{"id":52415,"date":"2025-10-02T10:48:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T15:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=52415"},"modified":"2025-10-02T13:05:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T18:05:18","slug":"october-is-financial-aid-month-at-acc-get-help-paying-for-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2025\/10\/02\/october-is-financial-aid-month-at-acc-get-help-paying-for-college\/","title":{"rendered":"October is Financial Aid Month at ACC: Get Help Paying for College"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"923\" height=\"553\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2025\/10\/ACC_FY26_FinancialAidMonth_Comms_Final_923x553_InfoHub.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2025\/10\/ACC_FY26_FinancialAidMonth_Comms_Final_923x553_InfoHub.png 923w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2025\/10\/ACC_FY26_FinancialAidMonth_Comms_Final_923x553_InfoHub-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2025\/10\/ACC_FY26_FinancialAidMonth_Comms_Final_923x553_InfoHub-768x460.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2025\/10\/ACC_FY26_FinancialAidMonth_Comms_Final_923x553_InfoHub-150x90.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 923px) 100vw, 923px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Paying for college shouldn\u2019t hold you back. That\u2019s why Austin Community College District (ACC) is participating in Financial Aid Month this October to help students complete the 2026\u201327 <a href=\"https:\/\/studentaid.gov\/h\/apply-for-aid\/fafsa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.highered.texas.gov\/our-work\/empowering-our-students\/tasfa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas Application for State Financial Aid (TASFA) <\/a>applications as soon as they open.<\/p>\n<p>Filling out the application early is one of the best ways to secure grants, work-study positions, and loans. Early completion also means you\u2019ll get your financial aid package sooner, giving you more time to plan classes and budget for fall 2026 and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>ACC\u2019s Financial Aid Office will host workshops, pop-up events, and 1-on-1 support sessions to offer help with FAFSA\/TASFA all month long. Events are available across multiple campuses and online.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Round Rock Campus Workshop<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, October 15 | 10 a.m.\u20131 p.m. | Building 8000, ACCelerator (Room 8112)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Highland Campus Workshop<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thursday, October 9 | 4\u20136:30 p.m. | Building 1000, Welcome Center<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, October 29 | 4\u20136:30 p.m. | Building 1000, Welcome Center<\/p>\n<p><strong>Riverside Campus Workshop<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Saturday, October 18 | 10 a.m.\u20131 p.m. | Building A, Room A2221<\/p>\n<p><strong>Virtual Workshop<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Saturday, October 25 | 10 a.m.\u20131 p.m. | Online via Zoom<\/p>\n<p><strong>Submit Your Application \u2014 Use ACC\u2019s school code: 012015.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For details, resources, and to RSVP for a workshop, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/austincc.edu\/famonth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">austincc.edu\/famonth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Tambi\u00e9n ofrecemos ayuda en espa\u00f1ol.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paying for college shouldn\u2019t hold you back. That\u2019s why Austin Community College District (ACC) is participating in Financial Aid Month this October to help students complete the 2026\u201327 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2025\/10\/02\/october-is-financial-aid-month-at-acc-get-help-paying-for-college\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3930,"featured_media":52416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,13,15,19],"tags":[64,66,4097,1333,4075],"class_list":["post-52415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-announcements","category-current-students","category-facstaff-news","category-students-and-alumni","tag-fafsa","tag-financial-aid","tag-financial-aid-month","tag-paying-for-college","tag-tasfa"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3930"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}