Ivy Tech offering FAFSA assistance • Current Publishing - Current in Carmel

Ivy Tech Community College is offering assistance to existent and prospective students with filing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, commonly known arsenic FAFSA.

The assemblage is hosting Tuesdays@TheTech events astatine assorted campuses crossed the state. The FAFSA application, which became disposable for the 2023-24 world twelvemonth connected Oct. 1, is utilized by astir colleges, including Ivy Tech, to find eligibility for galore types of fiscal assistance.

The FAFSA is utilized to find eligibility for national fiscal assistance and authorities fiscal assistance programs and is escaped to complete. Some types of backing are awarded connected a archetypal come, first-served basis, and Ivy Tech officials promote individuals to capable retired the FAFSA arsenic soon arsenic possible.

Information connected Tuesdays@TheTech tin beryllium recovered astatine vytech.edu/tuesdays. Individuals and families who request assistance filling retired the FAFSA tin be College Goal Sunday astatine 2 p.m. Nov. 6. It is considered to beryllium Indiana’s largest FAFSA filing event. Westfield High School volition beryllium participating successful the event, portion different sites volition besides beryllium disposable that tin beryllium recovered by visiting collegegoalsunday.org.

“If you are considering acquisition beyond precocious school, filing the FAFSA should beryllium your archetypal step, truthful you don’t permission wealth connected the table,” Indiana Commissioner for Higher Education Chris Lowery said. “You don’t person to spell it alone, either, arsenic College Goal Sunday offers 1-on-1 assistance from fiscal assistance experts.”

The FAFSA indispensable beryllium filed by April 15, 2023, to beryllium considered for fiscal aid. Students should be College Goal Sunday with their parents oregon guardians and parents should bring a completed 2021 IRS 1040 taxation returns, W-2 forms and different 2021 income and benefits information.

Students who worked are besides asked to bring their income accusation to the lawsuit and students and parents are encouraged to use for their U.S. Department of Education FSA IDs astatine studentaid.gov earlier logging successful to the event. For much information, sojourn collegegoalsunday.org.