{"id":220217,"date":"2025-08-13T14:41:30","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T00:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=220217"},"modified":"2025-08-13T14:41:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T00:41:30","slug":"free-college-planning-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/08\/13\/free-college-planning-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Free college planning events available to all students, families statewide"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/manoa-student-gnrc-2024-7.jpg\" alt=\"U H Manoa students walking across a crosswalk\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-203531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/manoa-student-gnrc-2024-7.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/manoa-student-gnrc-2024-7-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/manoa-student-gnrc-2024-7-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Beginning August 20, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiip20.org\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> P&#8211;20 Partnerships for Education<\/a> (<span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> P&#8211;20) will launch the first in a series of its Virtual Financial Aid Workshops to assist with <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> high school students\u2019 postsecondary education planning. All events are free and available to all families regardless of where the student plans to attend college.<\/p>\n<p>Virtual Financial Aid Workshops will be held via Zoom on Wednesdays, 6&#8211;7:30 p.m., from August 20 through October 1. 东精影业ees will learn how to access more than $150 billion in grants, loans and other government funding in addition to more than $70 million in scholarships awarded specifically to <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> students annually.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/collegeiswithinreachhawaii.com\/\">Register online<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;Now is the time for high school seniors to explore the various funding sources that are available to assist in reducing the cost of their postsecondary education,&rdquo; said Frank Green, financial aid and <abbr title=\"Free Application for Federal Student Aid\">FAFSA<\/abbr> outreach specialist for <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> P&#8211;20. &ldquo;东精影业ing college in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> can be affordable. Scholarships and grants are available for two- and four-year colleges, trade and vocational schools, and can cover expenses from tuition, books, transportation and beyond, and we want to make sure all <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> students have access to as many funds as possible.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2><abbr>FAFSA<\/abbr> information<\/h2>\n<p>Federal Student Aid (<abbr>FSA<\/abbr>) has announced that the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (<abbr>FAFSA<\/abbr>) for the 2026&#8211;27 award year will become available October 1. During this time families should create their personalized <abbr>FSA<\/abbr> <abbr title=\"Identification\">ID<\/abbr>, which is the required login and the first step to complete the <abbr>FAFSA<\/abbr>, in addition to preparing any additional documentation and financial information necessary to ensure they can complete and submit the <abbr>FAFSA<\/abbr> as early as possible.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We encourage all students to complete the <abbr>FAFSA<\/abbr> for each school year they are seeking financial aid regardless of your family income, and local help is available to guide you through the process,&rdquo; said Green. &ldquo;Many scholarships and grants require <abbr>FAFSA<\/abbr> completion, so don\u2019t leave money unclaimed and plan to complete your form when it becomes available October 1.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Families across the state are invited to send any questions about the college planning process, financial aid or <abbr>FAFSA<\/abbr> to <a href=\"mailto:FAFSA@Hawaii.edu\">FAFSA@Hawaii.edu<\/a>. All emails will be answered within 24 hours by a local financial aid specialist.<\/p>\n<p>For a complete listing of upcoming college planning webinars, <a href=\"https:\/\/collegeiswithinreachhawaii.com\/\">visit the College is Within Reach website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual Financial Aid Workshops will be held via Zoom on Wednesdays, 6&#8211;7:30 p.m., from August 20 through October 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":203531,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[61,306,62,63,64,65,1466,71,14,9,60,947,59,66],"class_list":["post-220217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-hawaii-p-20","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-manoa-enhancing-student-success","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","tag-maui-college","tag-uh-system","tag-uh-west-oahu","tag-windward-community-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/manoa-student-gnrc-2024-7.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220217"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":220220,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220217\/revisions\/220220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}