UH Institutional Compliance Meeting
Division of Student Affairs and
Enrollment Services
Scholarship and
Financial Aid (SFA)
Office
Overview
• Who is SFA?
• What are the roles of the Scholarship and
Financial Aid Office?
• What type of scholarships and financial
aid are provided to the students?
• How do students find out about the
different scholarship & financial aid
opportunities?
• What are the compliance concerns of
SFA?
Scholarship and Financial Aid
Organizational Chart
The SFA Team
and their Responsibilities
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SFA Administration-Oversee the mission of the department
including directing the scholarship and financial aid programs
and staff within the department.
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Customer Service - Liaison between students and other SFA
units, student counseling, problem resolution, and outreach.
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Scholarships - Coordinates all scholarships, state and work
study programs
•
Loans - Certifies and awards loans
•
Quality Control - Monitors and adjusts aid as well as
managing imaging and document processing for example
verification.
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Accounting – Manage all of the funds ensuring availability
and accountability of disbursements.
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SFA-IT – Manages the technology within the PeopleSoft
Financial Aid Campus Solutions Module.
Types of Scholarships & Financial Aid
• Federal
 Pell Grant
 Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG)
 Federal College Work Study
• State
 Texas Grant Program
 Texas B-On-Time Loan Program
 Texas Public Educational Grant (TPEG) Program
• Institution
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Tier-One and Academic Excellence Scholarship
UH Endowment Income Scholarship
UH Cullen Leadership scholarship
• Private/Agency
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Houston Live Stock Scholarship
Chick-Fil-A Scholarship
Kiwanis Club Scholarship
How do you Apply?
FASFA
TASFA
University Website
Compliance
Federal Funds
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FAFSA Application Verification – An institution must establish and use written policies and
procedures for verifying an applicant’s FAFSA information in accordance to federal policy.
This includes the time period within which an applicant must provide any documentation
requested by the institution, the consequences of an applicant’s failure to provide the
requested documentation, the method by which the institution notifies an applicant of the result
of its verification and the procedures required by an applicant to correct the FAFSA information
determined to be in error.
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FEDERAL AUDITS: The Department of Education perform institutional reviews related to the
administration of the United States federal student financial aid programs. The Higher Education Act
(HEA) is the federal law that governs the administration of federal student aid programs.
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TEXAS STATE AUDITOR’S OFFICE: As a condition of receiving federal funding, the U.S Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-133 requires non-federal entities that expend at least
$500,000 in federal awards in a fiscal year to obtain annual audits. The State of Texas auditors
perform the reviews.
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State Funds
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board – The Texas Education Code requires the
Board to periodically conduct audits to determine whether an institution complies with the THECB’s
Financial aid statutory requirements.
Institutional/Private/Agency Funds
University of Houston-MAPP Policy 12.01.01 addresses the criteria for the administration and
oversight of college and institutional scholarships and financial aid and are subject to an internal
audit.
Resources
• www.uh.edu/finaid
• www.collegeforalltexans
• Uhhelpdesk.custhelp.com/app
Search financial aid
• www.fafsa.ed.gov
www.aie.org/State/TASFA
• Financial Aid Advisors
The Scholarship and Financial Aid
staff are here to help!
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E-mail Questions to Ask Shasta
(713) 743-1010, option 3
Fax (713) 743-9098