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Protesters march for student loan forgiveness in Washington, D.C., in 2023. | Credit: Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images
A national program called Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) is meant to help federal workers forgive their student debt after a decade of government service. But staffing shortages and other operational problems have left many of these workers behind.
‘Stuck and unsure’
PSLF, established in 2007, eliminates the “federal student debt of government and nonprofit workers after 10 years, or 120 qualifying monthly payments,” said CNBC. The program was largely successful in the past: About 1.2 million people had their student…