Laurie T. Franklin

"This is unprecedented," said Laurie Franklin, EvCC's dean for financial aid, whose staff has worked more than 600 hours of overtime and comp time to process applications.

"Every day I hear the stories of students who can't pay for their child care or they can't buy food," Franklin said.
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"We hope the dedicated time at the end of the week will help significantly reduce the backlog of applications," Franklin said.

Franklin said Tacoma Community College employed a similar strategy, which resulted in cutting the response time from 16 weeks to five weeks.

For more information, contact Laurie Franklin, EvCC director of Student Financial Services, at 425-388-0935 or e-mail lfranklin@everettcc.edu.

At Everett Community College, where Allen hopes to study teaching this spring, interest in financial aid is up big time, said Laurie Franklin, director of student financial services.

Three times as many students attended a College Goal financial aid event at the school this January compared with last year. At the event, staff help families fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, a government form used to determine how much assistance students should qualify for.

Last year, about 58 percent of the students who applied for financial aid at EvCC followed through and filled out the paperwork necessary to receive the money. So far this year, it's closer to 75 percent, Franklin said.

"We've noticed a huge uptick in applications for students who are not only applying for financial aid, but are serious about applying for financial aid," Franklin said.

Allen links her quest for financial aid directly to the downturn in the economy.

In August, she says she was laid off from her job running machinery in a warehouse.

Laurie Franklin, Co-Chair Oregon State University Email: Laurie.Franklin@orst.edu

Laurie T Franklin - Everett Community College

Laurie Franklin 218 Kerr Admin. Bldg.Corvallis, OR 97331

Laurie Franklin, Financial Aid Advisor at Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR

Committee Chairs/Liaisons: David Allen, Peggy Crawford, Don Black, Jim White, Kay Soltis, Kate Bligh, Lupita Murphy, Marianna Deeken, Laurie Franklin, Laura Whitelaw, Pam Doerner, Ken Souza, Sun Ow
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Committee Chairs/Liaisons: David Allen, Peggy Crawford, Don Black, Laurie Franklin, Kay Soltis, Tami Sato, Kate Bligh, Lupita Murphy.
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TO DO: Barb Alm is to provide Laurie Franklin a copy of Boise State's experimental site proposal re: establishing one yearly loan amount for undergraduate students.

Laurie Franklin E-mail Address: Laurie.Franklin@orst.edu

I encourage all of you to continue submitting your comments to our co-chairs - Genevieve Watson, Laurie Franklin and Jannine Oyama - as well as to NASFAA and let your voice be heard.