What is the Rehabilitation payment program?
Rehabilitation payment program is the process by which a federal agency or a third-party given authority by a Federal agency, assess the borrower’s financial situation to allow a payment arrangement. Through this process at the Dept. of Ed and the agency’s discretion, the debtors will be allowed to repay their student loans through installment arrangements (payments). Only after the necessary documents have been obtained by Dept. of ED and the 3rd party agency the borrowers can complete the number of consistent payments required in order to successfully rehabilitate.
What is the purpose of the Rehabilitation payment program?
Student loan rehabilitation is a repayment program offered to borrowers with student loans in a default status. The purpose of the Rehabilitation payment program is to offer a solution for those who can not pay the entire balance of the loan (or a lump sum pay-off). The program is designed to get the loan back into good-standings with the Department of Education and to restore the status of the loan back to the status it was in, prior to defaulting. Before a payment option is offered the holder of the defaulted student loan(s) must provide a reason for not being able to satisfy the entire balance of the loan. Upon contact, if they determine that the borrower is in fact experiencing financial hardship, a borrower is allowed to make the payment arrangement. A borrower agreeing to the payments must complete a number of required monthly payments to show the consistency of their payments. By fulfilling the requirements of the arrangement a borrower may benefit from the program. By starting this program and by making the initial payment the individual will no longer qualify for the Federal wage garnishment.
Upon a successful completion of the rehabilitation payment program a borrower’s student loan will not only be brought to a current status, but will also repair their credit. This program provides an opportunity to completely remove the negative rating that relates to a borrower’s defaulted student loan, as if it never went into default.
Benefits to completing the program may include:
* Your loan(s) will no longer be considered to be in a default status.
* The default status reported by the loan holder to the national credit bureaus will be deleted.
* The borrower may become eligible for the same benefits that were available on the loans before the loans defaulted. This may include deferment, forbearance, and Title IV eligibility (to restore your eligibility to receive additional Title IV federal financial aid). **See section below**
* Wage garnishment ends and the Internal Revenue Service no longer withholds your income tax refund.
What is the Rehabilitation payment program?
Rehabilitation payment program is the process by which a federal agency or a third-party given authority by a Federal agency, assess the borrower’s financial situation to allow a payment arrangement. Through this process at the Dept. of Ed and the agency’s discretion, the debtors will be allowed to repay their student loans through installment arrangements (payments). Only after the necessary documents have been obtained by Dept. of ED and the 3rd party agency the borrowers can complete the number of consistent payments required in order to successfully rehabilitate.