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Below are links that transitioning students may find helpful.

Financial aid for college generally comes from four sources:

• Federal financial aid
• State financial aid
• Institutional scholarships
• Private scholarships

Scholarships and grants are usually not required to be repaid (as long as the terms of the grant or scholarship are met by the students), but loans are repaid.  For information on institutional and private agency scholarships, please visit the  page.

The first step to all financial aid is the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) application.  Most colleges and universities require students to complete the FAFSA before they can receive institutional scholarships. 

This page is dedicated to Government financial aid. 

The FAFSA application is the gateway to the Pell Grant, federal student loans, and federal work-study programs.  Click on the FAFSA logo. 

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This article will help guide you after you complete the FAFSA.  Click on the title to read the article.

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Need to appeal a financial aid decision?   offers free help. Click on the logo!

 assists qualifying students with college funding through MTAG, MESG, and HELP Grant. Click on the logo!

Click on the  logo for helpful resources on college planning, paying for college, FAFSA tips, comparing financial aid offers, and so much more.  

 provides tools to help students learn more about career exploration and planning, in both the civilian and military worlds of work.  Click the logo to access the ASVAB site.

     Online ASVAB study resources can also be found at

Are you considering the military? Click a branch below to check out their homepage.

is a free, interactive tool that is designed to support highly mobile military-connected parents and students with making the best choices before, during, and after a transition to improve academic success and social well-being. SchoolQuest includes an Academic Tracker, Student Profile, Reminders and Notifications, Personalized Checklists, School Search Capabilities, and Interactive Resources.  Click on the logo to visit .

 Free tutoring is available to military families at . Click the logo to visit the website.

Your Support When MilLife Happens

  Military OneSource from the Defense Department is your 24/7 gateway to trusted information, resources and confidential help. When MilLife happens, it’s your “first line of support” — giving service members and military families tools to stay well and thrive.

Call us anytime at 800-342-9647 — we’re here for you.

Military Child Education Coalition, whose mission is to support all military-connected children by educating, advocating, and collaborating to resolve education challenges associated with the military lifestyle.

MCEC’s strategic goals:

• Military-connected children’s academic, social and emotional needs are recognized, supported and appropriate responses provided.
• Parents, and other supporting adults, are empowered with the knowledge to ensure military-connected children are college, workforce and life-ready.
• A strong community of partners is committed to support an environment where military-connected children thrive.

Click on the MCEC logo to visit their site and access resources for students and parents.

MIC3 Parent's Toolkit

Jim Hill High School has a student-led military transition program to assist military-connected students transferring into the school.  The Military Transition Team provides a peer support system that links military-connected students in a network to help familiarize students with the school, resources, and opportunities. 

1. Person (12th Grade)
2. Person (11th Grade)
3. Person (10th Grade)
4. Person (9th Grade)

Support for military families with special needs family members is provided through the Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP). Although each Service has its own EFMP, they all serve the same essential function: coordinating the assignment process to ensure special needs families are not sent to locations that lack adequate medical or educational resources. Installation EFMP programs offer support programs and provide families with information about and referral to local services. Enrollment in the EFMP is mandatory for active duty service members who have dependent family members with ongoing medical, mental health, or special educational needs.

How Can We Help You?

The Federation empowers families so that they have the information and resources they need for their children. We work with families with children from birth to adulthood, providing individual assistance, training, and leadership development and support. We focus on education, early intervention, health care, transitions, children in foster care and group homes, and building strong family engagement to support all children, especially those children with disabilities, those at risk, and those with economic, cultural or linguistic barriers.

School Liaisons are located at each military installation and are the main contact for military families, local school systems and installation leadership for school-related matters pre-K through grade 12. School Liaisons are experienced professionals who support, advise and build partnerships with the civilian and military community to help address common education challenges of military families. School Liaison support is available at no cost and open to all Defense Department identification card holders, educators who serve military students and community partners involved with pre-K-12 education.

School Liaison Officers for the state of Mississippi:

Larry Mullins, NAS Meridian
MeridianSL@us.navy.mil
Office: 601-679-2473
Cell: 601-479-2025

Mona Odom, NCBC Gulfport
Mona.odom.naf@us.navy.mil
Office: 228-871-2117
Cell: 228-323-6105

Joni L. Nalley, Columbus AFB
slo2@us.af.mil
Office: 662-434-2792
Cell: 662-352-6456

Gerald Cross, Keesler AFB
gerald.cross.1@us.af.mil
Office 228-376-8505

For more information on the Department of Defense School Liaison Program please