FINANCIAL AID NIGHT
Senior Parents!
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) will open on Dec. 31, 2023. This application needs completed to be considered for financial aid for college. Seniors are required by the State of Illinois to either complete this application or sign a waiver to meet state graduation requirements.
www.fafsa.gov Complete the 2024-2025 application (first year student is in college).
North Greene is hosting a FAFSA Completion Night on Wednesday, Feb. 28th 2024 from 5:30-7pm in the Commons. This is also the first night of Spring Parent/Teacher Conferences. Here is what you need if you wish to complete the application at this workshop:
For workshops:
Come with your FSA ID already created/ verified (verification typically takes 3-5 days. ID can be created at any time, so do it as soon as possible to get it out of the way)
(Ms. Ford is helping seniors create their FSA ID on Dec. 13th 2023 in Recovery class).
Both the student and parent will need an ID
If parents are married filing jointly, only one parent needs to have an FSA ID.
If parents are married filing separately, both parents will need an FSA ID.
If parents are separated, divorced, or never married, only the parent who provides the most financial support will need an FSA ID.
If a parent has filled out the FAFSA in the past either for themselves as a student or for an older child as a parent, they will use the same FSA ID. If you do not remember the login information, you can recover it.
FSA ID can be created/recovered here: https://studentaid.gov/fsa-id/create-account/launch
If you would like to submit the form the evening of the workshop, make sure both the parent and student are present so each can do their own section
If parent or student is not present, the party not present has 45 days to fill out their section, or the form will be deleted and need to be restarted
Both the student and parent must give consent for the department of education to access your IRS federal tax records, so most of the financial info will be transferred automatically. However, to be safe, please bring your 2022 financial records if possible
Bring records of investments and assets, if applicable (this includes bank account balances for both student and parent(s))
Be sure to have the social security number of both the student and parent(s) memorized or on hand, or we won't be able to get far into the application
If you or families have any questions or concerns about the upcoming FAFSA, you can find information straight from FSA here:
https://studentaid.gov/announcements-events/fafsa-support
They also have a playlist on YouTube with short videos answering FAQs:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtr3wy4M_CJ18cBXJb2r5mzyFoh9e9mcl
Below is the contact info for our ISAC rep that is leading the FAFSA workshop on Feb. 28th. She will be out of office from December 23rd until January 7th, returning on January 8th. There will be corps members on call during this time if you or families have immediate questions. Their contact information will be available in her automatic reply during my break. The ISAC call center is also available at 800-899-4722.
Catherine Throm
(she/her)
Illinois Student Assistance Commission
ISACorps member - LCCC district
618-429-0003
Thank you,
Amber Ford, School Counselor
amberford@northgreene.com