Student Financial Planning Tutorials
Welcome to your new Financial Aid Portal: Student Financial Planning (SFP)
We are excited to introduce Student Financial Planning —a simpler, more accessible way to review and manage your financial aid.
Beginning with the 2026-2027 academic year (Fall 2026, Spring 2027, and Summer 2027), SFP will be your primary portal for completing financial aid tasks and accessing your financial aid information.
Please note: For the 2025-2026 academic year (Fall 2025, Spring 2026, and Summer 2026), you will continue to access your financial aid information through the SIS Financial Aid tile.
- Logging in to the SFP Portal
Logging in to the SFP Portal
Step 1
Log into MyVCCS.
Step 2
Select SIS and then the "Financial Aid" tile on the home page.
Step 3
Select the appropriate school to view the academic years.
Step 4
Select the appropriate academic year.
Step 5
A new window will open in the student's browser.
Step 6
Enter login information for the institution to securely access the financial aid information.
Step 7
To view aid, submit documents, or complete other tasks via My Financial Aid, the first time accessing My Financial Aid, the student will be prompted to consent to conduct business electronically.
YouTube video tutorial on how to log into the SFP Student Portal.
- Granting FERPA & Access to Authorized Users in the SFP Portal
Granting FERPA & Access to Authorized Users in the SFP Portal
In order for a parent, guardian or someone else to access My Financial Aid information, they will first need to be granted guest access to view the information.
Step 1
Log into SFP using the school's Student Financial Planning tile
Step 2
From the home page, select the drop-down box in the upper right corner to display the ‘Profile Information.’ Click on ‘Profile’.
Step 3
Scroll down to see the User Information as well as the information necessary to complete Proxy/Guest Access.
Step 4
Click on 'Sign FERPA Form & Provide Consent' to open the FERPA form.
Step 5
The FERPA Form will be displayed.
Step 6
Select an option:
Step 7
Scroll down to select "I Accept," then sign, and click "Sign and Finish."
Step 8
Once FERPA is completed and accepted, Step 1 "Provide Consent" will designate "Completed" and the icon to add a guest will appear as an icon of a person with a plus sign.
Step 9
Click on the "add a person" icon to make the Add/Edit Proxy Portal Access email link open:
Step 10
Enter the guest’s email address that has permission to access the student’s information in SFP. Select Default Proxy. Click the ‘save’ button under Edit. This will enable the guest’s access.
Step 11
If multiple guests need to be added, repeat steps 9 & 10.
Guests will be able to log into My Financial Aid using the email address provided as the username and the student's VCCS Student ID as the password. They will then be prompted to create a new password.
The guest will need to accept the Consent to Conduct Business Electronically. They can now access My Financial Aid to perform any tasks needed.
YouTube video tutorial for Granting FERPA & Access to Authorized Users.
- Messages and Notifications in the SFP Portal
Messages and Notifications in the SFP Portal
The notifications and messages tab highlights additional action items and/or communications that need your immediate attention to continue processing your Financial Aid.
Step 1
Log into SFP using the school's Student Financial Planning tile
Step 2
Navigate to the appropriate tab for the student to review their outstanding tasks
Step 3
To review any notifications select "Notifications". For example: You are required to complete entrance counseling
Step 4
To review messages, select "Messages".
- Uploading & Submitting Documents in the SFP Portal
Uploading and Submitting Documents in the SFP Portal
From the My Financial Aid home page, click the Documents tab at the top to submit a document. Only the owner can upload the requested document. If a parent or a guest is the owner, they will be able to complete the tasks once they are granted access.
On the Documents page, any Documents requiring attention will be listed, and a Submit Document button will appear next to each. All requested documents will be listed under Documents Requiring Attention.
Previously submitted documents will appear in the Document History at the bottom of the page. If a previously submitted document needs to be edited or resubmitted, click the Update Document button and follow the steps to re-upload.
Important Note: If the Owner and Award Year fields are grayed out, then the first step will be to CHOOSE A FILE.
Step 1
Log into SFP using the school’s Student Financial Planning tile.
Step 2
Select the items on the home page that indicate Pending
- In this instance it is to submit required documentation
- The student could also select “Documents” in the header section as it is the notification icon next to it
Step 3
Review the required documents. From here the student can select the icon under “submit document” and they can also select “upload a non-requested document” if there is additional information they need to provide to their institution.
Step 4
The student can select to upload a document.
- If completing a first submission, select “Choose a file”.
- If resubmitting a document they can select to replace a document or add an additional file.
Step 5
Once the student uploads a file, they’ll see the name of the document listed in addition to a preview of the document that they uploaded. If there is metadata entry required for their document, they can also complete those fields upon upload.
Step 6
Once the student has uploaded documents and completed all required metadata fields, they can enter any relevant comments and select upload.