9.2 Financial Aid Item Types

Purpose: Use this document as a reference for how to decipher item types for Financial Aid in ctcLink.

Audience: Financial Aid Directors.

Item Types are used to identify, define, and categorize aid that is awarded by your institution.  Item Type identifiers are composed of twelve digits.  Examples of how Item Type identifiers are constructed and used are listed below.

Logic for Item Type Identifier Construction

Financial Aid Item Types


1st   Position

(Always “9”)

2nd   Position

(Aid Type)

3rd   Position

(Funding   Source)

4th   – 8th Positions

(filler)

9th   – 12th Positions

(Program   Specific)

9 = Financial Aid

1 = Grants

1 = Federal

Zeros “0”

Numeric Values


2 = Scholarship

2 = State




3 = Work Study

3 = Institution




4 = 3rd Party Sponsorship

4 = Other




5 = VA Benefits





6 = Loans





7,8,9 = not used






Example of Logic

Example of Logic

Examples of Global Item Types


Institutional   Grants

Item Type

Description

Short   Description

913000000000

Institutional Grant (Campus Specific)

INSTITGRNT

913000000100

Need Based Tuition Waiver

NBWAIVER



Federal   Grants

Item Type

Description

Short   Description

911000000000

Federal Pell Grant

PELL

911000000100

Federal Suppl Educ Opp Grant

FSEOG


State Grants

Item Type

Description

Short   Description

912000000000

Wa State Need Grant

WASNG

912000000100

Wa State Need Grant-Waitlist

WASNGWTLIST

912000000200

College Bound Scholarship

COLLBOUND

912000000300

Opportunity Grant Tuition

OGTUIT

912000000310

Opportunity Grant Books

OGBOOK

912000000320

Opportunity Grant Transportatn

OGTRAN

912000000330

Opportunity Grant Other

OGOTHER

912000000340

Opportunity Grant Child Care

OGCHLDCARE

912000000350

Opportunity Grant Tools

OGTOOLS

912000000400

BFET Tuition

BFETTUIT

912000000410

BFET Books

BFETBOOK

912000000420

BFET Equipment

BFETEQUIP

912000000430

BFET Transportation

BFETTRAN

912000000440

BFET Child Care

BFETCHLDCR

912000000450

BFET Other

BFETOTHER

912000000500

Worker Retraining Tuition

WRKRTUIT

912000000510

Worker Retraining Books

WRKRBOOK

912000000600

WorkFirst Tuition

WRKFTUIT

912000000610

WorkFirst Books

WRKFBOOK


Work Study

Federal

Item Type

Description

Short   Description

931000000000

Federal Work Study

FWS

State

Item Type

Description

Short   Description

932000000000

State Work Study

SWS

932000000600

WorkFirst Work Study

WRKFWKSTY

Institutional

933000000000

Institutional Work Study

INSTITWKST


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