by apadmin | Mar 12, 2019 | Cash for College, College Success, data, FAFSA, Uncategorized
Kristina Scott, executive director of Alabama Possible, testified Tuesday before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions at the “Reauthorizing the Higher Education Act: Simplifying the FAFSA and Reducing the Burden of Verification” hearing....
by Vanessa Stevens | Mar 6, 2019 | Cash for College, College Success, FAFSA, Financial Aid
Three students from Northwest-Shoals Community College last week traveled to Washington, D.C., to share their stories and discuss the importance of college access and affordability with members of Alabama’s Congressional delegation. Layne Boyd and Pedro Lucas, both of...
by Vanessa Stevens | Feb 7, 2019 | Cash for College, FAFSA, Financial Aid
Alabama Possible, a statewide nonprofit that removes barriers to prosperity, today announced that 116 High Schools received the Best Hustle Award for successfully improving their early FAFSA completion by at least 10 percent from October 1 to December 1, 2018. All 116...
by Alabama Possible | Jan 9, 2019 | data, datasheet
Poverty impacts more than 800,000 of our neighbors, including more than 250,000 children. In just five minutes, you can improve efforts to break down barriers to prosperity by giving your feedback on Alabama Possible’s Alabama Poverty Data Sheet. The Poverty...
by Alabama Possible | Jan 7, 2019 | Cash for College, Uncategorized
Are you a high school senior, college student, or parent of a student who needs money for college? There’s an app for that. With the free myStudentAid app, students and families can complete their the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) on their Apple and...
by Alabama Possible | Dec 29, 2018 | Cash for College, Engaged Learning, FAFSA, Higher Education Alliance
Did you know your support puts students across Alabama on a pathway to economic prosperity? Many students in rural communities like Phil Campbell and Cherokee want to continue their education after high school so that they are prepared for today’s careers. Most of...
by Alabama Possible | Dec 26, 2018 | Cash for College, data, datasheet, FAFSA, hope, poverty
You break down barriers to prosperity in Alabama with your volunteerism, philanthropy, and advocacy. We are overwhelmed with gratitude for the $90,688 that people like you gave to Alabama Possible this year.Your gifts mean we are more than 90 percent of the way to our...
by Alabama Possible | Dec 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
This holiday season, you can break down barriers to prosperity and give the best of Alabama makers with our 2018 holiday gift premium. We teamed up with the folks at Piper & Leaf Tea and Hewett’s Honey Farm to deliver Piper & Leaf’s Front Porch...
by Vanessa Stevens | Oct 25, 2018 | Cash for College, College Success, Higher Education Alliance, Jobs
For students seeking to enroll in college in the fall of 2019, it’s now time to complete their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The application for the 2019-2020 school year opened on October 1, 2018, and it’s critical that students and...
