What’s Changed for the 2024-25 FAFSA® Form?
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- The FAFSA® experience is changing, so make sure you’re in the know.
Some of the biggest changes to the online FAFSA form for 2024-25 are the ability to access the status of your FAFSA form in your StudentAid.gov account and the ability to have your FAFSA information sent to up to 20 colleges, career schools, or trade schools.
There’s also a new term-contributor-being introduced on the 2024-25 FAFSA form. We'll go into more detail on what that means in our “Who is a Contributor on the 2024-25 FAFSA® Form” video (available later in September). A contributor is anyone required to provide a signature on a student’s FAFSA form as well as consent and approval to have their federal tax information transferred directly into the FAFSA form. Contributors may include the student, their spouse, a biological or adoptive parent, or a stepparent. Each contributor must have their own StudentAid.gov account to access the online FAFSA form.
The 2024-25 FAFSA form is available for students attending college between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025. When you submit your completed FAFSA form, you’ll get an email confirming that we received your form with preliminary information related to your eligibility for federal student aid. We’ll provide your FAFSA eligibility information to your school(s) and state in the first half of March. More information: StudentAid.gov/announcements-...
Pro tip: We strongly recommend that students start and complete their section of the 2024-25 FAFSA form first to save time and prevent errors. For more tips on completing the form head to StudentAid.gov/announcements-...
Watch the full playlist: • 2024-25 FAFSA FAQs
Learn more about the FAFSA process at StudentAid.gov
This is awful. This is going to make my life ten times harder. Thanks for making my life ten times harder.
Absolutely horrid that multiple siblings in college will no longer be considered in giving out aid. Of COURSE my family has a high income bc there’s SEVEN of us and three in college! This country is a disaster, shame on the DOE
It's so the USA could fund less to students. You already see them paying millions to other countries and now they need to find a way to get it back
I totally agree! When you have more than one child in college, you have less money for each of them. Thus, the importance of federal assistance. The democratic belief in educating tomorrow’s leaders is going out the window if families cannot afford to educate tomorrow’s leaders. Very disappointing and counterintuitive new rule!!
In regards to having multiple children (or parents) in college, you should definitely request a Professional Judgement from your school's Financial Aid Office to have the cost of the other students' college costs taken into account on your FAFSA. It's not the exact same as reporting the number in college on the FAFSA but what they do is actually way more accurate and helpful because they can take those costs out of the Adjusted Gross Income reported on the FAFSA. And it's the exact costs, not just an estimate like it was when you reported the number in college previously. So especially if any of you are attending a higher cost institution, this can be super helpful and way more accurately reflect your family's ability to pay. Seriously just ask your school about a Professional Judgement! You'll have to provide proof that those other costs exist obviously, just the other students' student accounts but it sounds like it would be so worth it for your family.
Don't blame the DOE (actually, you mean ED, since DOE means Department of Energy.) ED is only following the Consolidated Appropriations Act (2021), passed by Congress on December 21, 2020 and signed into law on December 27, 2020. You can, however blame ED for the lateness and the missteps in starting up. Still, this overhaul is a massive project.
go back home
Great, just great, let’s make students with absent parents have more difficulties to have AID for school
Right? Does this still apply if I'm 37 y.o. lol
I am curious to know too.
. @ericayoung8891
Hello, Erica, Since you are over the age of 24, you would (more than likely) be considered an "independent" student for FAFSA purposes. Your parents would not be considered contributors for the FAFSA, and would not have to provide any information. The only exception would be if your parents can claim you as a dependent on their taxes, based on IRS regulation. This is what they meant by the contributors will be determined by your dependency status.
Federal aid is tied to federal regulation. It is written into law because it comes from tax payer dollars. They have to speak in broad strokes. So, not every person listed in the video as a "contributor" will be one for every student. Each family situation is unique. The dependency questions help students identify who would be considered a "contributor" based on the answers to those questions.
Keep in mind that the famous financial aid answer is "it depends". The truth is, it really does depend. The application will ask those questions that guide you to which scenario best applies for you.
Hang in there, all! Change is difficult. We are all in this together.
time to forge some signatures!! :) **FOR LEGAL REASONS I AM JOKING**
@@roxannetulloch3599 لم افهم ماهو تغير الذي طرأ بضبط
The worst year to apply for FAFSA
This is not helping for students. It’s hard for us.
Let’s make it even harder for students to fill out this archaic form! Now their parents or spouses need a whole account to do nothing to truly contribute!
This is absolutely going to be a problem for students who have an absent parent. One crappy parent? No aid that YOU ARE ENTITLED TO….
And the models have no eyes. Which is horrifying. Thanks I hate it.
The contributer accounts are not to help the student. They are to gather information and track the contributers. Colleges require FAFSA from all students, even those who aren't elligible for government aid. This is how the governent collects info on an entire generation and now their parents and extended familes. It has nothing to do with academics and everything to do with agendas.
It's not as complicated as it sounds even. I agree that for students with completely absent parent this is going to suck. Likely those students have cause to request a Dependency Override though. However, it is only parent(s)/ parent & stepparent that are completing the FAFSA and file federal taxes as Married-Filing Separately that both parent contributors will need to have the FSA log in info set up. Otherwise it's the same as it already was. At least one parent will need to have a log in
I think it will create more work for the financial aid offices on campus because many students will be requesting an appeal.
😂😂😂😂
The people with no eyes is incredibly creepy and unsettling.
More barriers to getting funding and increased restrictions on who can apply. Definitely not making it easier. This is terrible, not an improvement as advertised!
Where did they increase restrictions on who could apply? All this is doing is looking at all immediate family members to see if they're making enough money that they could reasonably expected to contribute. That's how it should be. Federal aid is for those who need it, not extra breaks for the wealthy.
@@Quirkyhndl As many commenters have said, these changes make it very difficult for students with absent parents (who are often NOT from wealthy demographics) to file the FAFSA. Often, the homeless/independent requirements exclude many students whose parents don't really contribute to them financially, so even if the students are not receiving aid or support from their parent(s), they have to include them on the form. This was a problem before as well, but now it's compounded by the fact that the student needs more direct involvement from their "contributors" than they did in the past. This will almost certainly have a more negative impact on low-income families than wealthy ones.
I am a non traditional 25 year old full time student with no income. My "expected family contribution": 15000 USD. 🤡I have not seen my family in 7 years.
You would be considered an "independent" student due to your age (24 or over), so your parent(s) financial information would not factor into your "expected family contribution."
Yes, but for all those years prior, it was hell.@@beth00any00
Thankfully, my college was able to find workarounds for my parents’ refusal to help with the FAFSA - it was a lot of hoops to jump through, but I expect other (certain) colleges might also have a process for these things.
Mine's "contribution" is $41,000. In reality they will only be paying for my meal plan if that. I feel your pain.
You are an independent student with NO income at all? You are then determined to be not required to file taxes and therefor assigned a -1500 Student Aid Index. Eligible for the FULL Pell Grant award. Please do not spread misinformation like this.
It’s sad that We call other countries third world countries, while they offer free education to all! Meanwhile here, we are making it more harder for students, and we ask : why some students they don’t finish their education or drop off high school???!!! How ironic:(
Sad reality….
Its really not t hat hard to fill a fafsa tho. Just time consuming
It is not about the time it is going to take to fill out forms. It is about the AID that they are currently giving to the AID for these upcoming year. Things are going to change for parents that have more than one student in college in the same year that would be me 2024-2025 that we are going to get less AID. @@funkymonkey7202
parent of twins here. We will be MUCH worse off next year
Losing so much aid including ineligibility for a massive study abroad grant by a few thousand even though no income has increased just they are ignoring the fact you are paying for multiples
Ask your students" financial aid office(s) for a Professional Judgement to account for multiple family members in college
@lizziehope1729 also parent of twins and applying this Dec - have not fully reviewed this but what happened? As I understood it last year (I have an older daughter in college now) there would no longer be an opportunity for multiples in college at same time?
@@robertcarr2645 again, contact your twins' school(s). They should have a process to collect information on a 2nd in college, .
As the parent, I already have had to download my tax returns from the IRS into the form, and so have my students. They are my dependents and cannot fill it out as independent. That is not new. What is new is being penalized for having more than one student in college at the same time. This isn't "easier" it's less helpful.
If you have more than one student going to college in your family, you can request a Professional Judgement to have the tuition and fees due for that other student taken into account on the FAFSA. It's not the exact same and having a place to report number in college but it's how the Department of Education is working around the requirements set forth by the FAFSA Simplification Act from Congress. You have always been able to do a Professional Judgement to account for a parent in college for example, even though the FAFSA says not to include the parents in the number in college.
i f****** hate this so much. thanks for making things even more difficult for all of us. i had horribly abusive, absentee, unhelpful, and neglectful parents and i finally managed to get away from them. finally reached an age where i can get aid and take out loans on my own. thank god. i can't imagine how much more difficult this'll make things for others who were in a similar position to the one i was in.
UNIVERSAL EDUCATION, NOW.
Agreed, was in the same situation, couldn't rely on my folks and now this will make aid even more inaccessible for students.
However, let’s wait until we see the form. I read online that there MIGHT be an easier process for students with neglectful parents to be granted exceptions.
Yes, no problem for traditional families but if your you have an absent parent or parent who refuses to share their income or tax records because they are selfish and secretive you are screwed. Just another way to keep us from getting a better life.
I agree!
In situations of abuse, neglect, or abandonment from a parent/parents, you should request that your Financial Aid office do a Dependency Override. You answer a few questions/write a letter about your circumstances to submit to the office and if/when approved, you're an Independent Student who is not required to have parental information on the FAFSA regardless of your age.
Thanks for making my brother's life harder in college. Much appreciated. All we need is a parent signature and you made it a hundred times more difficult for us to do it
So you made it harder not easier nor better. The online never accepts my sign in, my federal tax information for my kids. We end up at the school with everything. Leave it to the government to make things more difficult. 😡🤬
Just fantastic, a great way to keep motivating me to drop out just because they made it harder to get financial help, smh
Um what about the people whose parents arent financially able to help with school/just arent going to provide aid? What about the students who are on their own??
They count their income anyway.
@@ryanbendinsky5233 what if we have no income
im sorry but what??? they have now made it 10x harder for people to get money. and they knew what they were doing with this. it should not be up to ANY parent or stepparent to decide what is okay and what isn’t. especially since there are many with emotionally abusive caretakers.
This is how they weeded out the middle class, plain and simple
The fafsa has been this way for years
What changed
OK. December is ending... Where is the form???
More disadvantages. Making it even harder for students. Besides. The old fafsa application had the IRS tool. The new one doesn’t seem to have it. To me , that form and guidelines have gotten worse. They just came up with a way not to pay out as much.
So you’re just making it harder to get aid. Got it.
Gotta say, this year's form was actually way easier for me and I completed it in like 10 minutes 💀💀 the thing tho, it for some reason considered me an independent student (I assume because I'm going to start my master's next year?) so it just needed my information, leading to it becoming very easy. I wish the best for the rest of y'all who will still need y'all's parents' info (especially with undocumented parents)🙏🙏. I'm here to try to help if any of y'all need it!!
This Doesn't Help Me Or Many Out Here Who Cannot Pay For School Its Very Hard And You Just Made It Extremely Difficult 💀
The middle class gets screwed over as always 🤦🏻♂️
School Counselor, not Guidance Counselor, check out difference in the American School Counselor Association...
The federal government using inaccurate terminology ...smh
Nope we call it guidance counselor here in FL
@@SabreenMutawally We also call it guidance counselor in IL. Seems like its a regional difference
@@Maday65 that is interesting. Thank you for letting me know.
@@JANTH that is interesting. Thank you for letting me know.
Maybe I should give up
Please do not give up. Hang in there with your goals.
Why? That certainly isn't going to make any difference to the people who changed the FAFSA. Don't give up... make your voice heard instead.
this is all terrible, not to mention the god awful loading times for webpages
Brookings estimated that almost 900,000 students with one sibling in college will maintain eligibility for financial aid under the new formula. Those students stand to lose almost $3,000 each in institutional grant aid, totaling $2.5 billion. Another 157,000 will lose all eligibility, which could have provided up to $7,900 each in aid, totaling $1.2 billion, Brookings said.
“Students with siblings in college will ... stand to lose thousands of dollars in financial aid,” Brooking said. Students already in college “will be shocked by the large increase in their net price.”
So are the sibling privileges (getting more aid for having a sibling) be taken away? Or will the total aid in general be taken away if you have a sibling? Like before, if you had a sibling, you would get more financial aid, so now if students have a sibling would they have less financial aid or the same amount of financial aid as a student with no siblings?
If you are a family with more than one person attending college, then you can request a Professional Judgement from your school's Financial Aid Office to have the amount paid on the other student's schooling taken into account (taken out of the Adjusted Gross Income reported on the FAFSA). You'll need to provide the other student's name, school they're attending, relationship to the student, and their student account at the other school (so they know what amount to account for)
How am I supposed to transfer my and my husband’s tax information into the account?
So It's December 31st
LET ME AND OTHERS ACCESS THE FORM????
Does this delay in access to the form also mean that institutions deadlines will be adjusted?
Exactly! Especially state universities! But No, the want that $$
The delay is pissing us off. Once they realized they weren't going to get it finalized by Dec 1, they should have postponed it till next year. How many problems are going to come up when tens of thousands of families are trying to process and submit applications? And how are the schools going to handle a larger number of later applications? Of course, wealthy families get to bypass the BS and do early decision.
@@missd369 When dose the FASA form start now?
@@loiwizy3599 i think it opens the 30th of this month, but if you figure out the date, come back to this comment
@@thatsme6998its currently open:
Jan 6 - 12:30-6pm ET (today)
Jan 7 - 11:30-5pm ET
Jan 8 - Available at 8am ET
according to the FSA Facebook account
Thanks for makin it harder for us to go to school cuz our parents fckd up😭
I wonder why the lady has no eyes??? Who created this?
okay, I get the artist was going for neutral/abstract aesthetic, but I can't get over the whole "no eyes" thing.
I believe the artist intends for the audience to focus on the message, rather than the characters. However, by omitting the eyes, it inadvertently draws attention to this aspect, leading viewers to concentrate on the missing eyes instead of the intended content.
FYI there are students that go to school without their parents , or spouse support. This is a way for giving them power and less agency to the student which is the one the department of education should care about ! Student Success should be the main point and top priority smh .
You all said you would process the 24-25 FAFSA by the first half of March, I’m still waiting for mines to be processed!
what about if you have a legal guardian that provides no financial support at all and your only parent is disabled and provides all the financial support, but cannot pay for college. Do I have to get emancipated from my legal guardian?
No you do not have to get emancipated. Just like with the "old" FAFSA, you provide your parent's information. The formula determines your eligibility for federal aid. The big question is this - will your total financial aid from federal/state/school/other resources cover all your costs. If not, you will need to reconsider your plans. Not ideal, but can you live at home, saving you much of the cost; or can you start at a community college, again saving money. You need to talk with a financial aid person to weigh your options - do this AFTER you get financial aid offers from the schools that accept you for admission.
i have absent parents. this is a nightmare
Do both parents have to fill FAFSA separately even though status marries and file joint tax?
No if the parents (including stepparents!) reported on the FAFSA are married and file their taxes jointly, then only one parent is required to have an FSA ID to complete the FAFSA and provide the required consent for the taxes to be pulled into the FAFSA, and sign it. Only if the married parents/stepparents file their taxes separately will they need to both become Contributors for the FAFSA as they will both need to provide the consent needed to get both of their tax information.
my husband is deployed until late march and won’t have any way to make an account. is there any way around this? I got all his information I needed before he left for FAFSA not expecting him to have to literally make the account himself…. do I have to wait late to do it? cause that sucks since I wanted it done as early as possible
A married couple only needs 1 account to share. 1 spouse makes an account, the form asks for the information for the other spouse.
@AmyLeder @@kimbrooks3419 If you file taxes Married - Filing Jointly only one of you will need the account to be a Contributor. If you file taxes Separately though unfortunately he would need to have his own account. I'd definitely suggest talking to the school your student is planning on attending! They can help with this sort of thing.
The dislikes on this video surely outweigh the likes. Too bad we can't see them.
did the consent form for the IRS appear for anyone will filling the fasfa? It didn't appear for me, and I don't know what to do.
the same thing is happening to me, did you end up figuring out what to do?
yeah with the new upgrades, I think they will just access it somehow.@@mytoegunk
1:42 this is said but my mom is trying to make an account but the site is forcing her to put in a SSN, what do I do now?
WHERE IS THE STUDENT AID REPORT FOR 2024-2025. PLS TELL ME BC I CANNOT FIND IT.
HATE this!!! It's so confusing and I can't get my parent's information to work. I'm so glad it's not just me who thinks this is awful
My fafsa is under review, how and when can i send the information to more schools
Why didn't they give her eyes!
Again when the Federal Government gets involved everything goes to crap! Why do I as a parent have to take a loan out for my child to go to college? Oh and the website is not user friendly as you all know by now. SMH
We are school counselors. Can you please update this video?
New videos now say "college counselor."
@@FederalStudentAid Thank you for this helpful video! Please note that the term "college counselor" is also incorrect. Not all "college counselors" are school counselors and not all school counselors are "college counselors". Please understand that the change to "school counselor" was initiated by the American School Counselors Association to better reflect the broader role that has developed as the scope of our duties has evolved. The term "guidance counselor" is too narrow and implies a narrow role in which we only provide vocational advice. Thank you for considering updating your future videos to the correct term... "school counselor"!
Anyone else finding it impossible to enter parent information? And yes, loss of the twin discount is insane.
I guess so...but the design and writing was mad solid in the vid tho
Guys, you dont have to add step parents them unless you are a DEPENDENT AND YOUR STEP PARENT IS MARRIED TO YOUR BLOOD PARENT!!!! IF YOU ARE AN INDEPENDENT THEN YOU DO NOT NEED TO ADD ANYONE BUT YOURSELF!!!!!!!!!
ALSO, YOU ONLY NEED TO ADD A SPOUSE IF YOU ARE MARRIED (DUH) and thats always been a thing!!!!! If you ever sign up for cal fresh, unemployment, anything, you always need to add your spouses income since i mean yall are married. THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A THING!!!
Plus and lets not forget the IRS getting all of our information.
So.... if Im not claim on my stepdads taxes while my mom is a dependant and a stay at home mom with no income I just wont get anything? Thats what im getting from this. I'm confused.
It does not matter whose taxes you are claimed on, if any. What matters is who is paying for 50% or more of your expenses? It sounds to me that it is likely your mother and her spouse, your stepdad. So you will use your mother and stepdad's information on the FAFSA.
As of day one in 2024, what has changed is that the form is inaccessible. Soviet level efficiency.
Ty
I'm guardian of my grand daughter and haven't received any aid or help supporting her for the time she's been with us. Not being her parent how will this effect her and should we act as her contributor or should I call the financial aid office at the school she will be attending for information since this question isn't addressed in anything that I've seen.
“I believe the rules have changed, allowing you, as someone she lives with and receives support from, to be considered a contributor. Previously, only parents and legal guardians were recognized in this role. This shift might be beneficial, but only time will tell.”
It is worth looking into her going to the courthouse and getting emancipated as a legal adult. You wouldn't be able to file her on your taxes but it would help her with FAFSA.
I am a legal guardian of a child. She marked the box saying she does not live with her parents and is in guardianship, it automatically told her she was an "independent student". I am told the schools will ask for documentation after they receive her information. Any other specifics would be addressed by the schools she has applied to.
@@kimbrooks3419yes this is true. Because of the Legal Guardianship, the student is and Independent Student and no additional contributors will be required. You will likely need to submit the court documentation for the Legal Guardianship. Federal Student Aid eligibility (like for the Pell Grant and Loans) will be determined solely based on the student's income, if they have any. If it's $0, that's fine! Expect full Pell Grant eligibility! 😊
If it is considered a Legal Guardianship then she will just answer that question accordingly and will be Independent. If it's not a formally recognized legal guardianship by the courts, she will want to submit her FAFSA as a Provisionally Independent Student and then ask her school's Financial Aid Office about a Dependency Override. This is the option for those students who fall into the category of technically not being able to answer "yes" to any of the questions that determine dependency status but have unusual circumstances that lead them to not be able to provide parental info for one reason or another.
It's getting harder instead easier :(
What the hell is this? And if I won't have a "contributor"???
My eyes! My eyes! Omg What's up with the eyeless people???🙄
Glad to see the overall conclusion in the comments: This is awful and does not help anyone
Not a single bit of this seems to benefit the student and their family.
How the hell does the parent enter their information???
Great question? With no results.
Which fucking fed made up this law? Press x to doubt it was a law maker.
But, Joe just let everyone off the hook that had student loans. What sense does this new rule or law as you put it make it is hypocritical and does make a new list of tax payers (contributors) that will be on the hook for future defaults as soon as they amendment the language in this existing rule. (law)
If your under 24, Not in contact with your parents, Apply for Dependecy overide.
And why the heck should a step parent me a contributor??????? Full of crap
What if I don't have any contributors. I'm not married and all of my family are dead. This doesn't make any sense.
then you fill out a fafsa just for yourself...
@@bethyandd As of yesterday that isn't an option. All FAFSA applicants now require two "contributors"; which is limited to family members. So us orphans are left out.
that's incorrect.
@@brandonmejia3393 Evidence?
@@Anon0nlineif you are an orphan, you are an Independent Student who is not required to put parental information on the FAFSA for obvious reasons. Only Dependent Students are required to have a Contributor and it definitely can just be one Contributor for example if the parent that supports your 50% or more is not married/remarried.
As another commentor here said, "Just go to the courts and get emancipated as an adult. Problem solved!" It is worth a try, worth looking into.
This is illegal, do not do it. Not worth it in the slightest. Prison and large fines in your future if you're caught. Also, it is typically actually very difficult to become an emancipated minor. Very specific circumstances must be present, proven in a court of law, and approved by a judge.
this is horrific
Thank you, USA. God bless USA.I am an immigrant I qualify for FAFSA. I am about to earn my degree in 2025 through FASFA coverage without paying anything from my pocket.As a first-generation low-income family I could not attend college and earn my degree with out FAFSA aid. FAFSA aid program is really helpful. Thank you again.
Everyone "qualifies for FAFSA" it's just whether you qualify for Pell Grants, scholarships, subsidized or unsubsidized loans - hopefully you learn something in college that can benefit the country.
I love it! The person has no eyes because duh they are living in a delusional world where they can pretend like they didnt just fuck over all the students who are on their own. Don't know what this wonderful world is coming to but this is definitely going to take a toll on so many shake my head this is just horrible.
gurl what the fawk
Time to look for another student in the same crappy situation sign a prenup and get married . 😑
I am from the Philippines .A teacher with small income.I want help Adventist poor student here in the Philippines if you can extend an aid to them .Specially to the one who wants to enroll in theology.
Why is this video pisses me off so much
I just love the government, so nice!
You screwed up farmers kids, and parents that are self employed with a small business
School COUNSELOR, not Guidance COUNSELOR
These changes were necessary but understandably unpopular. The government can't replace the parents responsibility to help their childern. We are headed that way but not just yet.
These changes are not necessary. Changes are necessary but THESE changes are not good. And a parent's responsibility to help their children? If the government wants an educated population, they should make it easier, not harder and helping is not a responsibility.
When a student turns 18, they are an adult and can make their own decisions; why are the parents expected to contribute if the student is a legal adult? (playing devil's advocate here).
Not necessary if money was properly managed and prioritized in this country as well as within the universities. All we have to do is look to world neighbors and see higher education at an affordable price is an option.
I want to thank all the companies out there "scholarshipping" their workers through higher education: Walmart, McDonalds, Star Bucks, Dutch Bros as well as the others that are willingly working around college schedules to higher students such as FedEx, Amazon. I am sure there are many others. Please continue to support them with patronage as they have the right idea if we don't want to become a country with cyclic poverty and only the upper class becoming the highly educated: recipe to a revolution ...see history.
It’s not about children or someone’s responsibility. As a functioning society we need professionals.
This form is fucking broken
I stopped going to college because fafsa y'all act like Karen's this I don't live with my parents since I'm 18 and I need them??????? Certifications are better that college thanks for wasting my time in college
I've read your comment three times, and I still don't understand what you were trying to say.
Just get emancipated.
thanks Biden democrats
This was part of a bipartisan bill signed by President Trump. So, you should be thanking Democrats AND Republicans in Congress and President Trump.
I- girl, you think the democrats did this?? Party doesn't matter, follow the money.
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So, illegal immigrants just get handed money no questions asked, but I need my wife's permission to apply for a loan to work towards my MA?
That's what I'm hearing is a possibility. This doesn't seem good.
my guy has never heard of permanent residents
Illegal immigrants aren't handed money, the government hates them just as much as this is ridiculous bullshit
This is absolutely madness!
not sure how you arrived at that but there's plenty on fafsa simplification out there beyond this simple video, read up more on it