All first year students will receive a refund after 8/15 from their AmeriCorps awards.
Year Two students should apply their AmeriCorps award to the 2018-2019 year to receive a refund quicker.
CHECK YOUR BALANCE
- On the menu bar on the left, select "My Education Award"
- If your award is ready, you will see the award and amount listed in your Account
MAKE A PAYMENT REQUEST
- On the menu bar on the left, select "My Education Award"
- Under the payment type, select “Education”
- Enter the amount you wish to send to Relay. Please note: any remaining funds you wish to release after your deferred tuition has been covered must be in the form of a new submission.
- Select the year and term that you are trying to pay for. If you received an AmeriCorps award in 2019, it can be applied toward the 2018-2019 academic school year.
- Select the “Search for Institutions” link and enter “Relay” as the institution name. We are based in New York, so this is the only option that should appear. Select “Relay Graduate School of ”
- Complete any remaining confirmations and submit your request.
- Within 4‐5 business days of submitting your payment request, your student statement will be updated with a line item titled, “AmeriCorps Receipt”
- If you notice an incorrect amount on your statement or if your statement has not been updated after 1 week from releasing your award, please reach out to us at support@relay.edu.
- If you are requesting a reimbursement with your AmeriCorps funds, please make sure to also fill out this sheet here.
(if you are a first-time AmeriCorps award recipient)
REGISTER FOR AN ACCOUNT
- Go to http://my.americorps.gov.
- Select the “Register to create a new Member/Alum account” link found below the login
- Enter your information and make sure to use a valid e‐mail address. A confirmation e‐mail will be sent to the e‐mail account that you
- When you receive this e‐mail, open it and click on the link within to create a username/password.
- After you’ve created the username and password, the website should automatically sign you in