Bulletin ID
DLB - 97 - 14
| PublicationDate: 4/1/97 BulletinID: DLB - 97 - 14 April 1997 DLB-97-14 SUMMARY: 1997-98 Direct Loan publications availability schedule Dear Colleague: A number of you have asked about the availability of 1997-98 Direct Loan publications. We are currently updating all Direct Loan publications. The following publications have already gone to print and will be available for distribution on June 1, 1997: ALL ABOUT DIRECT LOANS--gives borrowers detailed information about the Direct Loan Program, including the types of Direct Loans, loan disbursement procedures, repayment options, and loan consolidation. DIRECT LOANS: A BETTER WAY TO BORROW--gives a brief overview of the Direct Loan Program and includes information on application procedures, loan limits and a brief description of the repayment options. It also describes the advantages of Direct Loans or student and parent borrowers, schools, and taxpayers. PLUS BASICS--is for parent borrowers and includes the definition of a dependent student, eligibility criteria, repayment options, and loan consolidation. Enclosed is an order form for you to use when ordering these publications. The remaining publications will go to print soon and will be available for distribution in July, 1997. These include: the 1997-98 Repayment Book, the 1997-98 School Guide, and counseling materials for borrowers and counselors. The counseling materials you used during the 1996-97 school year are currently available and can still be used. The only revisions we are making to these materials involve the addition of information about the new Direct Loan Servicing Centers that will begin servicing Direct Loans in the 1997-98 school year. Until the additional Servicing Centers are operational, borrowers will be assigned to the Direct Loan Servicing Center in Utica. As you are aware, the current materials contain contact information for Utica only. When the new Direct Loan Servicing Centers are operational, new borrowers will be assigned to Utica AND to the new Servicing Centers on a rotating basis. New loans for existing borrowers will all be assigned to the Utica Servicing Center. WE ASSURE YOU THAT THE NEW COUNSELING MATERIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE BEFORE THE ADDITIONAL SERVICING CENTERS BEGIN SERVICING YOUR STUDENTS' LOANS. An order form for the current counseling materials is enclosed. When ordering these materials, keep in mind that they will become obsolete when the new Servicing Centers are operational. Thus, we recommend that you only order enough to get you through the entrance and exit counseling sessions you will conduct between now and late July. In June, we will send you another bulletin that will include an order form for the new counseling materials. At that time, you can begin placing orders for the new materials and the Direct Loan Distribution Center will mail your order just as soon as they receive the materials. We hope that you find these publications helpful and thank you for supporting the Direct Loan Program. Sincerely, Joe L. McCormick, Chair Direct Loan Task Force Enclosures ORDER SHEET--1997-98 GENERAL INFORMATION PUBLICATIONS William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program You may FAX orders to the Direct Loan Origination Center (LOC)--1-800-557-7396 You may send orders to: U.S. Department of Education Loan Origination Center P.O. Box 5692 Montgomery, Alabama 36103-5692 For QUESTIONS about orders you have already placed, call the LOC at 1-800-848-0978 Materials Requested Please order the number of BOXES you need. If you need less than the boxed quantity please use the line provided for "individual quantity." This line can also be used IN ADDITION to the "per box" line, e.g., if you need 150 All About Direct Loan booklets, you should write 1 on the "per box" line and 50 on the "individual quantity" line. All About Direct Loans_____(100 per box) _____(individual quantity) Direct Loans: A Better Way to Borrow_____(500 per box) _____(individual quantity) Direct PLUS Loan Basics_____(250 per box) _____(individual quantity) Please indicate where we should ship your order. Please avoid using a post office box, if possible. School Name _______________________________________________________ Address _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ Attn: ___________________________ Is this a new address? Yes___ No___ Date of this request ________________________ Ordered by ___________________________ Telephone ________________________ ORDER SHEET(COUNSELING MATERIALS William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program You may FAX orders to the Direct Loan Origination Center (LOC)--1-800-557-7396 You may send orders to: U.S. Department of Education Loan Origination Center P.O. Box 5692 Montgomery, Alabama 36103-5692 For QUESTIONS about orders you have already placed, call the LOC at 1-800-848-0978 Materials Requested Please order the number of PACKS/BOXES you need. If you need less than the packaged/boxed quantity please use the line provided for "individual quantity." This line can also be used IN ADDITION to the "per pack/box" line, e.g., if you need 15 Entrance Counseling Guides for Counselors, you should write 1 on the "per pack" line and 5 on the "individual quantity" line. Entrance Counseling Guide for Counselors_____( 10 per pack) ____(individual quantity) Entrance Counseling Guide for Borrowers_____(200 per box) ____(individual quantity) Exit Counseling Guide for Counselors_____( 10 per pack) ____(individual quantity) Exit Counseling Guide for Borrowers_____(150 per box) ____(individual quantity) Please indicate where we should ship your order. Please avoid using a post office box, if possible. School Name _______________________________________________________ Address _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ Attn: ___________________________ Is this a new address? Yes___ No___ Date of this request ________________________ Ordered by ___________________________ Telephone ________________________ |