Work Study Eligible Students

ELIGIBILTY FOR STUDENTS:

Heinz College participates in the FWS/FCSWS programs, which are need-based federal financial aid programs that provide part-time employment to eligible students who need the earnings to help meet their educational expenses. The programs encourage students receiving FWS assistance to seek employment in the community (within an eligible organization).  Heinz students generally do not receive academic credit for work performed under the FWS/FCSWS programs.

Student eligibility is determined from information provided on the student’s Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and Heinz College Financial Aid Application. Students seeking summer term Federal Work Study positions must have completed the FAFSA and Heinz College Financial Aid Application for both the previous and upcoming academic year. Highest consideration is given to applicants who complete the financial aid application process by the suggested deadline. Continuing students must meet satisfactory academic progress requirements to be eligible and remain eligible for Federal Work Study including Federal Community Service Work Study.

A work study award is part of a student’s financial aid package and may impact a student’s eligibility for other financial aid, including but not limited to, need-based financial aid such as federal Perkins loans and other federal loans.

To be eligible a student must meet all the following requirements::

• Be enrolled as a regular student in an eligible program of study.
• Be eligible for Federal Financial Aid.
• Be a U.S. citizen or Federal Aid eligible noncitizen.

FINANCIAL NEED: Federal work study is based on financial need. Eligibility for federal work study is determined by taking the published cost of attendance for the program, less the Expected Family Contribution (EFC) from the FAFSA, less external sources of financial aid (if any), less institutional scholarship, less immediately preceding Summer net Federal Community Service Work Study earnings (if any).

RELIGIOUS ORDERS:  A member of a religious order (an order, community, society, agency, or organization) who is pursuing a course of study at Heinz College is considered to have no financial need if that religious order has as its primary objective the promotion of ideals and beliefs regarding a Supreme Being, requires its members to forego monetary or other support substantially beyond the support it provides, and directs the member to pursue the course of study or provides subsistence support to its members.

APPLYING FOR AN ELIGIBLE POSITION

Students may search an apply for Work Study positions that interest them through the Heinz College, Career Navigator system. Click on a link below for the process of each program.

• Federal Work Study (FWS) employment is restricted to employment within Heinz College.
• Federal Community Service Work Study (FCSWS) provides off-campus employment opportunities and offer students a valuable experience while working within the community.

HEINZ COLLEGE WORK STUDY ADMINISTRATION:

The Federal Work Study program, which includes the Federal Community Service Work Study program, is administered by Heinz College Office of Financial Aid. All employment under this federal program must be authorized by Heinz College Office of Financial Aid in advance of accepting employment or hiring students. Work study selection procedures are uniformly applied as per federal regulations. Heinz College does not solicit or accept fees, commission, contributions, or gifts as a condition for FWS employment, nor permits any organization with which it has an employment agreement to do so.

Heinz College makes employment under the FWS/FCSWS program reasonably accessible for all eligible students to the extent of available funds and consults with nonprofit, government, and community-based organizations to identify these opportunities. Heinz College assures that employment may be used to support programs for accommodating services to students with disabilities, and informs all eligible students of the opportunity to perform community services.

Heinz College is responsible for ensuring that:

• Students working under the FWS/FCSWS program are paid for work performed
• Payment for work performed is properly documented
• Each FCSWS employers’ Participation  Acknowledgment is properly documented
• Each student’s work under the FWS/FCSWS program is properly supervised (employer responsibility as well)

Federal Work Study must not:

• Impair existing service contracts
• Displace employees
• Fill jobs that are vacant because the employer's regular employees are on strike
• Involve the construction, operation, or maintenance of any part of a facility used or to be used for religious worship or sectarian instruction; or
• Include employment for the U.S. Department of Education.