State Financial Aid Programs

You may know about Federal Financial Aid, however, many parents are not aware of State Financial Aid programs, or take advantage of them if they do. To help pay for college check out each State Financial Aid Programs.

Many states offer very good State Financial Aid Programs and such programs can help when combined with other financial aid plans. This can make a big difference in how much you may have to pay out of your pocket.

If your student is going to look at colleges in several states make sure you check out what the various states can offer in terms of possible financial aid.

For the state you are interested in just copy and paste the web site address into your address bar and hit enter and you will be taken to their site and can review what that state has to offer in terms of potential financial aid.

If you have any questions we have included the address and phone numbers of each state office.

Rememer, if you happen to call one of the offices make sure you get the name of the person you talk to, it will really help if you have to call back, or refresh someones memory, about who you are and what you talked about.

Alabama Alabama Commission on Higher Education P.O. Box 302000 Montgomery, AL 36130-2000 Phone: (334) 242-1998 Toll-Free: (800) 960-7773 Toll-Free Restrictions: AL residents only Fax: (334) 242-0268 Email: deborah.nettles@ache.alabama.gov or tim.vick@ache.alabama.gov Website: http://www.ache.state.al.us/

Alaska Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education 3030 Vintage Boulevard Juneau, AK 99801-7100 Phone: (907) 465-2962 Toll-Free: (800) 441-2962 Fax: (907) 465-5316 TTY: (907) 465-3143 Email: customer_service@acpe.state.ak.us Website: http://alaskadvantage.state.ak.us/

Arizona Arizona Commission for Postsecondary Education Suite 550 2020 North Central Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85004-4503 Phone: (602) 258-2435 Fax: (602) 258-2483 Email: aosborn@azhighered.gov or acpe@azhighered.gov Website: http://www.azhighered.gov

Arkansas Arkansas Department of Higher Education 114 East Capitol Little Rock, AR 72201-3818 Phone: (501) 371-2000 Fax: (501) 371-2001 Email: ronh@adhe.arknet.edu Website: http://www.arkansashighered.com/

California California Student Aid Commission P.O. Box 419027 Rancho Cordova, CA 95741-9027 Phone: (916) 526-7590 Toll-Free: (888) 224-7268 Fax: (916) 526-8004 Email: studentsupport@csac.ca.gov Website: http://www.csac.ca.gov/

Colorado Colorado Commission on Higher Education Suite 1200 1380 Lawrence Street Denver, CO 80204 Phone: (303) 866-2723 Fax: (303) 866-4266 Email: CCHE@state.co.us Website: http://www.state.co.us/cche/

Connecticut Connecticut Department of Higher Education 61 Woodland Street Hartford, CT 06105-2326 Phone: (860) 947-1800 Toll-Free: (800) 842-0229 Fax: (860) 947-1310 Email: info@ctdhe.org or lnegro@ctdhe.org Website: http://www.ctdhe.org/

Delaware Delaware Higher Education Commission Fifth Floor Carvel State Office Building 820 North French Street Wilmington, DE 19801 Phone: (302) 577-5240 Toll-Free: (800) 292-7935 Fax: (302) 577-6765 Email: dhec@doe.k12.de.us or mlaffey@doe.k12.de.us Website: http://www.doe.state.de.us/high-ed/

District of Columbia State Education Office (District of Columbia) Suite 350 North 441 Fourth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 Phone: (202) 727-6436 Toll-Free: (877) 485-6751 Fax: (202) 727-2834 TTY: (202) 727-1675 Email: seo@seo.dc.gov Website: http://seo.dc.gov/main.shtm

Florida No records found.

Georgia Georgia Student Finance Commission State Loans Division Suite 230 2082 East Exchange Place Tucker, GA 30084 Phone: (770) 724-9000 Toll-Free: (800) 505-4732 Fax: (770) 724-9089 Email: info@gsfc.org or timc@gsfc.org Website: http://www.gsfc.org/

Hawaii Hawaii State Postsecondary Education Commission Room 209 2444 Dole Street Honolulu, HI 96822-2302 Phone: (808) 956-8213 Fax: (808) 956-5156 Website: http://

Idaho Idaho State Board of Education P.O. Box 83720 Boise, ID 83720-0037 Phone: (208) 334-2270 Fax: (208) 334-2632 Email: board@osbe.idaho.gov or dwight.johnson@osbe.idaho.gov Website: http://www.boardofed.idaho.gov/

Illinois Illinois Student Assistance Commission 1755 Lake Cook Road Deerfield, IL 60015-5209 Phone: (847) 948-8500 Toll-Free: (800) 899-4722 Fax: (847) 831-8549 TTY: (847) 831-8326 Email: collegezone@isac.org or JEckley@isac.org Website: http://www.collegezone.com/

Indiana State Student Assistance Commission of Indiana Suite 500 150 West Market Street Indianapolis, IN 46204-2811 Phone: (317) 232-2350 Toll-Free: (888) 528-4719 Toll-Free Restrictions: IN residents only Fax: (317) 232-3260 Email: grants@ssaci.state.in.us Website: http://www.ssaci.in.gov/

Iowa Iowa College Student Aid Commission Fourth Floor 200 10th Street Des Moines, IA 50309 Phone: (515) 242-3344 Toll-Free: (800) 383-4222 Toll-Free Restrictions: IA residents only Fax: (515) 242-3388 Email: info@iowacollegeaid.org or keith.greiner@iowa.gov Website: http://www.iowacollegeaid.org/

Kansas Kansas Board of Regents Curtis State Office Building Suite 520 1000 SW Jackson Street Topeka, KS 66612-1368 Phone: (785) 296-3421 Fax: (785) 296-0983 Email: bfincher@ksbor.org or rrobinson@ksbor.org Website: http://www.kansasregents.org/

Kentucky Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority P.O. Box 798 Frankfort, KY 40602-0798 Phone: (502) 696-7200 Toll-Free: (800) 928-8926 Fax: (502) 696-7496 TTY: (800) 855-2880 Email: inquiries@kheaa.com Website: http://www.kheaa.com/

Louisiana Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance P.O. Box 91202 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-9202 Phone: (225) 922-1012 Toll-Free: (800) 259-5626 Fax: (225) 922-0790 Email: custserv@osfa.state.la.us Website: http://www.osfa.state.la.us/

Maine Finance Authority of Maine P.O. Box 949 Augusta, ME 04332-0949 Phone: (207) 623-3263 x313 Toll-Free: (800) 228-3734 Fax: (207) 623-0095 TTY: (207) 626-2717 Email: info@famemaine.com or jviolette@famemaine.com Website: http://www.famemaine.com/

Maryland Maryland Higher Education Commission Suite 400 839 Bestage Road Annapolis, MD 21401-3013 Phone: (410) 260-4500 Toll-Free: (800) 974-0203 General Toll-Free Restrictions: MD residents only Fax: (410) 260-3200 TTY: (800) 735-2258 Email: cedwards@mhec.state.md.us or cburnett@mhec.state.md.us Website: http://www.mhec.state.md.us/

Massachusetts Massachusetts Board of Higher Education Room 1401 One Ashburton Place Boston, MA 02108-1696 Phone: (617) 994-6950 Fax: (617) 727-6397 Email: bhe@bhe.mass.edu or cmccurdy@osfa.mass.edu Website: http://www.mass.edu/

Teri College Access Center Boston Public Library 700 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02116 Phone: (617) 536-0200 Toll-Free: (877) 332-4348 Toll-Free Restrictions: MA residents only Fax: (617) 536-4737 Email: horton@teri.org Website: http://www.tericollegeaccess.org/

Michigan Michigan Student Financial Services Bureau P.O. Box 30047 Lansing, MI 48909-7547 Toll-Free: (800) 642-5626 x37054 Fax: 517-241-0155 Email: sfs@michigan.gov Website: http://www.michigan.gov/mistudentaid

Minnesota Minnesota Office of Higher Education Suite 350 1450 Energy Park Drive Saint Paul, MN 55108-5227 Phone: (651) 642-0567 Toll-Free: (800) 657-3866 Fax: (651) 642-0675 TTY: (800) 627-3529 Email: karen.buehre@state.mn.us or susan.heergaard@state.mn.us Website: http://www.ohe.state.mn.us/

Mississippi Mississippi Office of Student Financial Aid 3825 Ridgewood Road Jackson, MS 39211-6453 Phone: (601) 432-6997 Toll-Free: (800) 327-2980 Toll-Free Restrictions: MS residents only Fax: (601) 432-6527 Email: sfa@ihl.state.ms.us Website: http://www.mississippiuniversities.com/

Missouri Missouri Department of Higher Education 3515 Amazonas Drive Jefferson City, MO 65109 Phone: (573) 751-2361 Toll-Free: (800) 473-6757 Fax: (573) 751-6635 TTY: (800) 735-2966 Email: info@dhe.mo.gov Website: http://www.dhe.mo.gov/

Montana Montana University System 46 North Last Chance Gulch P.O. Box 203201 Helena, MT 59620-3201 Phone: (406) 444-6570 Fax: (406) 444-1469 Email: srosette@oche.montana.edu or lbrown@oche.montana.edu Website: http://www.montana.edu/wwwoche/

Nebraska Nebraska Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education Suite 300 140 North Eighth Street P.O. Box 95005 Lincoln, NE 68509-5005 Phone: (402) 471-2847 Fax: (402) 471-2886 Email: natalie.rodriguez@ccpe.ne.gov or marshall.hill@ccpe.ne.gov Website: http://www.ccpe.state.ne.us/PublicDoc/CCPE/Default.asp

Nevada No records found.

New Hampshire New Hampshire Postsecondary Education Commission Suite 300 3 Barrell Court Concord, NH 03301-8543 Phone: (603) 271-2555 Fax: (603) 271-2696 TTY: (800) 735-2964 Email: pedes@pec.state.nh.us Website: http://www.state.nh.us/postsecondary/

New Jersey Commission on Higher Education (New Jersey) 20 West State Street P.O. Box 542 Trenton, NJ 08625-0542 Phone: (609) 292-4310 Fax: (609) 292-7225 Email: nj_che@che.state.nj.us or vmanning@che.state.nj.us Website: http://www.state.nj.us/highereducation/index.htm

Higher Education Student Assistance Authority (New Jersey) P.O. Box 540 4 Quakerbridge Plaza Trenton, NJ 08625-0540 Phone: (609) 588-3226 Toll-Free: (800) 792-8670 Fax: (609) 588-7389 TTY: (609) 588-2526 Email: clewis@hesaa.org Website: http://www.hesaa.org/

New Mexico New Mexico Higher Education Department 1068 Cerrillos Road Santa Fe, NM 87505-1650 Phone: (505) 476-6500 Toll-Free: (800) 279-9777 Fax: (505) 476-6511 TTY: (800) 659-8331 Email: highered@state.nm.us or beverlee.mcclure@state.nm.us Website: http://hed.state.nm.us/

New York New York State Higher Education Services Corporation 99 Washington Avenue Albany, NY 12255 Phone: (518) 473-1574 Toll-Free: (888) 697-4372 Fax: (518) 474-2839 TTY: (800) 445-5234 Email: webmail@hesc.org Website: http://www.hesc.org/

North Carolina North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority P.O. Box 13663 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3663 Phone: 919-549-8614 Toll-Free: 866-866-CFNC (2362) Toll-Free Restrictions: NC residents only Fax: 919-549-8481 Email: programinformation@cfnc.org Website: http://www.cfnc.org/

North Dakota North Dakota University System North Dakota Student Financial Assistance Program Department 215 600 East Boulevard Avenue Bismarck, ND 58505-0230 Phone: (701) 328-4114 Fax: (701) 328-2961 Email: ndus.office@ndus.nodak.edu Website: http://www.ndus.edu/

Ohio Ohio Board of Regents State Grants and Scholarships Department P.O. Box 182452 Columbus, OH 43218-2452 Phone: (614) 466-7420 Toll-Free: (888) 833-1133 Fax: (614) 752-5903 Email: cshahid@regents.state.oh.us or regents@regents.state.oh.us Website: http://www.regents.state.oh.us/sgs/

Oklahoma Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Suite 200 655 Research Parkway Oklahoma City, OK 73104 Phone: (405) 225-9100 Toll-Free: (800) 858-1840 Fax: (405) 225-9230 Email: studentinfo@osrhe.edu or rstokes@osrhe.edu Website: http://www.okhighered.org/

Oregon Oregon Student Assistance Commission Suite 100 1500 Valley River Drive Eugene, OR 97401 Phone: (541) 687-7400 Toll-Free: (800) 452-8807 Fax: (541) 687-7419 Email: public_information@mercury.osac.state.or.us or tracy.a.richardson@state.or.us Website: http://www.osac.state.or.us/

Oregon University System P.O. Box 3175 Eugene, OR 97403-0175 Phone: (541) 346-5700 Fax: (541) 346-5764 TTY: (541) 346-5741 Email: maggie_bice@ous.edu Website: http://www.ous.edu/

Pennsylvania Office of Postsecondary and Higher Education (Pennsylvania) Department of Education 333 Market Street Harrisburg, PA 17126 Phone: (717) 787-5041 Fax: (717) 772-3622 TTY: (717) 783-8445 Email: mkrapsho@state.pa.us Website: http://www.pdehighered.state.pa.us/higher/site/default.asp

Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency 1200 North Seventh Street Harrisburg, PA 17102-1444 Phone: (717) 720-2800 Toll-Free: (800) 692-7392 Toll-Free Restrictions: PA residents only Fax: (717) 720-3914 TTY: (800) 654-5988 Email: granthelp@pheaa.org or loanhelp@pheaa.org Website: http://www.pheaa.org/

Rhode Island Rhode Island Higher Education Assistance Authority 560 Jefferson Boulevard Warwick, RI 02886 Phone: (401) 736-1100 Toll-Free: (800) 922-9855 Fax: (401) 732-3541 TTY: (401) 734-9481 Email: info@riheaa.org Website: http://www.riheaa.org/

Rhode Island Office of Higher Education 301 Promenade Street Providence, RI 02908-5748 Phone: (401) 222-6560 Fax: (401) 222-6111 TTY: (401) 222-1350 Email: ribghe@etal.uri.edu or carriuol@etal.uri.edu Website: http://www.ribghe.org/

South Carolina South Carolina Commission on Higher Education Suite 200 1333 Main Street Columbia, SC 29201 Phone: (803) 737-2260 Fax: (803) 737-2297 Email: brogers@che.sc.gov Website: http://www.che.sc.gov/

South Dakota South Dakota Board of Regents Suite 200 306 East Capitol Avenue Pierre, SD 57501-2545 Phone: (605) 773-3455 Fax: (605) 773-5320 Email: info@sdbor.edu Website: http://www.sdbor.edu/

Tennessee Tennessee Higher Education Commission Parkway Towers Suite 1900 404 James Robertson Parkway Nashville, TN 37243-0830 Phone: (615) 741-3605 Fax: (615) 741-6230 Email: lovella.carter@state.tn.us Website: http://www.state.tn.us/thec/

Texas Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board P.O. Box 12788 Austin, TX 78711-2788 Phone: (512) 427-6101 Toll-Free: (800) 242-3062 Toll-Free Restrictions: Outside Austin metro area Fax: (512) 427-6127 Email: linda.battles@thecb.state.tx.us or casey.kennedy@thecb.state.tx.us Website: http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/

Utah Utah State Board of Regents Gateway Center 60 South 400 West Salt Lake City, UT 84101-1284 Phone: (801) 321-7103 Fax: (801) 321-7156 Email: jcottrell@utahsbr.edu Website: http://www.utahsbr.edu/

Vermont Vermont Student Assistance Corporation 10 East Allen Street P.O. Box 2000 Winooski, VT 05404-2601 Phone: (802) 655-9602 Toll-Free: (800) 642-3177 Fax: (802) 654-3765 TTY: (800) 281-3341 Email: info@vsac.org Website: http://www.vsac.org/

Virginia State Council of Higher Education for Virginia James Monroe Building Ninth Floor 101 North 14th Street Richmond, VA 23219 Phone: (804) 225-2600 Fax: (804) 225-2604 Email: elizabethwallace@schev.edu or todmassa@schev.edu Website: http://www.schev.edu/

Washington Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board P.O. Box 43430 917 Lakeridge Way Olympia, WA 98504-3430 Phone: (360) 753-7800 Fax: (360) 753-7808 Email: info@hecb.wa.gov Website: http://www.hecb.wa.gov/

West Virginia West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission 1018 Kanawha Boulevard, East Charleston, WV 25301 Phone: (304) 558-0699 Fax: (304) 558-1011 Email: flack@hepc.wvnet.edu Website: http://www.hepc.wvnet.edu/

Wisconsin Wisconsin Higher Educational Aids Board Suite 902 131 West Wilson Street Madison, WI 53703 Phone: (608) 267-2206 Fax: (608) 267-2808 Email: cassie.weisensel@heab.state.wi.us or nancy.wilkison@heab.state.wi.us Website: http://heab.state.wi.us/

Wyoming Wyoming Community College Commission 8th Floor 2020 Carey Avenue Cheyenne, WY 82002 Phone: (307) 777-7763 Fax: (307) 777-6567 Email: jrose@commission.wcc.edu Website: http://www.commission.wcc.edu/

Territories

American Samoa American Samoa Community College Board of Higher Education P.O. Box 2609 Pago Pago, AS 96799 Phone: (684) 699-9155 Fax: (684) 699-2062 Email: p.morris@ascc.as or s.galeai@ascc.as Website: http://www.ascc.as

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Northern Marianas College Office of the President P.O. Box 501250 Saipan, MP 96950-1250 Phone: (670) 234-3690 Fax: (670) 234-0759 Email: tonyg@nmcnet.edu Website: http://www.nmcnet.edu/

Federated States of Micronesia No records found.

Guam No records found.

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Council on Higher Education P.O. Box 19900 San Juan, PR 00910-1900 Phone: (787) 724-7100 Fax: (787) 725-1275 Email: ju_reyes@ces.gobierno.pr or mi_wiscovich@ces.gobierno.pr Website: http://www.ces.gobierno.pr/

Republic of Palau No records found.

Republic of the Marshall Islands Scholarship Grant and Loan Board (Republic of the Marshall Islands) P.O. Box 1436 Majuro, MH 96960 Phone: (692) 625-3108/5770 Fax: (692) 625-7325 Email: misglb@ntamar.net Website: http://www.rmischolarship.net

Virgin Islands Virgin Islands Board of Education Charlotte Amalie P.O. Box 11900 St Thomas, VI 00801 Phone: (340) 774-4546 Fax: (340) 774-3384 Website: http://www.doe.vi/

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