Innovative College-Planning Helps FPA Members Preserve Clients' Retirement Savings.StudentAid.com Finds the Best College Deals for Families SACRAMENTO Sacramento, city, United States Sacramento (săkrəmĕn`tō), city (1990 pop. 369,365), state capital and seat of Sacramento co., central Calif. , Calif. -- To help its financial planners Financial Planner A qualified investment professional who assists individuals and corporations meet their long-term financial objectives by analyzing the client's status and setting a program to achieve these goals. guide families toward smart college choices, the Financial Planning Financial planning Evaluating the investing and financing options available to a firm. Planning includes attempting to make optimal decisions, projecting the consequences of these decisions for the firm in the form of a financial plan, and then comparing future performance against Association[R] (FPA 1. (hardware) FPA - floating-point accelerator. 2. (programming) FPA - Function Point Analysis. [R]) today as part of its Financial Planning Week endorsed a breakthrough service by StudentAid.com that for the first time compares out-of-pocket costs out-of-pocket costs Managed care Health care costs that a covered person must pay out of pocket–eg, coinsurance, deductibles, etc. See Copayment. and aid eligibility years before applying to colleges. "FPA members can transform their college-planning practice by offering clients a way to gain early insight into their true out-of-pocket out-of-pock·et adj. 1. Calling for the spending of cash: out-of-pocket expenses. 2. Lacking funds: hungry, cold, and out-of-pocket travelers. Adj. college costs and find colleges that fit the students' needs while protecting the parents' retirement savings," said Craig V. Carroll Car·roll , James 1854-1907. British-born American physician noted for his research on yellow fever. In 1900 he deliberately infected himself with the disease for experimental purposes. , StudentAid.com founder and chief executive officer. StudentAid.com's personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. College Cost & Planning Report[TM] is customized for the FPA and available to its members' clients at special discount. The service is for families with students in any high school grade, adults seeking an undergraduate degree “First degree” redirects here. For the BBC television series, see First Degree. An undergraduate degree (sometimes called a first degree or simply a degree , and undergraduate college students transferring to another institution. "FPA's collaboration Working together on a project. See collaborative software. with StudentAid.com provides our members a way to enhance their service portfolio using a unique tool that helps them map out a family's college-savings plan college-savings plan A plan that allows individuals to set aside money in a special account designed to pay for future college expenses. Funds in the account grow tax-deferred, and withdrawals used for college expenses are exempt from federal income taxes. with greater accuracy during these difficult economic times of rising college costs and shrinking market values," said Marv Tuttle, FPA executive director and chief executive officer. "We believe families will embrace StudentAid.com's innovation because it lets them easily find affordable colleges and make the right choice for their future." Vice President Joe Biden's White House Task Force on Middle Income Families shows that a public four-year college cost a middle-income family 16% of its after-tax income after receiving the typical aid award. Government-backed student loans have skyrocketed this year 21% to a record $95 billion, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the U.S. Department of Education - the largest increase in history. To help students find colleges that fit their career goals and the family financial plan, StudentAid.com created the College Cost & Planning Report[TM] personalized for each student's academic and financial circumstances CIRCUMSTANCES, evidence. The particulars which accompany a fact. 2. The facts proved are either possible or impossible, ordinary and probable, or extraordinary and improbable, recent or ancient; they may have happened near us, or afar off; they are public or and the specific colleges they are interested in attending. Each report: * Assesses an individual student's eligibility for in excess of $100 billion of student aid * Evaluates their out-of-pocket costs at more than 6,500 colleges * Provides detailed comparative data on college choices Clients of FPA members may use StudentAid.com's easy online, self-serve method for $44 and receive a six-college comparison, or an advisor-assisted telephone service for $89 for a 10-college comparison. FPA members' clients receive personalized reports with a letter from the FPA. FPA provides members with a co-branded Web site for clients to access the service fpa.studentaid.com. FPA members may also offer clients the College Cost & Planning Report[TM] as a gift certificate for the college-bound individuals in their lives as the Gift of Smart College Planning[TM] for the same discounted prices. StudentAid.com's college-planning service is also available to any college-bound students and families interested in evaluating colleges' cost, academic standards, and other important decision factors before they apply to colleges at the special discount price at fpa.studentaid.com. To help students research colleges, StudentAid.com's Web site also offers a free peer-to-peer college suggestion service, the first of its kind. College Suggestor[TM] uses the actual college choices and collective wisdom of more than 600,000 students to suggest colleges that may be of interest. A student simply enters the name of a college and can learn about additional colleges most commonly considered by other students who were also interested in the same college. Students can view profiles of the suggested colleges, access contact information, email college ideas to others, and select colleges to be compared by their College Cost & Planning Report[TM]. About StudentAid.com StudentAid.com, Inc. provides the first personalized, side-by-side comparison of the net costs of college and student aid eligibility to help students and their families choose colleges that fit their career goals and bank account, years before applying. StudentAid.com is a private company headquartered in Sacramento, CA. www.studentaid.com About the Financial Planning Association[R] Based in Denver, Colo., the Financial Planning Association has 96 chapters throughout the country representing more than 25,000 members involved in all facets of providing financial planning services. FPA is the community that fosters the value of financial planning and advances the financial planning profession. For more information about FPA, visit http://www.FPAnet.org or call 800.322.4237. Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=6068166&lang=en |
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