The U.S. Treasury and Education departments launched the Defaulted Loans Support Center, an online StudentAid.gov portal for federal student-loan borrowers in default. The center allows borrowers to compare options for exiting default, apply for rehabilitation or consolidation, make payments and review repayment and loan-discharge options. About 9.3 million federal student-loan borrowers were in default as of June 30, up from around 6.2 million in 2016, while the delinquency rate for balances at least 90 days overdue rose to 10.3% at the end of the first quarter of 2026. The portal replaces decades-old mail and fax procedures and is an early result of the Treasury-ED Federal Student Assistance Partnership. The agencies said approved rehabilitation applications rose 69% and consolidations out of default increased 95% after a technical issue was corrected.