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Grant Community.com Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Descriptions |
CATALOG OF FEDERAL DOMESTIC
ASSISTANCE
84.033: Federal Work-Study Program
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| PROGRAM AND AWARD | FINANCIAL AND INFORMATION CONTACTS |
| ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS | FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFO. |
| APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS | INFORMATION CONTACTS |
| RELATED PROGRAMS | ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS |
| PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS | POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS |
Applicant Eligibility: Higher education institutions (public, private nonprofit, postsecondary vocational, and proprietary) meeting eligibility requirements may apply.
Beneficiary Eligibility: Undergraduate, graduate, or professional students enrolled or accepted for enrollment as regular students; are maintaining satisfactory academic progress in accordance with the standards and practices of the institution, have financial need, do not owe a refund on a Title IV grant, are not in default on a Title IV loan, file a statement of educational purpose, file a statement of registration compliance (Selective Service) and meet citizen/resident requirements may benefit.
Credentials/Documentation: Institutions must document their eligibility and students must demonstrate financial need. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87.
Preapplication Coordination: Representatives of the appropriate ED Regional Office are available for consultation. See listing of ED Regional Offices in Appendix IV of the Catalog. Students should contact the institution(s) they attend or plan to attend. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-102.
Application Procedure: Participating institutions submit a Fiscal Operations Report/Application to Participate in Federal Student Financial Aid programs (ED Form 646-1) which is mailed to institutions of postsecondary education each summer by the Office of Student Financial Assistance. New institutions submit only the application form. This program is subject to the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-110.
Award Procedure: The Office of Student Financial Assistance determines final awards and notifies participating institutions.
Deadlines: Specified on the application (usually October 1).
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Notices of tentative awards sent by February 1 and final award notifications sent by April 1.
Appeals: None.
Renewals: Annual.
Criteria for Selecting Proposals: Not applicable.
Examples of Funded Projects: Not applicable.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: The average award in the 1999 was $1,123.
In 1999 there were about 930,000 recipients.
Federal Agency: OFFICE OF STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Type of Assistance: Direct Payments for Specified Use.
Obligations: (Federal share) FY 99 $870,000,000; FY 00 est $934,000,000; and FY 01 est $1,011,000,000.
Budget Account Number: 91-0200-0-1-502.
Authorization: Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, Title IV, Part C; 42 U.S.C. 2751-2756a.
Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature: 34 CFR 675. Notification to Members of Congress, list of grantees, published annually or as required, no charge; Student Guide, no charge; Student Financial Aid Handbook, no charge; Federal Needs Analysis Methodology, no charge; Verification Handbook, no charge; Training Materials, no charge.
Regional or Local Office: Students should contact the educational institution(s) they attend or plan to attend. Public and private nonprofit organizations should contact grantee educational institutions in their own State or multi-State areas. Educational institutions should contact the Regional Administrator for Student Financial Assistance in the appropriate ED Regional Office (see Appendix IV of the Catalog).
Headquarters Office: Policy Development Division, Office of Student Financial Assistance, Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20202-5446. Phone: (202) 708-8242.
(See Appendix IV for more contact info.)
Formula and Matching Requirements: Funds are allocated to institutions on the basis of award year 1985-86 expenditures and demonstrated need for funding. Institutions award funds to students on the basis of financial need as determined by the Federal Needs Analysis Methodology specified in statute. The Federal share of the compensation paid to students normally does not exceed 75 percent for jobs with the institution itself, public agencies, or private nonprofit organizations and 50 percent with profit making organizations. The remaining share must be paid by the institution or the employer. An increased Federal share may be authorized under specific circumstances.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Funds are awarded for use by participating institutions for one award year at a time following the year of application.
Uses and Use Restrictions: The Federal share of compensation paid to students does not exceed 75 percent for work for the institution itself or work in the public interest for a public agency or private nonprofit organization unless waived by the Secretary. The Federal share of compensation paid to students does not exceed 50 percent for jobs with a profit-making organization. No more than 25 percent of an institution's award may be used for jobs with profit-making organizations. If it provides FWS employment to its students in that year, an institution is entitled to an administrative cost allowance for an award year of 5 percent of the first $2,750,000 expended, plus 4 percent of expenditures greater than $2,750,000 but less than $5,500,000 plus 3 percent of expenditures in excess of $5,500,000. Effective with the 1994-95 award year, an institution is required to use at least 5 percent of its total FWS allocation to pay the Federal share of wages to students employed in community service jobs unless it receives a waiver.
Reports: A single combined Fiscal Operations Report/Application form for Federal Perkins Loans, FSEOG, and FWS (DE 646-1) is submitted by each institution at the close of each award year (June 30).
Audits: Institutions must have a nonfederal audit done on at least an annual basis at its own expense. Audits may also be performed at Government expense by the Department of Education's Office of the Inspector General as often as its time schedule will allow or when deemed necessary by the Secretary.
Records: All records pertaining to activities of a given fiscal year must be retained for a period of three years following the institution's submission of its Fiscal Operations Report for an award year or until final resolution of an applicable audit, whichever is later.
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