Strategies for helping recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) benefits to pursue postsecondary education are considered, based on a review of activities in Massachusetts and supplemented by findings about 11 other states and the District of Columbia. College financial aid officers, state aid agencies, and Educational Opportunity Centers were contacted, including resource people in states where either county or state offices administer AFDC. Also included were states that operate Work Incentive Demonstration Programs and/or "workfare" programs as part of AFDC. The strategies are grouped into the following categories: developing effective communication with agencies administering AFDC programs; assisting AFDC recipients in negotiating job search, work, and other AFDC requirements that can conflict with enrollment in postsecondary education; influencing the way student financial aid is treated in the calculation of income and resources by AFDC agencies; assisting AFDC recipients in securing child care; helping AFDC recipients understand the complexities of student financial aid and AFDC programs, including their rights and responsibilities as recipients; and staying abreast of regulations and administrative procedures in AFDC that may affect the way recipients enrolled in postsecondary are treated. (SW)