Partners For America

04/30/2015

Partners For America has closed its non profit doors :( The good news is... we're opening our for profit doors :) More news to come!

06/11/2014

http://news.yahoo.com/senate-republicans-block-student-loan-bill-142942667--finance.html

Check out PFA's new video below!

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked legislation aimed at letting people refinance their student loans at lower rates, a pre-ordained outcome that gave Democrats a fresh election-year talking point against the GOP.

05/20/2014

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04/02/2014

PartnersForAmerica.org will be providing direct access to some of these pertinent documents within the coming weeks! Education Shouldn't be a Debt Sentence! http://money.cnn.com/2014/03/07/pf/college/fafsa-financial-aid/index.html?iid=EL

Millions of college students are missing out on college financial aid because they aren't filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid form, known as FAFSA, a new analysis finds.

01/07/2014

The Project on Student Debt: Average debt for students in New Jersey: $29,287, in line with national average. http://projectonstudentdebt.org/state_by_state-data.php

The Institute for College Access and Success

11/16/2013

Times are tough, we're here to help! Updates coming soon! http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/11/all-of-a-sudden-students-have-stopped-paying-their-loans-again-why/281548/

After declining for 6 months, delinquency rates have shot back up.

10/08/2013

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/path-student-loan-forgiveness-220949879.html
"Under this program borrowers can qualify for reduced monthly payments, and after 25 years the remaining balance is forgiven."
The only catch is the amount forgiven is taxed as income

Wish you could make your student loans disappear? Student loan forgiveness programs can make it happen, but there's a problem. "There needs to be more awareness about these programs," says Betsy ...

08/08/2013

Our first press!
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07/01/2013

http://business.time.com/2013/07/01/student-loan-rates-double-without-congress-action/

(WASHINGTON) — Interest rates on some new federally backed loans for college students are now double what they were last week. Subsidized Stafford loan interest rates went to 6.8 percent on Monday because Congress didn't strike a deal to keep them low.

06/27/2013

Have questions about student loans? Maybe you should text the president.
http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2013/06/26/obama-answers-student-debt-questions-via-text-campaign

Activist group sponsors chat with the president over ballooning student loan rates.

06/20/2013

"Struggling student loan debtors are being tricked into paying up to $1,600 in fees to private firms offering "debt relief" that they could get for free." http://www.cnbc.com/id/100829329

Students are being tricked into paying up to $1,600 to firms offering "debt relief" service they could get for free.