Your Future, Funded: Financial Aid Completion Week
Your Future, Funded is designed to build momentum going into high school graduation. Together, we can ensure every senior has a touchpoint during the final months of school about financial aid and their next steps. WSAC is offering enhanced support to help schools get their students across the finish line to complete their FAFSA/WASFA.
The Your Future, Funded initiative advances Governor Ferguson's Washington Completes FAFSA campaign to increase financial aid application completion rates among high school seniors statewide. Led by the Washington Student Achievement Council (WSAC), this initiative will roll out during March and April, culminating with a dedicated financial aid completion week from April 20-24, 2026.
How can your school or organization get engaged?
- Track your data: Use the FAFSA completion dashboard to monitor progress by district, school, region, and community.
- Access student-level information: If you work specifically with seniors on financial aid applications, make sure you have access to the FAFSA portal by emailing FAFSA@wsac.wa.gov.
- Host events: Organize events to share financial aid information and support application completion. Publicize your events on the statewide financial aid events calendar. Or offer 1:1 appointments to support your students with their applications.
- Build excitement locally: Use the ready-to-use activities and support ideas listed below to energize your community! Connect with partners to work together and get the message out.
Filing Supports
Filing Supports
- Help get the word out about WSAC’s free, virtual Financial Aid Completion Night event on April 22. Support is available in English and Spanish, and registration is open!
- Let families know there's help available specifically for them at the Financial Aid Night for Parents and Caregivers on April 23. Support is available in English and Spanish, and registration is open!
- Access the FAFSA Completion Portal to ensure you know which of your students have not yet completed a FAFSA. Email FAFSA@wsac.wa.gov to gain access.
- Support students and parents/guardians by sending emails based on FAFSA portal info (templates provided). These messages offer guidance specific to a student's financial aid filing status, like whether they haven't gotten started, or if their application processing is being held up by errors.
- The 12th Year Campaign hosts limited 1-on-1 appointments for students who may be facing unusual circumstances. Please share this opportunity with students who need extra support in completing their application. Support will be offered during school hours in both English and Spanish.
- Make sure your organization's events are listed on the statewide financial aid events calendar.
- Become a trained financial aid volunteer.
- Sign up to volunteer at an event.
- Register now for a WSAC specialized training (available in English & Spanish). Topics include financial aid basics, understanding financial aid offers, and navigating financial aid appeals.
Toolkits & Resources
Toolkits & Resources
Community Call to Action: Use the WSAC-provided resources below to support students in your community. Knowledge is power—don’t let your students miss out!
- Key Resources:
- Ready-to-Use Financial Aid Toolkit: This toolkit includes customizable materials, fillable worksheets, web resources, and direct guidance from organizations such as Federal Student Aid and the National College Attainment Network.
- Access these important Your Future Funded filing resources including presentations, videos, and instructions you can share around residency, appeals, data privacy, dependency status, WASFA, and more!
- Keep the 2026-27 Financial Aid FAQs for Counselors on hand to answer questions from students and parents.
- GEAR UP’s family engagement resource guide can support your work with parents and families.
- Senior Milestones Celebration Wall: an activity to engage and celebrate students
- Quick Start Guide for School-Based Activities: supporting materials for school-based activities such as assemblies and advisory periods.
To request documents translated into additional languages, please reach out to us at cas@wsac.wa.gov.
Communications Coordination with Partners
Communications Coordination with Partners
- Check out WSAC’s Your Future, Funded communications calendar for activities leading up to, and during the week of April 20. Coordinate, collaborate, and align with statewide messaging to educators, advocates, students, and families.
- Use and share plug-and-play Your Future, Funded social media content and graphics – please share broadly to your networks!
- Find schools in your region or community to partner with:
Need help or want to connect with us? Please reach out to us at cas@wsac.wa.gov.
FAFSA Completion League Standings & Leaderboard
Looking for a way to motivate your students? WSAC's FAFSA Completion League Standings let you compare your school's FAFSA completion with your sports rivals!
For schools that participate in the WIAA (Washington Interscholastic Activities Association), this leaderboard offers a way to view school-level FAFSA filing rates for schools in the same WIAA league.
Who's in first place this week...? Inspire some friendly competition and challenge other local schools by posting your progress on social media!