{"id":14799,"date":"2022-02-17T14:29:39","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T14:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hsli.org\/?p=14799"},"modified":"2022-02-17T14:29:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T14:29:39","slug":"ala-encouraging-library-workers-to-attend-free-webinar-on-public-service-loan-forgiveness-program-next-opportunity-wed-march-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/ala-encouraging-library-workers-to-attend-free-webinar-on-public-service-loan-forgiveness-program-next-opportunity-wed-march-2\/","title":{"rendered":"ALA Encouraging Library Workers to Attend Free Webinar on Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (Next Opportunity Wed., March 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University)<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ala-apa.org\/newsletter\/2021\/11\/09\/public-service-loan-forgiveness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November, 2021, issue<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0<em>Library Worklife<\/em>\u00a0included details about the revamping of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/news\/press-releases\/us-department-education-announces-transformational-changes-public-service-loan-forgiveness-program-will-put-over-550000-public-service-workers-closer-loan-forgiveness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program<\/a>\u00a0announced\u00a0by the U.S. Department of Education.\u00a0Under a limited waiver, library workers in all types of institutions may be eligible for federal student loan forgiveness, even if they applied and were declined in the past.<\/p>\n<p>To help borrowers learn about the special opportunity for loan forgiveness under the limited waiver, ALA encourages library workers to attend one of a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pslfcoalition.org\/temporary-waiver\/\u200b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series of free webinars<\/a> with student loan experts. Sessions will be hosted by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/studentaid.gov\/announcements-events\/pslf-limited-waiver\u200b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)\u00a0Coalition<\/a>, of which ALA is a member.<\/p>\n<p>The next\u00a0session will take place on\u00a0<strong>Wednesday, March 2<\/strong>.\u00a0Sessions will be recorded and posted online.<\/p>\n<p>See the recent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ala.org\/news\/member-news\/2022\/01\/ala-encourages-library-workers-ascertain-eligibility-and-apply-public-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press release<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) The\u00a0November, 2021, issue\u00a0of\u00a0Library Worklife\u00a0included details about the revamping of the\u00a0Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program\u00a0announced\u00a0by the U.S. Department of Education.\u00a0Under a limited waiver, library workers in all types of institutions may be eligible for federal student loan forgiveness, even if they applied and were declined in the past. To&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,18,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-american-library-association","category-library-associations-non-hsli","category-webinars"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14799\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}