Notice to Financial Aid Applicants
The Financial Aid office at the Lancaster County CTC is currently receiving processed FAFSA applications from the Department of Education. At this time students are able to make corrections and updates to their applications, but schools cannot. The Department of Education has not told us when the correction functionality will become available to schools.
The Department’s six-month backlog has put us in a position where we’ve now received hundreds of applications within a very short period of time. We are working hard to ensure that all students receive their financial aid offers in a timely manner and are asking for your help to assist us with moving this process along as quickly as possible.
We ask that each of you be responsive to all requests we make regarding your application. If we request something from you or identify something you must update on your application, please be sure to take care of it immediately so we can continue to move your application forward. We cannot make corrections for you at this time, so, your own unresponsiveness will result in a delayed offer of aid.
We also ask for your patience and understanding with our longer-than-usual response times to phone call and emails. Until we have the applications processed, we will not have the answers to your questions. So, processing must come first, and we cannot be processing applications while continually returning phone calls or responding to emails.
Our goal is to have all the applications we’ve received to date reviewed and offers sent to currently enrolled and accepted students within the next four to six weeks. Applications will be prioritized and processed based on each student’s program and/or upcoming term start date to ensure that student aid is in place for students for their training.
We greatly appreciate your patience during this time.
Sincerely
Debra A Woodcock
Director of Financial Aid