{"id":621,"date":"2018-04-28T18:09:08","date_gmt":"2018-04-28T18:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/?page_id=621"},"modified":"2025-01-12T13:39:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T13:39:42","slug":"financial-aid","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/financial-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial Aid"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-629 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/fafsa_image-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"356\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/fafsa_image-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/fafsa_image-360x203.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/fafsa_image.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">WHAT IS FINANCIAL AID FOR COLLEGES?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Financial aid is a way that students get help paying for school.\u00a0 It\u00a0is available from a variety of sources for college, career school, graduate school, and professional school.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>WHERE DOES THE FINANCIAL AID COME FROM?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Financial aid can come from many places, and each requires certain eligibility considerations.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">the\u00a0U.S. federal government<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">the\u00a0state where you live<a id=\"anch_116\" style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/studentaid.ed.gov\/sa\/types#state-aid\"><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">the\u00a0college you attend, or<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">a\u00a0<a id=\"anch_118\" style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/studentaid.ed.gov\/sa\/types#nonprofit-aid\">n<\/a>onprofit or private organization.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">In this section, we will discuss the Federal Financial Aid.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>WHAT DO I NEED TO DO TO APPLY FOR FEDERAL FINANCIAL AID?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Before you can apply for Federal Financial Student Aid of any kind, you will need to fill out a form called <strong>FAFSA &#8211; Free Application for Federal Student Aid<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>WHERE CAN I FIND THE FAFSA APPLICATION?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">You can find the FAFAS application as well as information on how to fill it out here:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"> \u00a0https:\/\/fafsa.ed.gov<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>AM I ELIGIBLE FOR\u00a0 FEDERAL FINANCIAL AID WITH A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Once you\u2019re released, most eligibility limitations will be removed. In fact, you may apply for aid before you\u2019re released so your aid is processed in time for you to start school.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Drug convictions no longer affect federal student aid eligibility. As of July 1, 2023, if you are subject to an involuntary civil commitment for a sexual offense, you may qualify for a Federal Pell Grant<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>IF I AM ON PROBATION OR PAROLE, AM I ABLE TO GET FEDERAL FINANCIAL AID?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Yes. If you are on probation or parole or living in a halfway house, you may be eligible for federal student aid. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>WHAT OTHER CONVICTIONS MIGHT AFFECT MY ELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL FINANCIAL STUDENT AID?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">If you have been convicted of a forcible or non-forcible sex offense and you are subject to an involuntary civil commitment after your incarceration for that offense, you are ineligible to receive a Federal Pell Grant. However, you are still eligible for other types of federal student aid.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0WHAT IS FINANCIAL AID FOR COLLEGES? Financial aid is a way that students get help paying for school.\u00a0 It\u00a0is available from a variety of sources for college, career school, graduate school, and professional school. \u00a0 WHERE DOES THE FINANCIAL AID <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/financial-aid\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/621"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=621"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1296,"href":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/621\/revisions\/1296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}