Completing the FAFSA is the first step to accessing financial aid for college.
The DC FAFSA Completion Initiative encourages schools, and community-based organizations to set a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) completion goal to increase the proportion of their high school seniors who complete the FAFSA by 3 percent from the prior year. The initiative runs from Oct. 2025 – July 2026 and is open to all public and public charter high schools in the District and interested community-based organizations.
While many schools and community-based organizations in the District have already begun working hard to boost FAFSA completion rates, this initiative will recognize their achievements and support their efforts through the following:
- The FAFSA Portal
- DC FAFSA Completion Initiative Toolkit
- DC FAFSA Completion Awards
For more information about this exciting initiative, please contact Greg Palmer at [email protected].
Congratulations to our 2024-25 FAFSA Completion Award Winners!
OSSE is excited to announce the winning schools for the 2024-25 FAFSA Completion Awards. The winners are:
MVP Awards
BASIS DC Public Charter School and Benjamin Banneker High School
Most Improved Awards
H.D. Woodson High School and Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter School
Biggest Boost Awards
Capital City Public Charter School - High School and H.D. Woodson High School
Winning high schools in each category receive a trophy to display at their school.
