ACCESS

ACCESS works to ensure that all young people have the financial information and resources necessary to find an affordable path to - and through - a postsecondary education. To accomplish this mission, ACCESS provides free financial aid advice and advocacy to all the students of Boston, Springfield and Lawrence to help them overcome the financial barriers to higher education. Our programs work with students and their families from middle school to high school through college graduation, ensuring that finances never get in the way of potential. ACCESS has helped students secure more than $150 million in financial aid in the last three years alone and has awarded more than $5 million in need-based last dollar scholarships since our founding, maintaining a 75% college graduation rate for the students we serve. Through partnerships with high schools, community organizations and local universities, ACCESS has helped more than 50,000 students achieve their dream of higher education.

Learn more at: http://www.accessedu.org