Resources for Financial Assistance Administrators

Administrative Guidance

2025-26 Program Guidance

2024-25 Program Guidance

Legislative Program Guidance – May 21, 2025

Residency

Residency information can be found on our Residency page.

Program Manuals, MFI & Award Charts

Washington College Grant and College Bound Program Manual (2025-26 (PDF, 2.09 MB))
- MFI Chart for WCG and CBS Awarding (2026-27 (PDF, 577.96 KB)) (2025-26 (PDF, 145 KB))
- Maximum WCG and College Bound Awarding (2026-27 (PDF, 62.07 KB)) (2025-26 (PDF, 50.39 KB))
Passport to Careers Program Manual (2025-26 (PDF, 2.55 MB)) (2024-25 (PDF, 2.54 MB))
Washington College Grant, Washington Bridge Grant, and College Bound Scholarship Program Manual (2024-25 (PDF, 2.43 MB))
- MFI Chart for WCG, Bridge Grant, and College Bound Awarding (2024-25 (PDF))
- Maximum WCG, Bridge Grant, and College Bound Awarding (2024-25 (PDF, 71.9 KB))
- Enrollment Intensity Charts (2024-25 (PDF))
- CSV sample file for CSAW Interim Reports (incremental uploads) (2024-25)
WA Grant for Apprenticeship Manual (2025-26 (PDF)) (2024-25 (PDF))
- MFI and Award Chart for WG-A (2025-26 (PDF, 251.2 KB)) (2024-25 (PDF))
- CSV Sample File Layout for WG-A Apprentice Awards (2024-25)
Educator Workforce Program (2024-25 (PDF))
National Guard Postsecondary Education Grant (2024-25 (PDF, 957.22 KB))
State Work Study Program Manual (2025-26 (PDF, 1.11 MB)) (2024-25 (PDF, 1.2 MB))
WAVE/Washington Award for Vocational Excellence (2024-25 (PDF))

2025-26 Updates

2024-25 Updates

WASFA Application Review

Financial Aid Workshops (2025-26)

Legislative Overview and General Session (Watch Video (captions available)) (PDF (PDF))
Adult Pathways Overview: Educator Workforce, National Guard Grant, State Work Study, WA Grant for Apprenticeship Programs (Watch video (captions available)) (PDF (PDF, 3.4 MB))
The WA Grant Umbrella (Watch Video (captions available)) (PDF (PDF, 3.03 MB))
WA Grant for Apprenticeship: Portal Upload & Payment Requests (Watch Video (captions available))
Improving Your Unit Record Report Experience: From Interim Report to URR (Watch Video (captions available)) (PDF (PDF, 2.84 MB))
WASFA Application and Portal Functionality (Watch Video (captions available)) (PDF (PDF, 2.01 MB))
State Financial Aid Training for CTCs (Watch Video (captions available)) (PDF (PDF, 10.04 MB))
College Bound from A to Z (PDF (PDF, 1.94 MB))
Passport (Watch Video (captions available)) (PDF (PDF, 7.09 MB))

Other Training

Spring Interim Report Walkthrough and Q&A – March 2026 (YouTube) (PDF (PDF, 1.34 MB))
WCG-Connect SNAP/FAP Pathway and Overview – February 2026 (YouTube) (PDF (PDF, 3.48 MB))
Winter Interim Report Walkthrough and Q&A – January 2026 (YouTube) (PDF (PDF, 1.93 MB))
Fall Interim Report Walkthrough and Q&A – September 2025 (YouTube) (PDF (PDF, 1.97 MB))
Final Interim Report Walkthrough and Q&A – June 2025 (YouTube) (PDF (PDF, 2.05 MB))
Washington College Grant - Connect (WCG-C) - June 2023 (YouTube) (PDF (PDF))
Reconciliation Tools in the Portal (YouTube) (PDF (PDF, 1020.01 KB))
Secure Messaging/Data Transmission (YouTube) (PDF (PDF, 745.78 KB))
Managing Portal Users and Access (YouTube) (PDF (PDF, 812.23 KB))

Financial Aid & Literacy Curriculum