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.finaid.org\/calculators\/costprojector.phtml<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\">What is financial aid? How do I get it?<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/b>Financial aid is defined as all money that is used toward college costs.\u00a0 In order of <em>most<\/em> likely to <em>least<\/em> likely awards:<br \/>\n1. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Institutional Aid<\/strong><\/span><\/span> &#8211; Awarded directly from the college or university based on strong academics and\/or financial need<br \/>\n2. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Federal Aid<\/strong><\/span><\/span> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fafsa.gov\">www.fafsa.gov<\/a>\u00a0Generally based on need in the form of grants, loans, and work study<br \/>\nFederal Financial Aid Forecaster &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/fafsa.ed.gov\/FAFSA\/app\/f4cForm?execution=e1s1\">https:\/\/fafsa.ed.gov\/FAFSA\/app\/f4cForm?execution=e1s1<\/a><br \/>\nUnited States Department of Education: Student Aid on the Web:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"US Dept of Education\" href=\"http:\/\/studentaid.ed.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/studentaid.ed.gov\/<br \/>\n<\/a>3.\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>State Aid<\/strong><\/span><\/span> &#8211; State of FL Scholarships and Grants (INCLUDING Bright Futures): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.floridastudentfinancialaid.org\">www.floridastudentfinancialaid.org<\/a><br \/>\n4.\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Private Scholarships<\/strong><\/span><\/span> &#8211; ongoing with variety of eligibility requirements, deadlines, etc.\u00a0 See the\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\"><b><i>Scholarships <\/i><\/b><span style=\"color: #000000;\">tab above fo<\/span><\/span>r some links to scholarship search websites.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Understanding the process of financial aid and scholarships can be overwhelming, to say the least. Check out this amazing resource to help you understand the financial aid process: http:\/\/www.navigatingyourfinancialfuture.org\/Audio_Presentation.aspx College Cost Calculator: http:\/\/www.finaid.org\/calculators\/costprojector.phtml What is financial aid? How do I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/connectplus.pasco.k12.fl.us\/sfraneco\/financial-aid-and-scholarships\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/connectplus.pasco.k12.fl.us\/sfraneco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/connectplus.pasco.k12.fl.us\/sfraneco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/connectplus.pasco.k12.fl.us\/sfraneco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/connectplus.pasco.k12.fl.us\/sfraneco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/connectplus.pasco.k12.fl.us\/sfraneco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/connectplus.pasco.k12.fl.us\/sfraneco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1253,"href":"https:\/\/connectplus.pasco.k12.fl.us\/sfraneco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38\/revisions\/1253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/connectplus.pasco.k12.fl.us\/sfraneco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}