Operating a Federal CHAPTER

2
Work-Study Program
This chapter covers issues specific to operating Federal Work-Study, Job Location and
Development, and Work-College programs. For student eligibility criteria relating to
campus-based programs, including FWS, refer to Volume 1. For information on select-
ing campus-based recipients, and calculating and packaging campus-based awards, see
Volume 3. For information on disbursing campus-based aid, see Volume 4.

Assigning FWS Jobs

Federal Work-Study (FWS) jobs may be on or off campus. Off-
R Chapter Highlights R
campus FWS jobs with federal, state, or local public agencies or private Community Service.....................6-30
nonprofit organizations must be in the public interest. Off-campus Establishing FWS Community
FWS jobs with private, for-profit organizations must be academically Service Jobs.................................6-34
relevant to the maximum extent possible. Also, your school must use at Work for a Proprietary.................6-36
least 7% of its FWS allocation to employ students in community service Work Off Campus........................6-37
jobs with at least one FWS student employed as a reading tutor for chil- Off Campus Agreements...........6-39
dren in a reading tutoring project or performing family literacy activi- FWS Students As Tutors FAQ....... 6-41
ties in a family literacy project. JLD Programs..............................6-45
Work Colleges.............................6-48
A school must make FWS jobs reasonably available to all eligible
students at the school. To the maximum extent practicable, a school
must provide FWS jobs that complement and reinforce each recipi-
ent’s educational program or career goals.

In assigning an FWS job, a school must consider the student’s

financial need, the number of hours per week the student can work,
the period of employment, the anticipated wage rate, and the amount
7% cite
of other assistance available to the student. While there is no minimum
34 CFR 675.18(g)
or maximum award, the amount for each student should be deter-
mined based on these factors.

Employment Conditions and Limitations

FWS employment must be governed by employment conditions,
including pay, that are appropriate and reasonable according to the
type of work performed, the geographic region, the employee’s profi-
ciency, and any applicable federal, state, or local law.

FWS employers must pay students at least the federal minimum

wage in effect at the time of employment ($5.15 as of September
1997). The Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996 established a
subminimum, or training wage that is lower than the minimum wage.

6-27
Volume 6 — Managing Campus-Based Programs, 2007-2008

However, it is not permissible to pay the subminimum wage rate to

students in FWS jobs.

Also, as noted earlier, the pay must meet the requirements of the
state or local law. This means that when the state or local law requires
a higher minimum wage, the school must pay the FWS student that
higher wage. However, if the state or local law allows a wage that is less
than the Federal minimum wage, the FWS student must be paid at
least the Federal minimum wage.

A student’s need places a limit on the total FWS earnings permis-

sible but has no bearing on his or her wage rate. It is not acceptable
to base the wage rate on need or on any other factor not related to
the student’s skills or job description. If a student’s skill level depends
on his or her academic advancement, the school may pay a student
on that basis. For example, a junior or third-year lab student may
be paid a higher rate than a sophomore or second-year lab student.
However, in most cases, students performing jobs comparable to those
of other employees should be paid comparable wages, whether the
other employees are students at different class levels or are regular
employees.

FWS employment must not displace employees (including those

on strike) or impair existing service contracts. Also, if the school has
an employment agreement with an organization in the private sector,
the organization’s employees must not be replaced with FWS students.
Replacement is interpreted as displacement.

FWS positions must not involve constructing, operating, or main-

taining any part of a building used for religious worship or sectarian
instruction. In determining whether any FWS employment will violate
FWS limitations on religious jobs this restriction, a school should consider the purpose of the part of the
675.20(c)(2)(iv) facility in which the work will take place and the nature of the work to
be performed. If the part of the facility in which the student will work
is used for religious worship or sectarian instruction, the work cannot
involve construction, operation, or maintenance responsibilities. If that
part of the facility is not being used for religious worship or sectarian
instruction, the school should make sure that any work the student will
perform meets general employment conditions and that other limita-
tions are not violated.

Neither a school nor an outside employer that has an agreement

with the school to hire FWS students may solicit, accept, or permit the
soliciting of any fee, commission, contribution, or gift as a condition
for a student’s FWS employment. However, a student may pay union
dues to an employer if they are a condition of employment and if the
employer’s non-FWS employees must also pay dues.

The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, prohibits

employers (including schools) from accepting voluntary services from
any paid employee. Any student employed under FWS must be paid
for all hours worked.

6-28
 Chapter 2 — Operating a Federal Work Study Program

A student may earn academic credit as well as compensation

for FWS jobs. Such jobs include but are not limited to internships,
practica, assistantships (e.g., research or teaching assistantships), and
service learning programs. However, a student employed in an FWS
job and receiving academic credit for that job may not be:

• paid less than he or she would be if no academic credit were

given;
• paid for time while receiving instruction in a classroom,
laboratory, or other academic setting; and
• paid unless the employer would normally pay a non-FWS
person for the same job.
FWS earnings for the next period of enrollment
Many FWS students must pay the bulk of their education costs in
the beginning of each period of enrollment before they have had a
chance to earn FWS wages. To provide the opportunity to earn wages
before incurring education costs, the Department allows students to
earn FWS wages to cover expenses for the next period of enrollment
offered by the school. The student must be planning to enroll for that
next period and must demonstrate financial need for it. The next
period of enrollment is usually the next term, including a summer
period, or in the case of summer earnings, the next full academic year.
A student may earn FWS wages toward the next period of enrollment
during any period, including during a period of non-attendance (see
below) or a period of enrollment made up, in whole or in part, of
mini-sessions.

Periods of non-attendance for FWS students

A student may be employed under FWS during a period of nonat-
tendance, such as a summer term, an equivalent vacation period, the
full-time work period of a cooperative education program, or an unat-
tended fall or spring semester. The student must be planning to enroll
for the next period of enrollment and must have demonstrated finan-
cial need for that period. The student’s net earnings (earnings minus
taxes and job-related costs) during this period of nonattendance must
be used to cover expenses associated with her financial need for the
next period of enrollment, which is usually the next term, including
a summer period, or in the case of summer earnings, the next full
academic year.

A student who was not attending school in the summer but who
was eligible for summer FWS employment because he anticipated
being enrolled in the fall may fail to then attend school. When a
student fails to attend for the next period of enrollment, the school
that employed him must be able to demonstrate that he was eligible
for employment and that the school had reason to believe the student
intended to study at that school in the next period of enrollment. At a
minimum, the school that employed the student must keep a written
record in its files showing that he had accepted the school’s offer of
admittance for the next period of enrollment.

6-29
Volume 6 — Managing Campus-Based Programs, 2007-2008

A student in an eligible program of study abroad may be employed

during a period of non-attendance preceding the study abroad if she
will be continuously enrolled in her American school while abroad
and if her study is part of the American school’s own program. In
such a case, a student may be employed in a qualified position in the
United States, at the American school’s additional location in a foreign
country, or at a U.S. government facility abroad.

FWS Mini-sessions
If a school combines a series of mini-sessions or modules into one
term (e.g., three summer mini-sessions into one summer term), an
FWS student attending any of the mini-sessions may earn FWS wages at
any time throughout that term. The school may apply those earnings
toward the student’s financial need for the mini-session(s) attended
or the next period of enrollment. The school must base the student’s
financial need for attending the summer term on the period of time
for which the student is actually enrolled in the mini-sessions.

The amount of FWS wages a student may earn at any point in the
term does not depend on whether the student is then enrolled in a
mini-session. The school or student may choose how to distribute the
hours worked throughout the summer term.

COMMUNITY SERVICE JOBS

Schools must make students aware of FWS community service
opportunities available in the local community. The program participa-
tion agreement also requires your school to work with local nonprofit,
Community service governmental, and community-based organizations to identify commu-
Dear Colleague Letter CB-97-12,
nity service opportunities, including those that assist supportive
Dear Colleague Letter CB-94-4,
Dear Colleague Letter CB-07-08
services to students with disabilities, and inform Federal Work-Study
(FWS) students of these opportunities (see Chapter 1). Schools should
promote those opportunities to students by notifying each student
individually or via general means such as campus websites or other
publication sites.

Your school must use at least 7% of its FWS allocation to employ

students in community service jobs (see Chapter 1). At least one of
the FWS students your school employs to fulfill this requirement must
work:

• performing family literacy activities in a family literacy

project that provides services to families with preschool age
children or elementary school children; or
• as a reading tutor for children who are preschool age or are
in elementary school.
Employing an FWS student in these positions serves the needs of
the community and gives the FWS student an enriching and rewarding
experience. To further encourage schools to employ FWS students in

6-30
 Chapter 2 — Operating a Federal Work Study Program

these positions and as mathematics tutors, FWS regulations authorize a

100% federal share of FWS wages (see Chapter 1).

How are Community Services Defined?

Community services are defined as services that are identified
by an institution of higher education through formal or informal
consultation with local nonprofit, government, and community-based
organizations, as designed to improve the quality of life for community
residents, particularly low-income individuals, or to solve particular
problems related to their needs. These services include:

• such fields as health care, child care, literacy training, educa-

tion (including tutorial services), welfare, social services,
transportation, housing and neighborhood improvement,
public safety, crime prevention and control, recreation, rural
development, and community improvement;
• work in service opportunities or youth corps as defined in *This is the only statutory exception to the
Section 101 of the National and Community Service Act of requirement that community service be
1990, and service in the agencies, institutions, and activities open and accessible to the community.
designated in Section 124(a) of that act;
• support services for students with disabilities (including Definition of community services
students with disabilities who are enrolled at the school)*; 34 CFR 675.2(b)
and The definition of community services in-
cludes the terms “service opportunity” and
• activities in which an FWS student serves as a mentor for
“youth corps program.” Section 101 of the
such purposes as tutoring (see “Employing reading and
National and Community Service Act of
mathematics tutors,” in this chapter), supporting educa- 1990 defines the terms as follows:
tional and recreational activities, and counseling, including Service opportunity. A program or project,
career counseling. including a service learning program or
To be considered employed in a community service job for FWS project, that enables students or out-of-
school youth to perform meaningful and
purposes, an FWS student does not have to provide a “direct” service.
constructive service in agencies, institu-
The student must provide services that are designed to improve the
tions, and situations where the application
quality of life for community residents or to solve particular problems of human talent and dedication may help
related to those residents’ needs. A school may use its discretion to to meet human, educational, linguistic, and
determine what jobs provide service to the community. environmental community needs, espe-
cially those relating to poverty.
See Appendix B at the end of this chapter for a model need assess- Youth corps program. A program, such
ment form that can be used with community service agencies. as a conservation corps or youth service
program, that offers full-time, productive
The Department does not intend to indicate that certain activi- work (to be financed through stipends)
ties are more important than others or that only jobs that have direct with visible community benefits in a natural
contact with community members are acceptable. For example, an resource or human service setting and that
FWS student working for the Meals on Wheels Program is performing gives participants a mix of work experi-
community service when conducting research on where the program ence, basic and life skills, education, train-
ing, and support services.
is needed, when recruiting or coordinating volunteers to distribute the
meals, or when preparing meals for the program despite having no
contact with the community residents. Such indirect services are very
important in meeting community needs.

6-31
Volume 6 — Managing Campus-Based Programs, 2007-2008

There is no restriction as to whether these jobs must be on or off

campus. However, a university or college is not considered a commu-
nity for the purposes of the FWS Program community service require-
ments. On-campus jobs can meet the definition of community services,
provided that the services are designed to improve the quality of life
for community residents, or to solve problems related to their needs,
and that they meet the regulatory and statutory provisions pertaining
to the applicable FWS Program employment limitations and condi-
tions.

Private, for-profit organizations do not qualify as employers for

community service under the FWS Program.

In contacting potential community service agencies, schools

should place a priority on jobs that will meet the human, educational,
environmental, and public safety needs of low-income individuals.
The Department has determined that at this time there is no need to
burden schools with a formal definition of low-income individual for
purposes of providing community service under the FWS Program.
There is no statutory requirement that a particular number or propor-
tion of the individuals must be low-income persons. Some examples of
jobs that provide services to persons in the community who may not
necessarily be low-income individuals are jobs that provide supportive
services to individuals with disabilities or that prevent or control crime
in the community.

LIST OF AGENCIES, INSTITUTIONS, AND

ACTIVITIES INCLUDED IN THE DEFINITION OF
COMMUNITY SERVICES
The definition of “community services” includes service in agen-
cies, institutions, and activities that are designated in Section 124(a) of
the National and Community Service Act of 1990:

1. Conservation corps programs that focus on:

• conservation, rehabilitation, and the improvement of
wildlife habitat, rangelands, parks, and recreation areas;
• urban and rural revitalization, historical and site preser-
vation, and reforestation of both urban and rural areas;
• fish culture, wildlife habitat maintenance and improve-
ment, and other fishery assistance;
• road and trail maintenance and improvement;
• erosion, flood, drought, and storm damage assistance
and controls;
• stream, lake, waterfront harbor, and port improvement;
• wetlands protection and pollution control;

6-32
 Chapter 2 — Operating a Federal Work Study Program

• insect, disease, rodent, and fire prevention and control;

• the improvement of abandoned railroad beds and
rights-of-way;
• energy conservation projects, renewable resource
enhancement, and recovery of biomass;
• reclamation and improvement of strip-mined land;
• forestry, nursery, and cultural operations; and
• making public facilities accessible to individuals with
disabilities.
2. Human services corps programs that include service in:
• state, local, and regional government agencies;
• nursing homes, hospices, senior centers, hospitals, local
libraries, parks, recreational facilities, child and adult
daycare centers, programs serving individuals with
disabilities, and schools;
• law enforcement agencies and penal and probation
systems;
• private nonprofit organizations that primarily focus on
social service such as community action agencies;
• activities that focus on the rehabilitation or improve-
ment of public facilities, neighborhood improvements,
literacy training that benefits educationally disadvan-
taged individuals, weatherization of and basic repairs
to low-income housing including housing occupied
by older adults, energy conservation (including solar
energy techniques), removal of architectural barriers
to access by individuals with disabilities to public facili-
ties, activities that focus on drug and alcohol abuse
education, prevention and treatment, and conservation,
maintenance, or restoration of natural resources on
publicly held lands; and
• any other nonpartisan civic activities and services that
the commission determines to be of a substantial social
benefit in meeting unmet human, educational, or envi-
ronmental needs (particularly needs related to poverty)
or in the community where volunteer service is to be
performed; or
3. Programs that encompass the focus and services described in
both paragraphs (1) and (2).

6-33
Volume 6 — Managing Campus-Based Programs, 2007-2008

ESTABLISHING FWS COMMUNITY SERVICE JOBS

Step #1: Identify Potential Jobs and Employers

Identify jobs
• Brainstorm types of jobs that would meet the community
service requirement. What jobs do your students currently
hold, on campus or off campus, that meet the community
service definition?
• Communicate the community service requirements to your
school’s student employment office.

Identify employers
• Which local community service organizations might be
interested in employing your FWS students?
• Contact local nonprofit, government, and community-based
organizations to assess their needs and determine what
interest exists for employing FWS students.

Talk to colleagues
• Talk to colleagues at other schools to get ideas on imple-
menting, locating, and developing the community service
jobs.
Step #2: Research Your Students’ Interest in Commu-
nity Service
• Research your FWS students’ degrees or certificate
programs, interests, and skills to determine which recipients
might find community service jobs appealing.

Step #3: Promote Community Service Jobs

• Devise a plan to market community services under the FWS
Program to eligible student employers and the community;
• obtain a listing of potential community service agencies;
• ask to be a presenter at various organizations’ meetings;
• engage in networking activities;
• hold and attend job fairs;
• host a financial aid office “open house;” and
• visit local agencies.

6-34
 Chapter 2 — Operating a Federal Work Study Program

What is a Family Literacy Project? How are Family Family literacy project definition
Dear Colleague Letter CB-98-6, dated May
Literacy activities defined? 1998
Research shows that children whose parents work with them on
literacy skills during early childhood have a better chance of reading
well and independently. The family literacy concept recognizes the
family as an institution for education and learning and the role of
parents as their children’s first teachers.

A family literacy program integrates four components. It provides:

Reading tutor/family literacy
• literacy or pre-literacy education to children, project
34 CFR 675.18(g)
• literacy training for parents or other caregivers of children
in the program,
• a means of equipping parents or other caregivers with the
skills needed to partner with their children in learning, and
• literacy activities between parents or other caregivers and
their children.
This definition is consistent with the Even Start and Head Start
definitions of family literacy programs.

The Department does not define “family literacy activities” for

purposes of the community service expenditure requirement or the
waiver of the institutional share requirement. The Department gives
schools reasonable flexibility to determine the job description and
duties for an FWS student performing family literacy activities.

Family literacy activities are not limited to just tutoring positions.

For example, family literacy activities may include training tutors,
performing administrative tasks such as coordinating the tutors, or
working as an instructional aide who prepares the materials for the
project. However, it would not be reasonable to include janitorial or
building repair jobs as family literacy activities.

On-campus employment
WORK ON CAMPUS 34 CFR 675.21

A student may be employed on campus at any type of postsec-

ondary institution, including at a proprietary school. A school, other
than a proprietary school, may employ a student to work for the school
itself, including certain services for which the school may contract,
such as food service, cleaning, maintenance, and security. Work for
the school’s contractors is acceptable as long as the contract specifies
the number of students to be employed and specifies that the school
selects the students and determines their pay rates. A proprietary
school also may employ a student to work for the school itself with
certain restrictions (discussed below under “Work for Proprietary
School”).

At any type of postsecondary institution, including proprietary

schools, an FWS student may be assigned to assist a professor if the
student is doing work the school would normally support under its
6-35
Volume 6 — Managing Campus-Based Programs, 2007-2008

own employment program. Having a student serve as a research assis-

tant to a professor is appropriate, as long as the work is in line with the
professor’s official duties and is considered work for the school itself.

Employment in a foreign country

Normally, employment in a foreign country is not permissible
under the law. However, a school with an additional location in a
foreign country may employ students under FWS if the branch has its
own facilities, administrative staff, and faculty. Students may also be
employed by a U.S. government facility such as an embassy or a mili-
tary base. A student may not be employed for a nonprofit organization
in a foreign country.

Work for Proprietary School

A proprietary school may employ a student to work for the school
Proprietary school employment
itself but only in jobs that meet certain criteria:
34 CFR 675.21(b)

1. If the jobs are in community service, they may be either on

or off campus. Students employed by a proprietary school
and performing community service do not have to furnish
student services that are directly related to their education.
2. If the jobs are not in community service, they must be on
campus and must:
• provide student services that are directly related to the
FWS student’s training or education;
• not involve soliciting potential students to enroll at the
proprietary school; and
• to the maximum extent possible, complement and rein-
force the FWS student’s educational program or voca-
tional goals.
Student Services
At a proprietary school, FWS students may not work in non-
community service jobs that are not student services. In general, jobs
that primarily benefit the proprietary school are not student services.
For example, jobs in facility maintenance or cleaning are never student
services. See the sidebar for a list of examples of jobs that do not
Student services definition cite provide student services. Again, this list is not exhaustive. Jobs in the
34 CFR 675.2(b) admissions or recruitment area of a school are not acceptable student
services because such jobs are considered to involve soliciting potential
students to enroll at the school.

The non-community service job must provide student services that

are directly related to the FWS student’s training or education. This
does not mean that the FWS student must be enrolled in an academic
program for that field. Instead, it means that the FWS student must
be receiving work experiences that are directly applicable to the skills

6-36
 Chapter 2 — Operating a Federal Work Study Program

needed for his or her career path. For example, an FWS student
enrolled in an air-conditioning repair program wants to work in the
school’s library. Although the student is not pursuing a career as a
librarian, the student would still be able to work in the library. The job Student services may include:
is directly related to his or her training because he or she is learning jobs in financial aid
jobs in a library
customer service and basic office functions that are applicable to work peer guidance counseling
in an air-conditioning repair shop or dealership. Similarly, a job in job placement
another student service office such as financial aid, registrar, and assisting an instructor with
job placement would also be considered directly related to the FWS curriculum-related activities
(e.g., teaching assistant)
student’s training. security
social and health services
Student services are services that are offered to students. Students tutoring
are persons enrolled or accepted for enrollment at the school. An FWS
student who provides services only to the school’s former students is Student services never include:
facility maintenance
not providing student services because the services are not offered to cleaning
currently enrolled students. However, an FWS student who provides purchasing
services to both current students and former students is providing public relations
student services, because the services are offered to currently enrolled
students. For example, an FWS student provides job placement assis-
tance to current students and alumni of the school. The FWS student
is considered to be providing student services because his or her
services are offered to current students, as well as alumni.

Student services do not have to be direct services or involve

personal interaction with other students. Services are considered
student services if the services provide a benefit either directly or indi-
rectly to students. For example, an FWS student may work in assisting
an instructor in the lab or in other work related to the instructor’s offi-
cial academic duties at the school. See the sidebar for an expanded
list of examples of jobs that provide student services. The list is not
exhaustive. The fact that a job has some operational functions does not
preclude it from being an acceptable FWS job as long as it furnishes
student services.

WORK OFF CAMPUS

Work Off Campus for Nonprofit or Government
Agency
If a student is employed off campus by a federal, state, or local
public agency or by a private nonprofit organization, providing jobs
related to the student’s academic or vocational goals is encouraged,
but not required. However, the work performed must be in the public
interest. Work in the public interest is defined as work performed for
the welfare of the nation or community, rather than work performed
for a particular interest or group.

Work is not “in the public interest” if:

• it primarily benefits the members of an organization that has

membership limits, such as a credit union, a fraternal or reli-
gious order, or a cooperative;

6-37
Volume 6 — Managing Campus-Based Programs, 2007-2008

• it involves any partisan or nonpartisan political activity or is

associated with a faction in an election for public or party
office;
• it is for an elected official unless the official is responsible
for the regular administration of federal, state, or local
government;
• it is work as a political aide for any elected official;
• it takes into account a student’s political support or party
affiliation in hiring him or her; or
• it involves lobbying on the federal, state, or local level.
A private nonprofit organization is one in which no part of the net
earnings of the agency benefits any private shareholder or individual.
An organization must be incorporated as nonprofit under federal or
state law. A school classified as a tax-exempt organization by either
the federal or state Internal Revenue Service meets this requirement.
Examples of private nonprofit organizations generally include hospi-
tals, daycare centers, halfway houses, crisis centers, and summer camps.

Nonprofit agencies do not qualify automatically as community

service employers for purposes of the FWS Program because the
work performed must meet the definition of community services in
the regulations. A list of programs or activities that are recognized as
appropriate work in community services under the FWS Program is
included at the end of this section. In addition, work off campus for a
nonprofit agency must be in the public interest.

However, in deciding whether work is in the public interest,

schools must consider the nature of the work as well as that of the
organization. For example, a private nonprofit civic club may employ
a student if the student’s work is for the club’s community drive to
aid handicapped children. If the student’s work is confined to the
internal interests of the club, such as a campaign for membership,
the work would benefit a particular group and would not be in the
public interest. As another example, a student may work for a private
nonprofit membership organization, such as a golf club or swimming
pool, if the general public may use the organization’s facilities on the
same basis as its members. If only members may use the facilities, FWS
employment is not in the public interest.

Political activity, whether partisan or nonpartisan, does not qualify

as work in the public interest. For example, a student is not considered
to be working in the public interest if working at voting polls—even
if he or she only checks off the names of those who came to vote
and does not pass out flyers supporting a particular candidate. Also,
a student is not considered to be working in the public interest if
working to support an independent candidate. Another example of
nonpartisan political activity is work for a city political debate.

Working for an elected official as a political aide also does not

qualify as work in the public interest. For example, a student could
not represent a member of Congress on a committee. However, a

6-38
 Chapter 2 — Operating a Federal Work Study Program

student could be assigned to the staff of a standing committee of

a legislative body or could work on a special committee, as long as
the student would be selected on a nonpartisan basis and the work
performed would be nonpartisan.

Under certain circumstances, work for an elected official respon-

sible for the regular administration of federal, state, or local govern-
ment may be considered to be in the public interest. “Regular admin-
istration” means the official is directly responsible for administering a
particular function. Such a person would not create, abolish, or fund
any programs, but would run them. Working for a sheriff would be
acceptable, as would working for an elected judge (because he or she
has direct responsibility for the judicial system). As stated above, any
political activity would not be acceptable—raising funds for the offi-
cial’s reelection, for example. An FWS position that involves lobbying
at the federal, state, or local level is not work in the public interest.
FWS students are prohibited from working for the Department of
Education due to the potential appearance of conflict of interest.

Work Off Campus for Private For-Profit Companies Work for Private for-profits
Schools also may enter into agreements with private for-profit 34 CFR 675.23
companies to provide off-campus jobs for students; however, these jobs
must be academically relevant, to the maximum extent practicable,
to the student’s program of study. (A student studying for a business
administration degree could work in a bank handling customer trans-
actions, for example.) Private for-profit organizations do not qualify as
employers for community service under the FWS Program.

Private for-profit organizations may not hire FWS employees to

replace regular employees.

Chapter 1 describes further limitations on the use of FWS funds to

pay students employed at private for-profit organizations.

OFF-CAMPUS AGREEMENTS
If your school would like an off-campus organization to employ
FWS students, your school must enter into a written agreement—a
contract—with the off-campus organization. A written agreement
is required with the off-campus organization even if your school is
considered the employer of the FWS student. The school must make
sure the off-campus organization is a reliable agency with professional
direction and staff and that the work to be performed is consistent Off-campus agreements
34 CFR 675.20(b)
with the purpose of the FWS Program. (See Appendix A at the end of
this chapter for a model off-campus agreement. The sample need not
be followed exactly but serves as a guide.)

The agreement should specify what share of student compensation

and other costs will be paid by the off-campus organization. For-profit
organizations must pay the nonfederal share of student earnings. Any
off-campus organization may pay:

6-39
Volume 6 — Managing Campus-Based Programs, 2007-2008

• the nonfederal share of student earnings;

• required employer costs, such as the employer’s share of
Social Security or workers’ compensation; and
• the school’s administrative costs not already paid from its
administrative cost allowance (ACA).
The agreement sets forth the FWS work conditions and estab-
lishes whether the school or the off-campus organization will be the
employer for such purposes as hiring, firing, and paying the student.
The employer is generally considered to be the entity that will control
and direct the work of the FWS students—supervising them at the
work site, regulating their hours of work, and generally ensuring that
they perform their duties properly. However, the school is ultimately
responsible for making sure that payment for work performed is prop-
erly documented and that each student’s work is properly supervised.

The agreement should define whether the off-campus organi-

zation will assume payroll responsibility and bill the school for the
federal share of the students’ wages, or whether the school will pay the
students and bill the off-campus organization for its contribution. The
school must make up any payments the off-campus organization does
not make. It is the school’s responsibility to ensure that FWS payments
are properly documented, even if the off-campus organization does
the payroll. To fulfill that responsibility, the school must keep copies of
time sheets and payroll vouchers and keep evidence that the students
were actually paid (usually copies of the canceled checks or receipts
signed by the students). Payroll records are discussed in detail later in
this chapter.

The school is also responsible for ensuring that each student’s

work is properly supervised. School officials should periodically visit
each off-campus organization with which they have an off-campus
agreement to determine whether students are doing appropriate work
and whether the terms of the agreement are being fulfilled.

The agreement must state whether the school or off-campus

organization is liable for any on-the-job injuries to the student. The
employer is not automatically liable. Federal FWS funds cannot be
used to pay an injured student’s hospital expenses.

In determining whether to continue an off-campus agreement,

many schools have found it helpful to require that students submit a
formal evaluation of their work experience at the end of the assign-
ment. The school may also use the evaluation to help off-campus agen-
cies improve their work programs.

Staff members of the off-campus organization must become

acquainted with a school’s financial aid and student employment
programs to better understand the school’s educational objectives. The
school must supply the off-campus organization with this information.

6-40
 Chapter 2 — Operating a Federal Work Study Program

Employing FWS students as tutors Reading reform cite

34 CFR 675.18(g)(3)
Many schools employ FWS students as reading or mathematics
tutors. This type of employment allows students to help children
develop reading or mathematics skills necessary for their education Reading and math tutors
and future employment. Dear Colleague Letter CB-97-12, dated July
1999
There is no limit on the amount of funds a school can spend from Dear Partner Letter CB-99-12, dated July
its FWS allocation to pay FWS reading or mathematics tutors. 1997

When employing students as reading tutors, schools must, to the

maximum extent possible, give placement priority to schools that
are participating in a reading reform project that is (1) designed to
train teachers how to teach reading on the basis of scientific research
on reading; and (2) is funded under the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965. The school must further ensure that reading
tutors receive training from the employing school in the instructional
practices used by the school.

For more information, see Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on

the next page.

6-41
Volume 6 — Managing Campus-Based Programs, 2007-2008

EMPLOYING FWS STUDENT AS TUTORS: FAQs

What are the requirements for a “reading tutor” or “math tutor?”

The Department does not define “tutor” for the FWS Program. This gives
schools flexibility in determining the job description and duties of a tutor. For
example, a reading tutor could be an FWS student who reads to a group of
preschoolers in a public library.

An FWS student employed as a tutor does not have to meet certain statutory
(for reading tutors) or regulatory (for reading and mathematics tutors) educa-
tional standards or qualifications for the school to receive an institutional-
share waiver. However, an FWS reading or math tutor must have adequate
reading or math skills, as appropriate, and the Department strongly recom-
mends that the tutors be well trained before they tutor.

The Department does not require background checks of FWS tutors.

However, some state and local jurisdictions may require such checks. The
requirements will vary according to the agency or organization involved.

What is a preschool age child?

A preschool age child is a child from infancy to the age at which his or her
state provides elementary education.

What is the definition of an elementary school?

The definition of an elementary school varies from state to state. Because the
Department does not wish to interfere with a state’s determination of what
constitutes children who are in elementary school, we will not provide guid-
ance on the maximum grade level for elementary school for purposes of the
institutional-share waiver for tutoring.

What setting must the tutoring take place in?

Tutoring may be one-on-one or in a group. Tutoring sessions can take place

in a school setting or another location, such as a public library or commu-
nity center. Tutoring sessions can be held during regular school hours, after
school, on weekends, or in the summer.

Can FWS students tutor children in parochial schools?

An FWS student can tutor a child in a parochial school under certain condi-
tions:

• The parochial school must be classified as a private, nonprofit

school by the Internal Revenue Service or a state taxing body;

• The work may not involve constructing, operating, or maintaining

any part of a building used for religious worship or sectarian
instruction; and

• The FWS tutor may not use religious material to tutor the child.
6-42
 Chapter 2 — Operating a Federal Work Study Program

EMPLOYING FWS STUDENT AS TUTORS: FAQs (cont’d)

Should tutors be trained?

The Department strongly recommends that the tutors be well trained

before they tutor. When an FWS student receives training from a specialist
or expert for sufficient duration and intensity, he or she is more likely to
be successful with the child he or she is tutoring. Tutor training should
emphasize the importance of the tutor’s communication with the regular
classroom teacher to maximize effectiveness. The amount and type of
training will often vary, depending on the needs of the child who is being
tutored and the subject being studied. (See Chapter 1 for information
on using the administrative cost allowance to pay for the cost of training
tutors.)

Can students be paid while in training?

Under limited circumstances, an FWS tutor can receive FWS wages while
he or she is being trained, and these wages can qualify for a waiver of
the institutional share. This training period must be only for a reason-
able and limited length of time. The Department would not consider a
training period of an academic term to be reasonable. The Department
would consider a reasonable training period to be one that occurs before
the student begins tutoring and that does not exceed approximately
20 hours. A school may not pay an FWS student to take an academic
course the school developed to provide classroom training on tutoring
children. An FWS student may take such a course as long as he or she is
not paid for taking the course (34 CFR 675.18(h)). See Chapter 4 for more
information.

Can students be paid during preparation and evaluation

activities?

The preparation time and evaluation time worked by an FWS tutor qualify
for a 100% federal share as long as the time spent for this purpose is
reasonable. For example, the Department would consider attending
evaluation and preparation meetings once a week for approximately one
hour to be reasonable. The Department wants to give some flexibility
because of the value of evaluation and preparation time. However, the
goal is to spend funds for FWS students to interact with the children and
in family literacy programs, not for other activities.

Will a tutoring job always satisfy the community service

requirement?

An FWS tutor job might qualify for a waiver of the institutional share
(100% federal share) but not qualify as part of the 7% community service
requirement. If, for example, a postsecondary school employs FWS
students to tutor young children in its daycare center and the center is
not open and accessible to the community, the job would qualify for
the waiver, but would not qualify as part of the 7% community service
requirement.

6-43
Volume 6 — Managing Campus-Based Programs, 2007-2008

EMPLOYING FWS STUDENT AS TUTORS: FAQs (cont’d)

What if the FWS student is training tutors, performing related

administrative tasks, or works another FWS job?

The wages of an FWS student who is training tutors or who is performing

administrative tasks related to supporting other people who are actually
providing the reading or mathematics tutoring do not qualify for a federal
share of up to 100%; rather, an institutional share is required.

Remember that it is the FWS reading or mathematics tutor job, not the
student working in the job, that qualifies for the institutional-share waiver.
Thus, an FWS student who is working another FWS job in addition to the
tutor job can be paid with 100% federal funds only for the time he or she is
working as a tutor, not for time spent on the other job. If, for example, an
FWS student spends only half of his or her time working as a reading tutor
(including preparation and evaluation time) and the other half on non-
tutoring tasks, the student may be paid 100% federal funds only for half the
time and the other half must be paid with a maximum of 75% federal funds
and a minimum of 25% nonfederal funds.

How can my school start placing FWS students as tutors?

Your school may construct its own reading tutor program or join existing
community programs.

You may use the Job Location and Development (JLD) Program to locate or
develop jobs for FWS students as tutors of children. However, you may not
use JLD funds exclusively for this purpose because you would be in violation
of the JLD statutory requirement to expand off-campus jobs for currently
enrolled students who want jobs regardless of their financial need.

6-44
 Chapter 2 — Operating a Federal Work Study Program

Job Location and Development Program JLD purpose cite

The Job Location and Development (JLD) Program is one of the 34 CFR 675.31
FWS Programs. An institution is allowed to use part of the federal
funds it receives under the FWS Program to establish or expand a JLD
Program.

The JLD Program locates and develops off-campus job opportu-

nities for students who are currently enrolled in eligible institutions
of higher education and who want jobs regardless of financial need.
This means that jobs may be located and developed under the JLD
Program for FWS and non-FWS eligible students.

Under the JLD Program, your school must locate and develop
off-campus jobs that are suitable to the scheduling and other needs of
the employed student and must, to the maximum extent practicable,
complement and reinforce the educational program or vocational goal
of the student.

JLD jobs may be part time or full time, for either a for-profit or
nonprofit employer.

The JLD Program encourages students to participate in commu-

nity service activities. Your school must inform all eligible students of
the opportunity to perform community services and must develop and
make available information about community service opportunities.
The JLD Program uses the same definition of community services that
the FWS Program employs. However, the JLD Program does not have
a specific minimum community service requirement, as does the FWS
Program.

JLD Program Participation

A school that participates in the FWS Program is also eligible
to participate in the JLD Program. A school that has an executed
Program Participation Agreement (PPA) for the FWS Program may
participate in the JLD Program without any prior contact with the
Department and without any revision to its PPA. Under the PPA, the
school agrees to administer the JLD Program according to the appro-
priate statutory and regulatory provisions.

If the Department terminates or suspends a school’s eligibility to

participate in the FWS Program, that action also applies to the school’s
JLD Program.

Student Eligibility
Any student employed in a job developed under the JLD Program
must be currently enrolled at the school placing him or her in a
job. A school may place in JLD jobs both students who do not meet
FWS student eligibility criteria and those who do meet those criteria.
However, using JLD funds to find jobs only for FWS students would
not satisfy the program purpose of expanding off-campus jobs for
students who want jobs regardless of financial need.

6-45
Volume 6 — Managing Campus-Based Programs, 2007-2008

Maximum federal funds for JLD Use of FWS Allocation for JLD Program
Programs cite
When establishing or expanding a program to locate and develop
34 CFR 675.32
off-campus jobs, including community service jobs, a school may use
up to the lesser of the following two amounts:

• 10% of its FWS allocation and reallocation; or

• $50,000.
Use of JLD Program Funds
Use of JLD funds cite
34 CFR 675.35(a)(2) Your school may use federal JLD funds to pay for the cost of estab-
lishing and administering the JLD Program. You may not use JLD
funds to:

• pay students whose jobs were located and developed through

the JLD Program;
• locate and develop jobs at your school or other eligible
schools;
• place students upon graduation; and
• displace employees or impair existing service contracts.
A school is expected to generate total student wages exceeding the
total amount of the federal funds spent under JLD.

Federal and institutional shares Federal Share Limitation

34 CFR 675.33(b) You may use federal FWS funds to pay up to 80% of the allowable
34 CFR 675.33(c)
costs (listed below). Your school must provide the remaining 20% of
allowable costs either in cash or in services. This requirement, unlike
the institutional-share requirement for FWS earnings, cannot be
waived.

The institution’s 20% share may be either (1) 20% of each allow-
able cost, or (2) varying percentages of allowable costs, as long as its
total expenditures of institutional funds and/or provision of services
equals at least 20% of the total allowable costs for the JLD Program.

You must maintain records that indicate the amount and sources
of your school’s matching share. Procedures and records requirements
for JLD are the same as those for all campus-based programs.

Allowable Program Costs

Allowable costs cite Allowable costs of carrying out the JLD Program include:
34 CFR 675.33(a)

• staff salaries (and fringe benefits, if they are the same as

those paid to other institutional employees in comparable
positions and are not paid to a student employed through
the FWS Program);
• travel expenses related to JLD activities;
• printing and mailing costs for brochures about the JLD
Program;

6-46
 Chapter 2 — Operating a Federal Work Study Program

• JLD telephone charges, including installation of a separate

line for off-campus employers;
• JLD costs for supplies, equipment, and furniture;
• newspaper or other types of advertising that inform potential
employers of the services JLD offers; and
• JLD workshops for students and employers.
Costs that are not allowable are costs related to purchasing,
constructing, or altering the facilities that house a JLD project. Indirect
administrative costs also are not allowable. One example of an indirect
administrative cost is a portion of the salary of someone who is not
directly involved in the program, such as the JLD director’s supervisor.
Other examples of indirect administrative costs are lighting, heating,
or custodial costs incurred as part of the normal operations of the
facility in which the JLD Program is administered, such as the financial
aid or placement offices.

Students as Staff in the JLD Program office

The prohibition against using JLD funds to locate and develop jobs
at any school does not mean that your school is also prohibited from
employing FWS and non-FWS students as staff in the JLD Program
office. Your school may employ FWS and non-FWS students as staff in
the JLD Program office as long as you do not use JLD funds to locate
and develop these jobs. For example, your school could use the FWS
Program to employ an FWS student as a staff member in the JLD
Program office.

If your school places an FWS student as staff in the JLD Program

office, there are some important points to note. The statute and the
FWS regulations prohibit the use of any funds allocated under the
FWS Program from being used to pay the institutional share of FWS
compensation to its students. Hence, your school may not use federal
JLD funds to pay the institutional share of FWS wages earned by an
FWS student working as staff in the JLD Program office. Instead, you
must use your school’s funds to pay the institutional share of these
wages.

JLD Reporting on the FISAP

If your school participates in the JLD Program during an award
year, you must provide information about its JLD activities on the Fiscal
Operations Report and Application to Participate (FISAP). You must report
the total JLD expenditures, federal expenditures for JLD, institutional
expenditures for JLD, number of students for whom jobs were located
or developed, and total earnings for those students.

Your school may not include student staff jobs in the JLD Office
on the FISAP in the JLD section for reporting the count of students
and the earnings of students for whom jobs were located or developed
through the JLD Program. However, if your school used its own funds
to pay the institutional share of wages for student staff jobs, you may
count those funds in meeting the minimum 20% institutional-share
requirement for the JLD Program.

6-47
Volume 6 — Managing Campus-Based Programs, 2007-2008

Multi-Institutional JLD Programs

Your school may enter a written agreement with other eligible
schools for those schools to establish and to operate a JLD Program
for its students. The agreement must designate the administrator of
the program and must specify the terms, conditions, and performance
Multi-institutional programs cite standards of the program. Each school that is part of the agreement
34 CFR 675.34 retains responsibility for properly disbursing and accounting for the
federal funds it contributes under the agreement.

For example, each school must show that its own students have
earned wages that exceed the amount of federal funds the school
contributed to locate and develop those jobs. This fiscal information
must be reported on each school’s FISAP.

If your school uses federal funds to contract with another school,

suitable performance standards must be part of that contract.
Performance standards should reflect each school’s philosophy, poli-
cies, and goals for the JLD Program. You may not develop perfor-
mance standards, conditions, or terms that are inconsistent with the
statute or regulations. In all cases, the performance standards should
be clearly understandable, because they will be included in the formal
written agreement that each party must observe as part of its responsi-
bility within the particular arrangement.

WORK-COLLEGES PROGRAM
The Higher Education Amendments of 1992 authorized the Work-
Colleges Program. Schools that satisfy the definition of “work-college”
may apply to the U.S. Department of Education to participate in the
program. A work-college may transfer funds from its allocation for
Application to participate in the the FWS Program and/or Federal Perkins Loan Program to fund the
Work-Colleges Program school’s Work-Colleges Program.
DCL CB-07-02
The Work-Colleges Program recognizes, encourages, and
promotes the use of comprehensive work-learning programs as a
valuable educational approach when used as an integral part of the
Purpose of Work-Colleges school’s educational program and as a part of a financial plan that
Program cite decreases reliance on grants and loans. The program also encourages
34 CFR 675.43 students to participate in community service activities.

The term “work-college” is defined as an eligible institution that:

Definition of Work-College cite
34 CFR 675.41 • is a public or private nonprofit school with a commitment to
community service;
• has operated a comprehensive work-learning program for at
least two years;
• provides students participating in the comprehensive work-
learning program with the opportunity to contribute to their
education and to the welfare of the community as a whole;

6-48
 Chapter 2 — Operating a Federal Work Study Program

• requires all students who reside on campus to participate in

a comprehensive work-learning program; and
• requires providing services as an integral part of the school’s
educational program and as part of the school’s educational
philosophy.
A “comprehensive student work-learning program” is defined as a
student work/service program that:

• is an integral and stated part of the institution’s educational

philosophy and program;
• requires participation of all resident students for enrollment,
participation, and graduation;
• includes learning objectives, evaluation, and a record of
work performance as part of the student’s college record;
• provides programmatic leadership by college personnel at Comprehensive student work-
levels comparable to traditional academic programs; learning program definition cites
• recognizes the educational role of work-learning supervisors; HEA Section 448
and 34 CFR 675.41(b)

• includes consequences for nonperformance or failure in

the work-learning program similar to the consequences for
failure in the regular academic program.
Allowable Costs
The Higher Education Amendments of 1998 provided for addi-
tional flexibility for work-colleges in the use of funds. Allocated
program funds may be used to:

• support the educational costs of students through self-help

provided under the work-learning program within the limits
of their demonstrated financial need;
• promote the work-learning-service experience as a tool of
education and community service;
• carry out FWS and JLD program activities;
• administer, develop, and assess comprehensive work-learning
programs;
• coordinate and carry out joint projects and activities to
promote work-service learning; and
• conduct a comprehensive longitudinal study of academic
progress and academic and career outcomes.
Additional requirements for the Work-Colleges Program are found
in 34 CFR 675, Subpart C.

6-49
Volume 6 — Managing Campus-Based Programs, 2007-2008

Volume 6 Appendices

Appendix A: Model Off-Campus

Agreement

Appendix B: Need Assessment for

FWS Community Service Program

6-50
 Chapter 2 — Operating a Federal Work Study Program

Model Off-Campus
Agreement
APPENDIX
a
The paragraphs below are suggested as models for the development of a written agreement
between a school and a Federal, State, or local public agency or a private nonprofit organization
that employs students who are attending that school and who are participating in the Federal
Work-Study (FWS) Program. Institutions and agencies or organizations may devise additional
or substitute paragraphs as long as they are not inconsistent with the statute or regulations.

This agreement is entered into between ____________, hereinafter known as the “Institution,” and _
______________, hereinafter known as the “Organization,” a (Federal, State, or local public agency), (private
nonprofit organization), (strike one), for the purpose of providing work to students eligible for the Federal
Work-Study Program [FWS].

Schedules to be attached to this agreement from time to time must be signed by an authorized offi-
cial of the institution and the organization and must set forth—

1 brief descriptions of the work to be performed by students under this agreement;

2 the total number of students to be employed;
3 the hourly rates of pay, and
4 the average number of hours per week each student will be used.
These schedules will also state the total length of time the project is expected to run, the total per-
cent, if any, of student compensation that the organization will pay to the institution, and the total percent,
if any, of the cost of employer’s payroll contribution to be borne by the organization. The institution will
inform the organization of the maximum number of hours per week a student may work.

Students will be made available to the organization by the institution to perform specific work as-
signments. Students may be removed from work on a particular assignment or from the organization by the
institution, either on its own initiative or at the request of the organization. The organization agrees that
no student will be denied work or subjected to different treatment under this agreement on the grounds of
race, color, national origin, or sex. It further agrees that it will comply with the provisions of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964 (Pub. L. 88-352; 78 Stat. 252) and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Pub. L. 92-
318) and the Regulations of the Department of Education which implement those Acts. Two examples of
Off-Campus Agreements are included to provide additional guidance.

(Where appropriate any of the following three paragraphs or other provisions may be included.)

1 Transportation for students to and from their work assignments will be provided by the organiza-
tion at its own expense and in a manner acceptable to the institution.
2 Transportation for students to and from their work assignments will be provided by the institu-
tion at its own expense.
3 Transportation for students to and from their work assignments will not be provided by either
the institution or the organization.
6-51
 Volume 6 — Managing Campus-Based Programs, 2007-2008

(Whether the institution or the organization will be considered the employer of the students cov-
ered under the agreement depends upon the specific arrangement as to the type of supervision exercised
by the organization. It is advisable to include some provision to indicate the intent of the parties as to who is
considered the employer. As appropriate, one of the following two paragraphs may be included.1)

1 The institution is considered the employer for purposes of this agreement. It has the ultimate
right to control and direct the services of the students for the organization. It also has the re-
sponsibility to determine whether the students meet the eligibility requirements for employment
under the Federal Work-Study Program, to assign students to work for the organization, and to
determine that the students do perform their work in fact. The organization’s right is limited to
direction of the details and means by which the result is to be accomplished.
2 The organization is considered the employer for purposes of this agreement. It has the right to
control and direct the services of the students, not only as to the result to be accomplished, but
also as to the means by which the result is to be accomplished. The institution is limited to deter-
mining whether the students meet the eligibility requirements for employment under the Fed-
eral Work-Study Program, to assigning students to work for the organization, and to determining
that the students do perform their work in fact.
(Wording of the following nature may be included, as appropriate, to locate responsibility for payroll
disbursements and payment of employers’ payroll contributions.)

Compensation of students for work performed on a project under this agreement will be dis-
bursed—and all payments due as an employer’s contribution under State or local workers’ compensation
laws, under Federal or State social security laws, or under other applicable laws, will be made—by the (orga-
nization) (institution) (strike one).

(Where appropriate any of the following paragraphs may be included.)

1 At times agreed upon in writing, the organization will pay to the institution an amount calculat-
ed to cover the organization’s share of the compensation of students employed under this agree-
ment.
2 In addition to the payment specified in paragraph (1) above, at times agreed upon in writing,
the organization will pay, by way of reimbursement to the institution, or in advance, an amount
equal to any and all payments required to be made by the institution under State or local work-
ers’ compensation laws, or under Federal or State social security laws, or under any other appli-
cable laws, on account of students participating in projects under this agreement.
3 At times agreed upon in writing, the institution will pay to the organization an amount calculat-
ed to cover the Federal share of the compensation of students employed under this agreement
and paid by the organization. Under this arrangement the organization will furnish to the insti-
tution for each payroll period the following records for review and retention:
a Time reports indicating the total hours worked each week in clock time sequence and con-
taining the supervisor’s certification as to the accuracy of the hours reported;

1. Although the following paragraphs attempt to fix the identity of the employer, they will not necessarily be determinative if the actual facts indicate otherwise. Additional
wording that specifies the employer’s responsibility in case of injury on the job may also be advisable, since federal funds are not available to pay for hospital expenses or
claims in case of injury on the job. In this connection it may be of interest that one or more insurance firms in at least one state have in the past been willing to write a
workers’ compensation insurance policy which covers a student’s injury on the job, regardless of whether it is the institution or the organization that is ultimately deter-
mined to have been the student’s employer when he or she was injured.

6-52
 Chapter 2 — Operating a Federal Work Study Program

b A payroll form identifying the period of work, the name of each student, each student’s
hourly wage rate, the number of hours each student worked, each student’s gross pay, all
deductions and net earnings, and the total Federal share applicable to each payroll;2 and
c Documentary evidence that students received payment for their work, such as photographic
copies of canceled checks.

2. These forms, when accepted, must be countersigned by the institution as to hours worked as well as to the accuracy of the total Federal share which is to be reimbursed to
the organization or agency.

6-53
Volume 6 — Managing Campus-Based Programs, 2007-2008

Need Assessment
for FWS Community
APPENDIX
b
Service Program
Agency Name:_________________________

Date:_________________________________

Contact Name:_________________________________

Phone:_______________________________

Address:______________________________

1. _____ Non-Profit _____For Profit

2. Agency Mission Statement and Description of Clients Served:

_______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

3. Agency Funding Sources (check all that apply):

_____Federal

_____State

_____County/City

_____United Way

_____Other (explain)

4. Agency’s Fiscal Year:__________ to __________

6-54
 Chapter 2 — Operating a Federal Work Study Program

5. Agency’s Staffing (number of positions):

_____Full-time paid staff

_____Part-time paid staff

_____Student employees

_____Volunteers

6. How many student jobs may be available at your agency

during:

Summer 2006 ______

2006-2007 Academic Year ______

Summer 2007 ______

7. For each student job expected to be available as indicated in

#6, provide the following information, attaching a separate
sheet for each position.

Job Title

Rate or Range of Pay per Hour

Begin and End Dates

Work Schedule-Days and Hours

Total Hours/Week

Description of Duties

Qualifications and Experience (indicate preferred or required)

8. Has your agency hired students through the Federal Work-

Study Program in the past?

_____YES _____NO

If YES:

Number of students: _______

Dates employed: __________________

Average length employed: _____________

9. Additional Comments:

6-55
Volume 6 — Managing Campus-Based Programs, 2007-2008

6-56