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You Indicated You Are an Unaccompanied Homeless Youth

Linnea,

We’re reaching out about your 2024–25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) form. According to our records, you didn't report information about your parents on the form because you indicated that you are a youth who is unaccompanied and experiencing homelessness, or a youth who is unaccompanied and is at risk of experiencing homelessness. We want to make sure you are able to access the financial aid you may qualify for.

If your school hasn’t already contacted you about determining your final eligibility for federal student aid, you should follow up with your college or career/trade school's financial aid office as soon as possible. Your financial aid administrator is required to make a determination of your status based on a written statement from you or a formal interview with you in order to complete their review of your FAFSA form. Make sure to submit a written statement or arrange for a formal interview as soon as possible so that your FAFSA form can be processed.

Take Action To Correct Your Application

If selecting that you are an unaccompanied homeless youth was a mistake, you should correct your FAFSA form. Follow these steps:

Select “2024–25 FAFSA Form” from the “My Activity” section and then select “Start Your Correction.”

Navigate through the Personal Circumstances section and find the “Other Circumstances” question that asks if you, at any time on or after July 1, 2023, were unaccompanied and homeless or self-supporting and at risk of being homeless.

Change your answer to “No” so that you can invite your parent(s) to your FAFSA form.

Resources To Help You Correct Your FAFSA® Form

Read our help page to understand which parent you’ll need to invite to your FAFSA form. Your parent will be required to provide their information on the FAFSA form, give consent and approval to have their federal tax information transferred into the form, and sign the form.

Review the step-by-step instructions on how to correct your FAFSA form.

Take a look at our FAFSA tips page on how to fill out your FAFSA form if you are an unaccompanied homeless youth.

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This email was sent by: Office of Federal Student Aid
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Ave. SW,
Washington, DC, 20002, US

Please do not reply to this email. Messages sent to this email address are not monitored. If you wish to contact us, please use the StudentAid.gov contact page. For more information about financial aid, visit StudentAid.gov.