FAFSA dependency status?
August 192009
My family has a 17 yr old girl living with us that had previously been at the mission for women/children in town. Prior to the mission she had been kicked out of her father’s home and her mother is deceased. She is filling out her FAFSA and should be independent status from what I can tell, as her father hasn’t provided support for the last 7 months and will not for the remainder of her senior high school year as well as nothing for college. We provide room/board. She is currently on the Oregon Health Plan for medical and dental coverage. We have no legal rights over her at all. What is the best way to help this young lady in securing the most money for college?? She will turn 18 at the end of December. Thanks!
She is not considered indepentent until she’s 24 years old or married or a couple of other things. It doesnt matter that she doesn’t live with her dad or that he kicked her out. She still needs his income info for the fafsa… Until she’s 24. The best thing you can do for her is to let him know this to insure she can get federal assistance to go to college without his help.
August 19th, 2009 at 9:20 pm
The best way is to seek help from the school financial aid office of the school that she wishes to attend. They can help her the most. Be thuthful in the answers she gives. She can get funding until she is age 23 as long as she doesn’t get married or buy a house. Once that happens it will get harder to get funding. Of course she may still need to get school loans to make up for what she doesn’t get in grants. But the best people to talk to are in the financial aid office.
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August 19th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
She is not considered indepentent until she’s 24 years old or married or a couple of other things. It doesnt matter that she doesn’t live with her dad or that he kicked her out. She still needs his income info for the fafsa… Until she’s 24. The best thing you can do for her is to let him know this to insure she can get federal assistance to go to college without his help.
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