College Access Fairfax is committed to helping Fairfax County Public School students with the daunting and complex task of acquiring financial aid for post-secondary education.
We help students realize their dreams for higher education by:
· Placing part-time Financial Aid Champions in schools with the highest populations of students receiving free or reduced lunches or those in English for Speakers of Other Languages classes
· Assisting students and parents with the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), and other financial aid applications
· Hosting and sponsoring financial aid seminars in the fall and early winter (with multi-language translations)
· Holding FAFSA Completion Workshops January through March 2012
· Advocating for students with ‘special circumstances’ complicating the financial aid process
· Awarding as many as ten (10) College Access Fairfax scholarships to FCPS students
· Assisting students with scholarship searches and applications.
“Education is not the filling of a bucket but the lighting of a fire.”
– William Butler Yeats
College Access Fairfax is featured in the 2007 - 2008 Catalogue for Philanthropy.
Click here for information in English on completing the Free Application for Federal Aid (FAFSA).
Correction to scholarship information: Earlier information on the Eagle Scout Scholarship contained an error in the scholarship description. Scouts must have completed their Eagle badge by April 15, 2012 - not 2011. We apologize for the error.