Manually Updating Ability to Benefit Fields
Purpose: Use this page to create and maintain Ability to Benefit data for a group of students using ctcLink.
Audience: Financial Aid staff.
You must have at least one of these local college managed security roles:
- ZD FA ATB
- ZD FA Director
- ZZ FA ATB
If you need assistance with the above security roles, please contact your local college supervisor or IT Admin to request role access.
Navigation: Financial Aid > Ability to Benefit > Manage Ability to Benefit
- The Manage Ability to Benefit search page displays.
- Enter the desired ID - you can Add a New Value or Search for an Existing Value.
- Enter the Academic Institution.
- Select the Search button.
- The Manage Ability to Benefit page displays.
- The Aid Year field should be left blank or if defined, you are limiting the eligibility to that one year.
- Enter the desired Student Eligibility Code. A list of acceptable codes are displayed below.
- Select the Save button.
The value to enter for the Student Eligibility Code is determined by cross referencing the COD Technical Reference Volume II for the aid year with the following PS values:
Refer to section STUDENT ELIGIBILITY FIELDS (FORMERLY ABILITY TO BENEFIT)
2024-2025 - https://fsapartners.ed.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/2324CODTechRefVol2.pdf
ctcLink ATB Values:
| Field Value | Translate Long Name | Translate Short Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 01: Complete before 7/1/2012 | Complete |
| 2 | 02: College before 7/1/2012 | College |
| 3 | 03: State Process | State |
| 4 | 04: Home Schooled | Home |
| 5 | 05: Other | Other |
| 6 | 06: High School Diploma | Diploma |
| 7 | 07: General Ed Development | GED |
| 8 | 08: State-Authorized exam/cert | State exam |
| 9 | 09: Acad Transc min 2 YR Prog | Acad Trans |
| 10 | 10: Excelled in High School | Excel HS |
| 11 | 11: Complete 7/1/12 - 6/30/15 | Complete |
| 12 | 12: Complete after 7/1/2012 | Complete |
| 13 | 13: College 7/1/12 - 6/30/15 | College |
| 14 | 14: College after 7/1/12 | College |
| 15 | 15: CPT Program | CPT Prg |
Note: In the COD Technical Reference guides indicates which values are valid for the aid year. Depending on the aid year in which you are working, the value that is acceptable may be different.
Note -- do not update any other fields other than the Student Eligibility Code on the Manage Ability to Benefit page because doing so may cause COD to reject grant and/or loan records.
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