{"id":112311,"date":"2022-09-30T10:05:38","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T15:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?p=112311"},"modified":"2024-09-27T09:56:32","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T14:56:32","slug":"mayor-and-county-executive-join-m-cubed-to-encourage-fafsa-completion-as-2023-24-application-opens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/mayor-and-county-executive-join-m-cubed-to-encourage-fafsa-completion-as-2023-24-application-opens\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor and county executive join M-Cubed to encourage FAFSA completion as 2023-24 application opens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">MILWAUKEE _ It\u2019s time for high school seniors across the country to fill out a critical form that unlocks access to grants, scholarships and other forms of financial aid that could help pay for a higher education degree.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Students can file the\u00a0Free Application for Federal Student Aid\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/65umzg\/ifele8b\/2yyd0t\"><span class=\"s2\">FAFSA<\/span><\/a>) for the 2023-24 school year starting Oct. 1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">M\u00b3 (pronounced \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/65umzg\/ifele8b\/irzd0t\"><span class=\"s2\">M-Cubed<\/span><\/a>\u201d) \u2014 a partnership that brings together Milwaukee Public Schools, Milwaukee Area Technical College and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to transform the future of Milwaukee through education \u2014\u00a0<b>will hold a news conference with Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson and Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley\u00a0to urge students and their families to fill out the FAFSA<\/b>.\u00a0Resources for those needing help to fill out the form will also be shared.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>WHEN<\/b>: Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, 11-11:30 a.m.<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\"><b>WHERE<\/b>: MPS Hamilton High School College and Career Center (CACC), 6215 W. Warnimont Ave.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">MPS Superintendent Keith Posley is among those also scheduled to speak.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The number of MPS high school seniors who filed the FAFSA\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/65umzg\/ifele8b\/yj0d0t\"><span class=\"s2\">increased 8%<\/span><\/a> in 2021-22\u00a0compared to the previous year, twice the national rate of 4%.\u00a0M\u00b3 partners collaborate each year to encourage students to fill out the form.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Still, FAFSA completion rates are down compared to before COVID-19. Staff and leaders at all three\u00a0M\u00b3 institutions know there is much more work to do to make sure completion rates return to pre-pandemic levels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Also, UWM Chancellor Mark Mone and MATC President Vicki Martin <a href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/65umzg\/ifele8b\/ec1d0t\"><span class=\"s2\">have\u00a0offered strong support<\/span><\/a> for the new MPS guideline\u00a0that went into effect this school year requiring high school students to fill out the FAFSA in order to graduate.<\/span><span class=\"s4\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MILWAUKEE _ It\u2019s time for high school seniors across the country to fill out a critical form that unlocks access to grants, scholarships and other forms of financial aid that could help pay for a higher education degree. Students can file the\u00a0Free Application for Federal Student Aid\u00a0(FAFSA) for the 2023-24 school year starting Oct. 1. 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