Dear Catholic School Families, 
 
We are pleased to offer an efficient process for parents wishing to apply for financial tuition assistance for the 2025-2026 school year.   We continue to partner with FACTS Management Company to provide our families with a streamlined and customized method to handle financial aid awards. This company serves 9,000 schools and 2 million families throughout the country, including many Catholic dioceses in Texas and in our nation.
 
With this continued implementation, we ask that all families wishing to apply for financial tuition assistance for the 2025-2026 school year complete the required documents provided by FACTS. This process will enable families “most in need” to receive tuition assistance for Catholic education.
 
Application for financial tuition assistance can be made online using the FACTS Grant & Aid Assessment Service. The application is user-friendly, and the average time spent applying is 22 minutes. If you need help with online computer access, please contact the school office. There is a $40 application fee which is paid by the applicant. One application covers students in multiple schools. 
 
The application process for Cycle I begins on January 27, 2025.  All applications must be submitted to FACTS and verified no later than April 23, 2025, to be eligible for tuition assistance for Cycle I.
 
Cycle II begins May 5, 2025, and ends June 25, 2025. Applications must be completed and verified by FACTS by June 25, 2025, to be considered for Cycle II. 
 
FACTS’ standing in the Catholic school community is well known. They serve schools and families in more than 160 dioceses. Their commitment to the highest level of privacy and security was foremost in our discovery process. Ease of use and convenience for our families were also important factors in our consideration. While the Grant & Aid program will help us in collecting and analyzing the data, the Diocesan Tuition Assistance Cabinet will make the final decision in awarding aid to our families for “diocesan-based awards”.  The school will make the final decision in awarding aid to our families for “school-based awards.”
 
Some of the valuable features you will experience include:
 

• User-friendly online application process, easy to navigate, convenient dashboard
• Paper applications will be available at your request 
• Status bar and online checklist to track your progress
• Highest level of security and confidentiality
• Single username/password for each FACTS family
• Equitable process that strives to assist families in need who wish for a Catholic education
• Call Center staffed by FACTS representatives, Spanish available
• Web chat to receive answers to your questions
• Customized questions specific to our institutions
• One Click Spanish translation
• Easy upload of supporting tax documents, mail or fax also available

We remain committed to making a quality Catholic education accessible to all. The Diocesan Catholic School Financial Tuition Assistance Program plays a vital role in supporting this mission. We look forward to serving you and your family at one of our excellent schools, where students are formed in faith, knowledge, and service – where all students SHINE!
 
Sincerely Yours in Catholic Education,
 
Rosemary J. Henry, Ph.D.
 
Dr. Rosemary J. Henry
Superintendent of Catholic Schools 
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APPLICATION

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