2023 Annual Statewide Financial Aid Workshops

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The 2023-2024 Annual Statewide Financial Aid Workshop registration is now open for both in-person workshops and virtual events. There are over 50 in-person workshops scheduled throughout the state and several live, virtual workshops via Zoom including FAFSA and California Dream Act Application (CADAA) specific sessions in January and February 2024.

Register here for an in-person or virtual workshop: 2023-2024 Annual Statewide Financial Aid Workshops

The Annual Statewide Financial Aid Workshop are a partnership effort between the California Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (CASFAA), the California Community Colleges Student Financial Aid Administrators Association (CCCSFAAA) and Commission. These free workshops, offered both in-person and virtually, provide high school counselors and staff, student advocates, student outreach coordinators, community education partners, Dreamer resource staff and foster youth advocates the opportunity to attend a half-day training to obtain relevant financial aid information they can use to support their students apply for and receive financial aid for college.

This year it is even more important to attend a workshop with the upcoming changes to the FAFSA and CADAA affecting your students and families. There are also anticipated changes to the Cal Grant program.

See complete list of all workshops here
2023-2024 Annual Statewide Financial Aid Workshops

Training topics include updates to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and California Dream Act Application (CADAA), as well as information and updates to Cal Grant programs, Middle Class Scholarship, Programs for foster youth and the California Dream Act Service Incentive Grant.

We highly recommend that you subscribe to CSAC_LIST, our e-mail notification service, to receive e-mail updates regarding the Annual Statewide Financial Aid Workshops and additional trainings. Follow this link to subscribe: https://www.csac.ca.gov/pod/subscribe-list-serv

To contact the training unit, please e-mail us at training@csac.ca.gov