{"id":2675,"date":"2018-11-14T13:42:45","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T18:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=2675"},"modified":"2018-11-14T13:42:45","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T18:42:45","slug":"tips-to-help-parents-tackle-the-fafsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/11\/14\/tips-to-help-parents-tackle-the-fafsa\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips to Help Parents Tackle the FAFSA"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2676\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2676\" style=\"width: 724px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FAFSAfamily.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2676\" src=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FAFSAfamily.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"724\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FAFSAfamily.jpg 724w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FAFSAfamily-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2676\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">iStock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In many homes, filling out the FAFSA is a family affair.<\/p>\n<p>Although students are always encouraged to take the lead when it comes to applying to colleges, they are often required to work in conjunction with their parents or guardians to provide information about their family\u2019s income and other factors when seeking financial aid.<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, the US Department of Education recently published a <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ed.gov\/2018\/09\/parents-guide-fafsa\/\">blog post<\/a> with tips to help families navigate the FAFSA process.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we recommend that the student start his or her own FAFSA form, we know that\u2019s not always what happens,\u201d the blog post notes. \u201cWith that in mind, we wanted to provide instructions for parents who are starting the FAFSA form on behalf of their child so you can avoid running into issues completing the form.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The blog post tells parents how to create a FSA ID, select schools to receive their student\u2019s FAFSA data, and report income information. Guidance on how having more than one child in college can affect each student\u2019s Expected Family Contribution is also included.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ed.gov\/2018\/09\/parents-guide-fafsa\/\">full post<\/a> and access <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nacacnet.org\/knowledge-center\/financing-college\/paying-for-college\/\">more resources<\/a> to help families plan for college costs on NACAC\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p><em>Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"mailto:mstegmeir@nacacnet.org\"><em style=\"font-weight: inherit;\">mstegmeir@nacacnet.org.\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In many homes, filling out the FAFSA is a family affair. Although students are always encouraged to take the lead when it comes to applying to colleges, they are often required to work in conjunction with their parents or guardians to provide information about their family\u2019s income and other factors when seeking financial aid. With &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/11\/14\/tips-to-help-parents-tackle-the-fafsa\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tips to Help Parents Tackle the FAFSA<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,25,24],"tags":[34],"class_list":["post-2675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-college-admission-resources","category-financial-aid","category-paying-for-college","tag-fafsa"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-H9","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2675\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}