Qualifying employees can receive federal student debt relief. Over 948,000 public servants have benefitted so far.

WASHINGTON — The ÂÜÀòÍøÊÓƵ (ALA) will present a free (PSLF) on Oct. 2, 2024, at 3:30 p.m. Eastern.

The webinar will explain how to obtain student loan relief from the PSLF program, which is administered by the U.S. Department of Education. PSLF will forgive the federal student loan balances with qualifying employment history at a government or non-profit organization, such as many school, academic, public, and special libraries.

To date, nearly 1 million public servants — including qualifying library workers – have received more than $69 billion in loan forgiveness under PSLF.

“For years, ÂÜÀòÍøÊÓƵhas advocated for library workers’ access to Public Service Loan Forgiveness,” said ÂÜÀòÍøÊÓƵPresident Cindy Hohl. “We’re proud to host this webinar so more library workers can learn about this important opportunity for student debt relief.”

The webinar is presented by Public Service Promise, a new non-profit that works to educate public servants about the process for obtaining student loan forgiveness through PSLF. Betsy Mayotte, an expert on student loans and President of The Institute of Student Loan Advisors, will walk through the requirements of qualifying for the program and will answer general questions about how to navigate the application process.

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