70% completion rate
Cohort completion computed from verified enrollment and attendance records — no estimates, no self-reported data.
The most rigorous Workforce Pell eligibility pack a community college can submit.
PellReady assembles a documentation-complete Program Eligibility Dossier — every statutory element, every required outcome computation, the value-test model, the state application, and the ED E-App updates — checked against the letter of the final rule (FR 2026-10013) before a former financial-aid director releases it.
Every subsection of FR 2026-1001370% completion & placement thresholds, gate-checkedState wage-data · ED E-App · value-test modelingFormer FA director release on every dossier5-business-day SLA
Why dossiers fail
A single missing outcome can block the entire program.
A community college's Workforce Pell eligibility is only as strong as the evidence behind it. Miss the 70% completion rate, fail to prove job placement within 180 days, skip the earnings-vs-tuition value test, or mis-time the state approval process — and the program can be rejected, delayed, or expose the institution to audit liability.
Most workforce divisions run noncredit programs that live outside the student-information and financial-aid systems. The completion, placement, and wage evidence the applications demand does not exist in reportable form. At least a quarter of states have no wage-outcome data pipeline at all.
PellReady exists to close that gap with a single, exhaustive standard applied identically to every file.
1 of 5
missing outcome elements is enough to block approval
The benchmark
Measured against the letter of the final rule — subsection by subsection.
We do not summarize the law and hope. Every dossier is scored against a versioned rule pack tied to the exact text of FR 2026-10013. These are the provisions each pack is held to.
70% job-placement rate
Placement within 180 days of program completion, corroborated by state wage records or employer verification.
Earnings-vs-tuition value test
Median earnings of completers must exceed total tuition and fees by at least 1.5x, modeled deterministically.
One-year operating history
Program must have been offered for at least one year prior to application, evidenced by catalog and enrollment records.
State governor approval
State application prepared and submitted per governor's process, with evidence of submission and approval.
ED E-App & ECAR updates
Electronic Application and Eligibility Certification Addendum updated with program details and outcome attestations.
How a dossier is built
Intake to specialist release, with deterministic gates the AI cannot overrule.
AI extracts and drafts. Deterministic rules — running as code, outside the model — decide what is complete. A former financial-aid director signs every release. That order is never reversed.
01
Program Gap Scan
Upload program catalog, enrollment data, and placement records. We return a free completeness read: which statutory elements and evidence you already have, and which are missing.
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Evidence & data reconciliation
As your authorized clerical agent, we collect completion, placement, and wage data from your systems and state sources, and build the outcome evidence file.
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Grounded drafting
The eligibility dossier is drafted from your validated data and the FR 2026-10013 rule pack into field-locked templates — no legal opinions, no invented facts.
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Deterministic completeness gates
Completion and placement rates reconcile to source data; value test is computed; state application is checked for completeness; any failure blocks release.
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Specialist release
A former financial-aid director reviews the exception queue and signs the release. High-value or complex programs route to attorney review first.
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Delivery
You receive the dossier: outcome evidence file, value-test model, state application, ED E-App updates, and compliance calendar — ready for the institution to certify and submit.
The bar we hold
Rigor you can measure.
100%
Specialist-released
No dossier ships without a human signature.
5 days
Standard SLA
From complete intake to released dossier.
<1%
Critical-defect target
Tracked against a gold-standard dossier library.
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Data sources reconciled
Enrollment · placement · wage records · state application, every applicable file.
Why PellReady
Built to be the most thorough option a community college has.
Documentation-complete, by design
The deliverable is completeness itself — every statutory element and evidence item accounted for or explicitly exception-coded. Nothing is left implicit.
Deterministic, not vibes
The gates that decide completeness are code, not a model's opinion. A drafting error cannot slip past a statutory requirement.
In its lane, on purpose
We prepare documentation and run data reconciliation as your clerical agent. We never contact students, give legal advice, or certify outcomes.
Engagement
Flat fee, per released dossier. No contingency, ever.
Simple, predictable, and aligned with a documentation standard — not a cut of any grant.
- A free Program Gap Scan before you commit — see exactly what is missing.
- One flat fee per released Program Eligibility Dossier ($3,500–$7,500); disclosed pass-through data fees.
- Optional fixed-fee attorney review for complex or high-value programs.
- Optional Compliance Subscription for ongoing recertification and R2T4 administration ($2,500–$6,000/program/yr).
FAQ
Questions, answered precisely.
Is PellReady a law firm?
No. PellReady, a service of Your Deputy, Obuke LLC, provides documentation-completeness services. It is not a law firm, does not provide legal advice, and does not represent you in any legal matter. Attorney review is available and recommended for complex or high-value programs.
Do you contact students or certify outcomes?
Never. PellReady is not a certifying official and does not contact students or employers. The institution remains the certifying entity and the party responsible for all submissions.
What makes a dossier 'complete'?
Completeness is defined by the final rule: the 70% completion and placement rates, earnings-vs-tuition value test, one-year operating history, state approval, and ED E-App updates — all present and verified. Deterministic gates enforce each one before release.
How fast is it?
The standard SLA is five business days from complete intake to a specialist-released dossier. The free Gap Scan is returned much sooner and tells you exactly what is still needed.
How are you priced?
A flat fee per released dossier ($3,500–$7,500), plus disclosed pass-through data costs. No contingency and no percentage of any grant or enrollment revenue.
See what's missing before it costs you a program.
Start with a free Program Gap Scan. Send your program catalog and outcome data and we'll return a completeness read against every subsection of FR 2026-10013.
Documentation-completeness service · not legal advice · the institution certifies every submission.