The Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance (LOSFA) is a Program under the Louisiana Board of Regents, administering the state’s scholarship and grant programs and the state’s Internal Revenue Code Section 529 college savings program. Among the programs administered by LOSFA are Louisiana’s premier merit-based scholarship program, the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS); the state’s 529 college savings plan, the Student Tuition Assistance and Revenue Trust (START) program; and the Rockefeller State Wildlife Scholarship program.
LOSFA is also extremely active in the dissemination of college access information within the state with a concentration on assisting students from low income families and first generation college attendees in locating and obtaining the resources necessary to pursue and complete a postsecondary education. To these ends, LOSFA regularly partners with other entities including the Louisiana Board of Regents, the Louisiana Department of Education, the Gear Up and Trio programs, the Louisiana Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators and others.