Publication Date: December 23, 2003
Author: General Manager, School Delivery, FSA ASEDS
Summary: New Year Holiday Processing and Customer Service Hours
Posted on 12-23-2003
DATE: December 23, 2003
TO: Financial Aid Community & Destination Points
FROM: G. Kay Jacks, General Manager, Application, School Eligibility and Delivery Services, FSA
SUBJECT: New Year Holiday Processing and Customer Service Hours
Our Federal offices, as well as our Title IV processors and call centers, will be closed on Thursday, January 1, 2004 in observance of the New Year holiday. A status of each major center is in the table below.
The COD system will accept and process data from schools and send back acknowledgments on Thursday. However, requests for changes in funding levels and for funds will not be processed until Friday, January 2. For all other systems, you will be able to send and receive data on Thursday, but it won't be picked up until Friday. We will resume retrieving, processing, and sending data on Friday, January 2, 2004 as all offices, production centers, and customer service centers will resume normal operations. All FSA Websites will remain operational over the New Year holiday period.
Wednesday Dec. 31 | Thursday Jan. 1 | Friday Jan. 2 | ||
Campus-Based Call Center | (877) 801-7168 | Open til 8PM ET | Closed | Open |
Common Origination & Disbursement (COD) School Relations Center | DL -- (800) 848-0978 Pell - (800) 4PGRANT Applicant Services (800) 557-7394 | Open til 6 PM ET | Closed | Open |
Central Processing System (CPS)/WAN Technical Support | (800) 330-5947 | Open | Closed | Open |
Customer Service Call Center for Schools | (800) 433-7327 | Open | Closed | Open |
Debt Collection Service Information Center | (800) 621-3115 | Open til 5 PM ET | Closed | Open |
Direct Loan Consolidation | (800) 557-7392 | Open | Closed | Open |
Direct Loan Servicing Center -- Students --School Services | (800) 848-0979 (888) 877-7658 | Open | Closed | Open |
E-Z Audit | (877) 263-0780 | Open | Closed | Open |
Federal Student Aid Information Center | (800) 4FED-AID | Open til 5 PM ET | Closed | Open |
Grant Administration & Payment system (GAPS) Hotline | (888) 336-8930 | Open til 6 PM | Closed | Open |
NSLDS Customer Service | (800) 999-8219 | Open | Closed | Open |
Ombudsman | (877) 557-2575 | Open til 5 PM ET | Closed | Open |