A horizontal promotional graphic with a blue background featuring a white bordered inner box split into two sections. On the left side, the white logo for Partnership for Student Success sits at the top. Below the logo, bold white text reads NEW TOOLKIT: FEDERAL WORK STUDY MESSAGING TOOLKIT. A bright blue rectangular button at the bottom of this left section reads READ NOW! in white text. The right side features a document preview with a white background and blue and teal angled geometric accents. This preview includes a color version of the Partnership for Student Success logo at the top right, the matching title FEDERAL WORK STUDY MESSAGING TOOLKIT in blue text, and a thin yellow accent line below the title.

Federal Work-Study (FWS) Messaging Toolkit

 

Federal Work-Study (FWS) is a powerful tool for getting college students into evidence-based, people-powered roles such as tutoring, mentoring, postsecondary transition coaching, student success coaching, and wraparound supports coordination. Most institutions that receive FWS funding must allocate 7% of these funds for community service positions, and providing these kinds of supports to P-12 students is an excellent way to meet or exceed this requirement while providing a meaningful, developmental experience for the college student working with them.

A significant barrier to Federal Work-Study usage is awareness. Many students are eligible for Federal Work-Study, but either do not know or do not utilize the funds. That’s why the Partnership for Student Success (PSS), in collaboration with members of the PSS Federal Work-Study Working Group, have developed these ready-made resources for academic and career advisors of college students and high school upperclassmen to share with students and partners. This brief contains:

  1.  A summary of two resources for communicating essential information about Federal Work-Study to current and prospective college students
  2.    Instructions on accessing, copying, modifying, and using both resources in either pamphlet or social media slide form
  3.    Design details, for replication in other software if needed
  4.    The full text of both resources
  5.    Additional Federal Work-Study Information

Both resources are meant to be customized to your organization or institution, such as where to find Federal Work-Study job postings, information on your Career Center, or how to make an appointment with Financial Aid.

 

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