July 19, 2017 – Greenfield –Franklin First Federal Credit Union (FFFCU) has announced a partnership with Invite Education to offer a free comprehensive, life-cycle college planning website. FFFCU’s College Planning Center, powered by Invite Education, is available to anyone, FFFCU members or non-members, who would like better information, tools, and services to more effectively plan and pay for college. FFFCU is the first Credit Union to partner with Invite Education.
“Planning and paying for higher education can be a daunting task for families. Our hope in partnering with Invite Education is to make this process less stressful by helping families answer critical questions such as ‘How do I save for my children’s education?’ ‘Can my child get in to their dream school?’ and ‘Can we afford it?’” said Franklin First CEO/President Michelle Dwyer. “We look forward to helping all families in the community make the college planning process more positive and rewarding with our new College Planning Center.”
Jeff Bentley, Director of Strategic Partnerships for Invite Education added: “Invite Education is thrilled to have a strategic partner such as Franklin First, which is a visionary thought leader in offering a College Planning Center to clarify the college process for its members.”
The FFFCU/Invite Education College Planning Center is a robust platform with an intuitive design that empowers families to manage the entire college planning process from birth through high school. The website offers:
- Age-appropriate guidance to empower families with detailed information on preparing, financing, and successfully applying to college
- Easy-to-understand explanations to help parents evaluate options: savings, scholarships, financial aid, and loans
- Comprehensive calculators and college and scholarship search engines
- Resource Center with college planning resources and FFFCU endorsed products/services
- Calendar that integrates relevant testing dates, college and scholarship deadlines, and family specific events
Those interested can access the FFFCU College Planning Center at https://franklinfirst.inviteeducation.com/. For more information, call Franklin First Federal Credit Union at (413) 774-6700.
About Invite Education
Founded in 2012, Invite Education demystifies the process of planning and paying for college by providing a comprehensive suite of information, tools and services for families. Offering an online custom College Planning Center, a weekly podcast called My College Corner, a blog and a book, they partner with organizations to provide this valuable information to their employees, members and customers.
About Franklin First Federal Credit Union
Franklin First Federal Credit Union began in 1958 at Franklin County Public Hospital. In the 1980's there were mergers of four Franklin County credit unions: Franklin County Public Hospital FCU, Franklin County Employees FCU, Lunt Silversmiths CU, and Greenfield Tap & Die Credit Union. Today, anyone who lives, works, attends school or worships in Franklin County can join Franklin First. They currently serve over 6,600 members and over 250 Business Group Partners at their branch at 57 Newton Street in Greenfield, Massachusetts.