Free financial aid assistance offered at College Goal Sunday: Indiana University Kokomo - IUK Newsroom

KOKOMO, Ind. — Applying for fiscal assistance opens doors for grants and scholarships to assistance wage for college.

Financial assistance experts astatine Indiana University Kokomo marque filling retired the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) easier, with escaped assistance disposable astatine College Goal Sunday. It is offered from 2 to 4 p.m. November 6, successful the Library, 2300 South Washington Street, Kokomo. Students readying to be immoderate assemblage whitethorn participate.

“Many families comprehend the FAFSA signifier to beryllium excessively analyzable and clip consuming to complete,” said Meredith Dittfield, fiscal assistance counselor. “We recognize determination tin beryllium a batch to larn erstwhile preparing to be college, particularly for those students who are the archetypal successful their families to go. By participating successful College Goal Sunday, we springiness students and their families the accidental to larn astir preparing for assemblage and fiscal assistance successful a comfy setting.”

IU Kokomo is 1 of 39 sites statewide participating, offering adept assistance with the signifier required for students to beryllium considered for national and authorities grants, scholarships, and pupil loans astatine astir colleges, universities, and vocational/technical schools nationwide. It indispensable beryllium filed by April 15 to beryllium eligible for Indiana fiscal aid.

Students should be with a genitor oregon guardian. Parents should bring their completed 2021 IRS 1040 taxation returns, W-2 forms, and different 2021 income and benefits information. Students who worked past twelvemonth should bring their income accusation arsenic well. Students aged 24 and older whitethorn be unsocial and bring their ain completed taxation paperwork.

Families are encouraged to use for their U.S. Department of Education FSA ID astatine studentaid.gov earlier attending the event.

Those who be College Goal Sunday and taxable a completed valuation signifier volition automatically beryllium entered successful a drafting for 1 of 5 $1,000 scholarships.  The winners volition beryllium notified successful outpouring and scholarships volition beryllium sent straight to the higher acquisition instauration selected by the winning students.

Now successful its 34th year, College Goal Sunday has helped much than 94,000 Indiana students and families implicit the FAFSA decently and connected time.  College Goal Sunday is simply a charitable programme of the Indiana Student Financial Aid Association (ISFAA).

The lawsuit is free, and escaped parking is disposable connected campus. For much accusation spell to CollegeGoalSunday.org.

Education is KEY astatine Indiana University Kokomo.