This tutorial is for career college representatives interested in learning about the our scholarship and award programs work.

1. Imagine America Scholarship and Award ProgramsTutorial

2. About the Imagine America Foundation Since inception, the Foundation has provided more than $50 MILLION in financial assistance to STUDENTS attending career colleges across the United States and Puerto Rico. Established in 1982, the Imagine America Foundation is a not-for profit organization dedicated to serving the career college community by providing scholarships and awards, conducting sector research, offering faculty training, honoring achievement in career education, and promoting the benefits of career colleges to the general public.

4. Promise Scholarship Program

5. Military Award Program (MAP) for active duty, reservist or honorably discharged U.S. military veterans

6. LDRSHIP Award

7. Adult Skills Education Program (ASEP) for adult learners

9. Graduating At-Risk Students: A Cross-Sector Analysis (2009-10)

11. Financial Planning Made Simple (FPMS)

12. Imagine America

13. Promise Scholarship Program

14. MAP

15. LDRSHIP Award

16. ASEP

17. Adult Excellence Award

18. Neighborhood News

19. Program Search Feature

20. Promotional MaterialsSince inception, the Foundation has provided more than $50 MILLION in financial assistance to STUDENTS attending career colleges across the United States and Puerto Rico.

21. Financial Planning Made Simple (FPMS) The Foundation has released, in beta, a new interactive tool, "Financial Planning Made Simple," for career college students. This online-based tool was created to help career college students protect their future by making responsible borrowing decisions. It consists of an 18-minute animated video tutorial with the student's choice of two avatars to walk them through the budgeting, borrowing and repayment process. Included is a downloadable Student Financial Planning Tool, which gives students the opportunity to calculate their own budgets. It allows users to visually see exactly where their money is being spent in hopes of helping students to decrease overspending and increase their savings.

23. Applying between Jan 1 – Dec 31, 2011 (2011 high school graduates can apply January 1, 2011)

24. Enrolling in a participating career college

25. Recommended GPA of 2.5 or above

26. Able to demonstrate financial need if required

28. Application Process - FPMS Students will have several opportunities to complete the Financial Planning Made Simple Video Tutorial. After the student has completed the application a link to FPMS will be on the confirmation page. When a student checks their application status a link to FPMS will appear. Students who have not completed the FPMS will get reminder emails every two weeks. Both the student and college will receive confirmation emails once FPMS has been completed.

29. High School Counselor Application Process

30. Application Process – Career College

32. Once you log in, you will see a list of pending student applications. If the student has not completed FPMS it will be noted as Needs FPMS.

33. You can approve or disapprove student application one-by-one or all at the same time:

34. To approve or disapprove one-by-one, use the pull down menu to the left (the column is titled Approval Status), select approve or disapprove for each student.

35. When finished scroll down to the bottom and click on Update All Changes.

36. Once the application is process it will be removed from the application management page and you will receive a confirmation email.

37. To approve or disapprove all applications at once, click on either Set All To Approve or Set All To Disapprove.

38. When finished scroll down to the bottom and click on Update All Changes.

40. Colleges can log in to the application management page, click and "Update College Profile.”

41. Colleges can update the address for the school at the top of the page.

42. To add programs, click on “Add Programs,” then search for your schools programs by alphabet or scrolling down.

43. Select the programs of study your college offers and click on “Add Programs.”

46. Student must have been an Imagine America (high school) scholarship recipient

47. Student must have completed at least one term in his/her course of study

48. Student's graduation date must be after April 30th, (subject to change)

49. Student must have a college cumulative 3.5 or higher GPA

50. Student must currently have a 95 percent or higher attendance record

51. Student must obtain a written recommendation from a faculty/administrator representative of his/her career college

53. MAP Application Process - Student

54. Application Process – Career College

56. Must be an active duty, reservist, honorably discharged or retired U.S. military veteran attending a participating Imagine America institution

57. Must be currently enrolled in his/her course of study with a graduation date after May 30th(subject to change)

58. Must have a cumulative 3.5 or higher GPA

59. Must currently have a 95 percent or higher attendance record

60. Must obtain a written recommendation from a faculty/administrator representative of his/her career college

61. Must include a copy of his/her current college transcript with application

63. Meet eligibility requirements of the college

64. Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident

65. Be at least 19 years of age and have a high school diploma, GED or pass an Ability to Benefit test

66. Not be a previous recipient of any other Imagine America Foundation scholarships/awards

67. Complete the NCCT Educational Success Potential Assessment “With today’s economy, more adults are finding they need to get a higher education, however, there is not much help financially, which is why I was extremely excited to receive the Imagine America ASEP award.” -Carolyn Crump, Imagine America ASEP recipient, Medical Careers Institute

68. ASEP Application Process - Student

69. Application Process – Career College

71. Student must have been anAdult Skills Education Program scholarship recipient

72. Student must have completed at least one term in his/her course of study

73. Student's graduation date must be after December 31st (subject to change)

74. Student must have a college cumulative 3.5 or higher GPA

75. Student must currently have a 95 percent or higher attendance record

76. Student must obtain a written recommendation from a faculty/administrator representative of his/her career college

79. Scholarship and Award Flyers

80. How-to-Apply Posters

81. Informational Slide for Power Point Presentations

82. Guidance Counselor List

83. Scholarship Program Descriptions