Upcoming Events LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE - 2008 9/25/2008 - 9/26/2008 Washington, DC TRAINING CONFERENCE - 2008 11/2/2008 - 11/5/2008 Nashville, TN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE - 2009 1/5/2009 - 1/7/2009 San Diego, CA DEBT MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE - 2009 3/29/2009 - 4/1/2009 Ft. Worth, TX

What's New? Understanding the Cost of Borrowing 7/3/2008 The 2nd brochure available as part of the NCHELP Private Loan Committee’s financial literacy campaign. Webinar Q&A Document Posted 6/16/2008 Download the questions and answer document from the 05/15/2008 Webinar on New Regulations. NCHELP Webinar on New Regulations 5/15/2008 View the archived presentation with audio. New Open Source CRC Testing Tool Available 1/23/2008 The tool, used in the development and implementation of CommonRecord:CommonLine (CRC), is fully functional without the purchase of any additional software and costs nothing to download.

e-Library Updates ANN-08-12 (09/03/2008) Updated: 9/5/2008 EA 09/05/2008 Updated: 9/5/2008 EA 09/05/2008 Updated: 9/5/2008 EA 09/05/2008 Updated: 9/5/2008 EA 09/05/2008 Updated: 9/5/2008 Latest Daily Briefing September 5, 2008 Updated: 9/5/2008

Welcome to the NCHELP Web site. NCHELP represents a nationwide network of guaranty agencies, secondary markets, lenders, loan servicers, collection agencies, schools, and other organizations involved in the administration of the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP). NCHELP members promote student access and choice for post-secondary education and training. Since its inception in 1965, the FFEL program has provided over $467 billion in loans to postsecondary students and their parents.

About Us
To learn more about what NCHELP does and to contact staff members, visit the About Us section.

News
For the latest news from NCHELP, visit the News section.

Conferences & Events
NCHELP hosts four major conferences each year, and each NCHELP committee meets regularly. For more information about upcoming NCHELP conferences and for materials from previous events, visit Conferences and Events.

e-Library
To access documents, forms, and presentations posted to the site, visit our searchable e-Library.

Committees
At the center of NCHELP activities are our committees. To learn more about what NCHELP committees do, their upcoming meetings, and their members, visit the Committee section.

Issue Reporting & CommonLine Code Lookup
Use these handy forms to search the Electronic Standards Issues log, to sumbit new issues, to search CommonLine codes, and to request new CommonLine codes.

Initiatives
Information about initiatives undertaken by NCHELP, such as the Common Review Initiative, and the publication “Access to Higher Education,” is available in the Initiatives section.

Another important NCHELP initiative is the Project.  Meteor provides financial aid professionals with the ability to access timely, student-specific financial aid information from multiple sources. Click the Meteor logo for additional Meteor information.

Membership Directory
NCHELP is made up of a group of organizations dedicated to providing higher education loans.  View our Membership Directory.

Student Loan Legislation
Legislative news and information.  Materials related to the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and a summary of pending bills of interest to the student loan community.

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