On Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at 6 pm ET, the Student Borrower Protection Center (SBPC) held a webinar highlighting updates to the PSLF program, guidance on how to navigate the new process, and an opportunity to ask questions about accessing debt relief.
The prior fall, the Department of Education announced an overhaul of the PSLF program designed to allow millions of public service workers who have been struggling under the weight of student loan debt a path to relief. In short, borrowers who were previously ineligible because they had the wrong loan, were making payments on the wrong payment plan, or were knocked off track due to processing errors could now receive credit toward forgiveness for those years worked in public service. Since then more changes have been made.