The 2025-26 FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid), won't be available until December 1, 2024. Here are some steps you can take now to get yourself prepared for the experience. …

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This tax season, families should evaluate their family finances and consider increasing contributions toward your U.Fund or U.Plan account, or open an account to begin saving.…

Top blog post topics include the CSS Profile, the FAFSA, financial aid, scholarships, and college admissions …

The MEFA Podcast provides informative conversations, up-to-date news and guidance, and the answers to questions asked by families. Every other week, hosts Jonathan Hughes and Julie Shields-Rutyna bring you a 30-40-minute episode related to some aspect of planning for the future.…

MEFA reminds families that the holiday-giving season is the perfect opportunity to nudge family and friends toward contributing to a child's college savings account.…

In the wake of the federal student loan forgiveness plan, MEFA advises the public of a wave of student loan debt relief scams targeting student loan borrowers. …

Steps include selecting a MEFA Institute lesson, reading the lesson objectives, completing the lesson deliverables, and filling out the Evidence of Learning Form.…

On August 24, 2022, President Biden issued a statement announcing that federally held student loans up to $10,000 ($20,000 for Pell Grant recipients) will be forgiven and the pause on federal student loan repayment will extend through December 31, 2022. …