Financial aid professionals wanting more information on the Workforce Pell Grant program can access a new online, self-paced course offered by Federal Student Aid (FSA).
FSA recently announced the release of an online, self-paced course on Workforce Pell that provides an overview of the program and the expanded opportunity for eligible students to use Federal Pell Grants for approved short-term workforce training programs.
The course provides information on what makes a workforce program eligible, the state and U.S. Department of Education approval processes, requirements for maintaining eligibility, and how to award Workforce Pell to eligible students. In addition, the Workforce Pell learning track includes two system-based trainings: on that addresses managing workforce programs in the E-App on Partner Connect and one about classifying students as enrolled in eligible workforce programs in the FAFSA Partner Portal.
To access the training:
- Log into the FSA Training Center using your username and password
- Select the “Statutory & Regulatory Updates”
- Choose the Workforce Pell learning track link.
More self-paced training courses addressing additional topics impacted by the Working Families Tax CutsAct will be added to the FSA Training Center in the future.
Questions can be directed to helpdesk.fsatraining@ed.gov.
