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Resources for Financial Assistance Administrators

Administrative Guidance

Program Guidance

2025-26 Program Guidance
2024-25 Program Guidance

2025 Legislative Session

Legislative Program Guidance – May 21, 2025

Residency

Residency

Residency information can be found on our Residency page.

Program Manuals, MFI & Award Charts

Program Manuals, MFI & Award Charts
  • Passport to Careers Program Manual (2024-25) (2023-24).
  • Washington College Grant, Washington Bridge Grant, and College Bound Scholarship Program Manual (2024-25) (2023-24).
    • MFI Chart for WCG and CBS Awarding (2025-26)
    • MFI Chart for WCG, Bridge Grant, and College Bound Awarding (2024-25).
    • Maximum WCG and College Bound Awarding (2025-26).
    • Maximum WCG, Bridge Grant, and College Bound Awarding (2024-25).
    • Enrollment Intensity Charts (2024-25).
    • CSV sample file for CSAW Interim Reports (incremental uploads) (2024-25).
  • WA Grant for Apprenticeship Manual (2024-25) (2023-24).
    • MFI and Award Chart for WG-A (2024-25) (2023-24).
    • CSV Sample File Layout for WG-A Apprentice Awards (2024-25).
    • Excel Sample File Layout for WG-A Quarterly Reporting (2024-25).
  • Educator Workforce Program (2024-25).
  • National Guard Postsecondary Education Grant (2024-25).
  • State Work Study Program Manual (2024-25) (2023-24).
  • WAVE/Washington Award for Vocational Excellence (2024-25).

WSAC Portal Updates

2024-25 Updates

Financial Aid Training

Financial Aid Workshops

Financial Aid Workshops
  • 2024-25 Legislative Overview and General Session (Video coming soon) (PDF)
  • 2024-25 Awarding – June 2024 (YouTube) (PDF)
  • 2024-25 Passport and ETV Programs (YouTube)
  • 2024-25 State Work Study Program (YouTube)
  • 2023 Legislative Overview and Program Updates (YouTube) (PDF)
  • 2022 Residency & WASFA for Public Institutions (YouTube) (PDF)
  • 2022 Residency & WASFA for Private Institutions (YouTube) (PDF)

Webinars

Webinars
  • Spring Interim Report Walkthrough and Q&A – April 2025 (YouTube) (PDF)
  • Winter Interim Report Walkthrough and Q&A – January 2025 (YouTube) (PDF)
  • Fall Interim Report Walkthrough and Q&A – September 2024 (YouTube) (PDF)
  • The College Bound Eligibility Checker – November 2023 (YouTube) (PDF)
  • 2023 Passport to Careers Spring Financial Aid Workshop Recording (YouTube)
  • State Work Study – Program Updates and Portal Walk-through (YouTube) (PDF)
  • All About the WASFA - June 2023 (YouTube) (PDF)
  • Washington College Grant - Connect (WCG-C) - June 2023 (YouTube) (PDF)
  • Interim Reporting (YouTube) (PDF)
  • Uploading Files to CSAW (YouTube) (PDF)
  • Reconciliation Tools in the Portal (YouTube) (PDF)
  • Secure Messaging/Data Transmission (YouTube) (PDF)
  • Managing Portal Users and Access (YouTube) (PDF)

Financial Aid & Literacy Curriculum

Financial Aid & Literacy Curriculum

Archive

Program guidance

Program guidance

2023-24

2022-23

Legislative sessions

Legislative sessions

2024

2023

2022

Residency

Residency

Additional residency information can be found on our Residency page.

COVID-19 guidance

COVID-19 guidance