Refer before withdrawal
Offer students an EFF referral when a financial, housing, documentation, or basic-needs barrier threatens enrollment.
Join a national network of colleges committed to intervening before a solvable financial, administrative, housing, or basic-needs barrier becomes a permanent withdrawal.
Completed registrations are recognized immediately and may be reviewed or removed by EFF.
View directoryEFF remains independent and student-centered. The college retains its decision-making authority while giving students a clearer, earlier path to help.
Offer students an EFF referral when a financial, housing, documentation, or basic-needs barrier threatens enrollment.
Help the student understand the balance, hold, deadline, responsible office, and available resolution options.
Work with EFF when a student authorizes case-specific communication and follow-up.
Use privacy-protected case patterns to improve retention systems before the next student reaches crisis.
Each partner school receives a secure account and public profile in the national directory.
A college representative registers with an official institutional email.
Select the institution, identify the liaison, add the logo, and accept the Continuity Pledge.
The school’s logo, pledge, and public partner profile appear in the national directory immediately.
The school receives partner materials, its institution account, and the Help Desk referral link.
Partner campuses can earn the Institute designation through verified response and student-continuity outcomes.
The program is not accreditation and does not replace institutional, legal, or regulatory responsibilities.
Verified participation, a named liaison, a public partnership profile, and commitment to intervene before preventable withdrawal.
A higher recognition based on verified response practices, transparent resolution pathways, and measurable student-continuity outcomes.
Open to accredited and state-authorized U.S. postsecondary institutions. Applications are reviewed before a school is publicly listed.