>We would like to begin placing work-study students in service-learning
>positions off-campus in community agencies for this Spring 1997 semester.
>However, we and our Financial Aid Office do not know how to coordinate the
>payment of work-study money to the students. If the student is, in fact,
>placed off-campus, who is responsible for actual disbursement of pay to
>the students? The agency? Our office? And, if it is the agency, what
>is/are the mechanism(s) for getting the agency the money to pay? We would
>appreciate any information anyone has on this subject.
>
On most campuses that I've seen with an already active off-campus
work-study employment system, the process is to have the school verify the
hours and cut the checks. The agency or company is billed on a monthly,
semesterly or even yearly basis for the share it owes toward the students
pay.
Lloyd Jacobson
National Programs Director
COOL - Campus Outreach Opportunity League
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