Mapping Your Future Sponsors

Mapping Your Future's Sponsors, the guaranty agencies in the Federal Family Education Loan Program, offer financial and volunteer support to this award-winning, public service web site that provides career, college, financial aid, and financial literacy information and services for students, families, and schools. Mapping Your Future is thankful for their support.

American Student Assistance
• www.amsa.org
American Student Assistance ® is a nonprofit services and advocacy organization whose mission is to help college students and their families successfully manage higher education debt. Through proactive counseling, guidance, and education, ASA® provides borrowers with objective and personalized federal student loan solutions throughout their entire loan experience. As part of a recently completed initiative overseen by the U.S. Department of Education, ASA helped borrowers avert over $120 million of loan defaults through its federal student loan debt management program. Established in 1956 as the nation's first student loan guarantor and based in Boston, Massachusetts, ASA employs approximately 500 associates and has been recognized by the Boston Business Journal and Boston Globe as one of the region's best places to work. Visit www.asa.org or call 617.728.4631 for more information. www.asa.org or call 617.728.4631 for more information.
Florida Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA)
• www.floridastudentfinancialaid.org
The Florida Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA) provides access to grants, scholarships, and loans. OSFA is a guaranty agency for the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP).
Georgia Student Finance Commission (GSFC)
• www.gsfc.org / www.GAcollege411.org
The mission of the Georgia Student Finance Commission (GSFC) is to promote and increase access to education beyond high school for Georgians by delivering student financial aid information, services, and funding in a way that is fiscally responsible and understandable. GSFC administers state grant and scholarships programs and the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP).
Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC)
• www.collegezone.com
In 1957, state lawmakers created the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) to ensure that financial considerations did not prevent Illinois students from realizing their postsecondary educational goals. Since then, ISAC has assisted an increasing number of students and administered an increasing number of programs. ISAC's priority, however, has remained constant: making postsecondary education accessible for the students and families of Illinois. To better serve its clients, ISAC has evolved into a one-stop financial aid center, offering a comprehensive array of programs and services. At every stage of the financial aid process, ISAC is there, acting as a centralized source of information and guidance. In Illinois, ISAC administers most of the key state and federal grant, scholarship, loan, and prepaid tuition programs available to postsecondary students, annually awarding more than $1 billion to over 250,000 students.
Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA)
• www.osfa.state.la.us
Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance's (OSFA) vision is to enable every resident of Louisiana to realize their career goals and educational aspirations by providing a single source and point of contact for the financial resources which are needed to pursue the postsecondary studies essential to the achievement of those goals. Their mission is to manage and administer the federal and state financial aid programs which are assigned to the Louisiana Student Financial Assistance Commission and the Louisiana Tuition Trust Authority.
Missouri Department of Higher Education/Missouri DHE Student Loan Program
• www.dhe.mo.gov
The Missouri Department of Higher Education (DHE), provides free resources, assistance, and customer service for students, parents, postsecondary institutions, high schools, lenders, secondary student loan markets, legislators, and government agencies to help students access postsecondary education in Missouri. The DHE also continues to develop and provide free information about planning and paying for college, as well as managing student loan debt.
Montana Guaranteed Student Loan Program
• www.mgslp.org
The Montana Guaranteed Student Loan Program (MGSLP) is a program within the Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education. Working under the guidance of the Montana Board of Regents, MGSLP?s primary goal is to improve access to postsecondary education in Montana. This goal is accomplished by working collaboratively with partners who believe that an investment in education is an investment in Montana.
New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority (HESAA)
• www.hesaa.org
Established in 1959, the New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority (HESAA) provides students and families with the financial and informational resources for students to pursue their education beyond high school. Education is the cornerstone of HESAA's administration. As part of its commitment to New Jersey families, HESAA is working aggressively to make college education and technical training affordable and accessible. HESAA provides nearly $1 billion in financial aid annually. The agency also assists hundreds of thousands of students and families each year.
North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority (NCSEAA)
• www.ncseaa.edu
The North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority (NCSEAA) is North Carolina's agency for college student financial aid. NCSEAA administers a variety of programs designed to help college students pay the costs of higher education, including state financial assistance programs and the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP).
Oklahoma College Assistance Program (OCAP)
• www.ocap.org
The Oklahoma College Assistance Program (OCAP), formerly known as the Oklahoma Guaranteed Student Loan Program, provides college access, aid awareness, financial literacy and student loan management programs and services that benefit students, parents, schools, and community partners.
Rhode Island Higher Education Assistance Authority (RIHEAA)
• www.riheaa.org
The Rhode Island Higher Education Assistance Authority (RIHEAA) provides financial assistance to students and their families to help them realize their postsecondary educational goals. RIHEAA's mission is to enhance educational access and choice for the residents of Rhode Island by promoting equality of opportunity for postsecondary education to students who would otherwise be restricted financially from participating in the educational program best suited to them.
Student Loan Guarantee Foundation of Arkansas (SLGFA)
• www.slgfa.org
The Student Loan Guarantee Foundation of Arkansas (SLGFA) is a private, non-profit corporation which was established in December, 1966. From its inception, SLGFA's purpose has been to provide student loan guarantees for students pursuing a higher education. The Foundation builds on a proud legacy. From the beginning, students and parents have benefited from loans guaranteed by SLGFA. In December, 2000, SLGFA experienced a significant milestone in its history, surpassing the two billion dollar mark of student loans guaranteed.
Student Loans of North Dakota (SLND)
• www.mystudentloanonline.nd.gov
Student Loans of North Dakota (SLND), administered by Bank of North Dakota, is the designated guarantor for the Federal Family Education Loan Program in the state of North Dakota and also guarantees student loans for the state-sponsored Dakota Education Alternative Loan (DEAL) Program. SLND's College Information Service (CIS) provides free resources, assistance, and customer service for students, parents, high schools, postsecondary institutions, and lenders to help students access postsecondary education. SLND also provides debt management and financial literacy education services.
Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation (TSAC)
• www.state.tn.us/tsac
Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation (TSAC) was created by the Tennessee General Assembly in 1974 as a non-profit corporation with the merging of the Tennessee Educational Loan Corporation and the Tennessee Tuition Grant Program. TSAC is Tennessee's designated federal guaranty agency for the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP). TSAC also administers other state and federal student assistance programs, as authorized.
TG
• www.tgslc.org
For more than 25 years, TG has helped ensure educational access for millions of students by guaranteeing education loans. TG's reputation for exceptional customer service and insight into the changing needs of students and families, financial aid professionals, and lending/servicing institutions has led them to become one of the largest student loan guarantors in the nation. Add to that TG's collection of innovative solutions and tools, particularly in the areas of financial aid processing, electronic funds transfer, and default prevention, and it's no wonder that institutions across the country are making TG their guarantor of choice. TG also provides Adventures in Education to assist parents and students in preparing for and transiting to higher education, along with developing specialized content for guidance counselors to assist them in the important role they play in students' middle school to college years.
Utah Higher Education Assistance Authority (UHEAA)
• www.uheaa.org
The Utah Higher Education Assistance Authority (UHEAA), a subsidiary of the State Board of Regents, administers Utah's student financial aid programs, including the student loan guarantee program and secondary market, state need-based financial aid, the Utah Educational Savings Plan Trust, and the Utah Engineering and Computer Sciences Loan Forgiveness Program. UHEAA's mission includes comprehensive outreach and information to assist citizens in planning for and financing postsecondary education, and special programs to keep student loans affordable and help borrowers avoid delinquencies and defaults. UHEAA's student loan default rate is among the very lowest nationally.