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Region 1's Rooted Alliance raises FAFSA completion with campus-based advisers, college visits and incentives
Summary
Region 1 education service center described a Rooted Alliance grant that places college and career advisers in rural high schools to drive college applications and FAFSA/TASFA completion; presenters reported completion rates above 90% at several partner campuses.
Jennifer Avelar, director of college and career success at Region 1 Education Service Center, told the Financial Aid Advisory Committee that her office’s Rooted Alliance grant places college and career advisers at rural school districts to increase FAFSA completion and postsecondary enrollment.
Avelar described a combination of strategies used by advisers: early college and career tours to create student “buy‑in,” one‑on‑one advising with seniors and parents, bilingual outreach materials, flexible scheduling for working families, and modest incentives tied to FAFSA events (for example, yearbook or prom‑ticket incentives paid through grant funds). “One of…
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