There are several effective strategies that AmeriCorps members can adopt in order to augment the value of the education award. A key finding of this report illustrates that the vast majority of AmeriCorps members are under-reporting their AmeriCorps benefits in an income exclusion category of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), which has resulted in millions of dollars in lost federal and state financial aid. This National Service Fellows Report by Brandon Rogers is dated July 2001. See also the new online tutorial Getting the Most Out of Your Segal AmeriCorps Education Award.