Financial Aid Verification (Auditing) Process



Initiative TitleFinancial Aid Verification (Auditing) Process
Submitted in Previous Year(s)No
Critical Information, Notes, Justification, Rationale

Automate the Verification, audit of student FA folders through Optical Character Recognition and Banner Student Aid variables to a single program to increase the speed and accuracy of the verification process .  SUNY Operated campuses have moved in this direction in order to keep up with 21st century processing in terms of speed and accuracy in finalizing student FA records. Students today complete the FAFSA today and expect process to be complete after the Student aid reports is received by the office. Though this process will not do that, it will allow the student next day processing once the audit information is received by the office.

Consequences of this initiative not being funded

Reduces human error in verification process and helps in enrollment management process and expedites finalizing payment arrangements thereby avoiding student being dropped.

Department GoalsTo minimize the time it takes for the Verication (audit) process for students to enhance their actual Financial Literacy.
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Will this initiative span multiple budget years?No
ImportanceLow
Funding SourceRequest for Prioritization
Created01/08/2018 12:28 pm
Updated01/23/2018 2:11 pm

Institutional Goals

Goal How will the initiative support this institutional goal?
It will create a collaborative effort between Student Accounts, Financial Aid, and the Student in understanding how payments and payment arrangements can be made. It will help educate students in Financial Literacy as to what they think they may receive from Federal Government funds and what they will actually have. Once a FA record is finalize the student can then determine how much loan money to borrow and what they will need for tuition and fees as well as books.

Action Steps

Action Step Responsible Party Order
Purchase Software subsription with the help of IT from campus Logic. Also develop a plan for implemenation with IT and what is feasable. John Ivankovic and Rosemary Barrett 1

Expected Outcomes

Outcome Order
Decrease the number of students from potential dropping of courses due to no viable payment arrangement. Also lowering the Accounts Receivables for the college by finalizing awards for late start students 1

Assessment Methods

Method Description Other Method Responsible Party
Tracking Usage of programs, services, participation can be tracked; demographic information may also be able to be collected. Monitor students who year to year based on the number of students who started the verification process and still owe the college money. With sooner verification time being accomplished individual financial literacy in regards to the bill can be personali

Resources

INITIAL YEAR COST: $30,000.00
RECURRING COST: $30,000.00

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Need Cost (Initial/Recurring) Supporting Departments
No hardware needed however this is a subscription cost and will be accurred each year the product is utilized. The cost is approximate since it should be on State bid now. $30000.00 / 30000.00 (1st year)
  • Financial Aid
TOTAL: $30,000.00 / $30,000.00

Prioritization

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Financial Aid Verification (Auditing) Process
$30,000.00 / $30,000.00
Financial Aid

Prioritization Notes

Level 3 (Student Services, VP Office)

see combined Improving Technology Initiative - GB

Assessment

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