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Resources: Helping Unaccompanied Youth Access Financial Aid
College Goal Sunday – www.collegegoalsundayusa.org
Financial aid administrators around the country organize an event, College Goal Sunday,
typically held a few weeks after Super Bowl Sunday, where students can get help filling out and
submitting the FAFSA. The website has the list of specific locations where these events are
held.
FinAid: The SmartStudent Guide to Financial Aid - www.finaid.org
A very comprehensive and reputable public service website on student financial aid information,
including scholarships.
KnowHow2Go.org - http://www.knowhow2go.org/
KnowHow2Go is a website that helps students better understand how to prepare for college.
LeTendre Education Fund – http://www.naehcy.org/letendre_ab.html
Scholarship program for students who have experienced homelessness.
National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth – www.naehcy.org
National grassroots organization connecting educators, service providers, and others to ensure
school enrollment, attendance, and overall success of children and youth without safe,
adequate, and permanent housing.
National Center on Homeless Education – www.serve.org/nche
Federally-funded clearinghouse of information on homeless education. A directory of state
coordinators of homeless education is available on the web site.
National College Access Network (NCAN) – www.collegeaccess.org/NCAN
National College Access Network (NCAN) improves access to and success in postsecondary
education for first-generation, underrepresented and low-income students. NCAN supports a
network of state and local college access programs that provide counseling, advice, and
financial assistance. State and local college access programs can be found on the directory on
the NCAN web site.
National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty – www.nlchp.org
NLCHP serves as the legal arm of the nationwide movement to end homelessness.
National Network for Youth – www.nn4youth.org
The National Network for Youth is membership organization of community-based, faith-based,
and public agencies working with runaway, homeless, and other disconnected youth.
National Runaway Switchboard – www.1800runaway.org
Northern Virginia Community College Online FAFSA Tutorial - www.nvcc.edu/fafsahelp/
Northern Virginia Community College has created a tutorial to help their students better
understand how to fill out the FAFSA, but the tutorial can be viewed by anyone.
Student Aid on the Web – www.studentaid.ed.gov
U.S. Department of Education web site on preparing for college and applying for financial aid.
