/tags/financial-aid Financial Aid en-US WLRN Thu, 15 Dec 2022 22:00:00 GMT /education/2022-12-15/federal-student-aid-reverses-course-on-some-relief-approvals Student loan borrowers were left confused Tuesday morning after receiving an email reversing course on their student debt relief applications. Thu, 15 Dec 2022 22:00:00 GMT /education/2022-12-15/federal-student-aid-reverses-course-on-some-relief-approvals Sequoia Carrillo /news/2021-07-02/fema-rejected-95-of-aid-applicants-during-californias-last-wildfire-disaster-why California's 2020 wildfires set a record: the most acres burned in a year. But another record was set: The second half of the wildfire season had the lowest FEMA wildfire-aid approval rate. Fri, 02 Jul 2021 13:07:01 GMT /news/2021-07-02/fema-rejected-95-of-aid-applicants-during-californias-last-wildfire-disaster-why Sean McMinn, Megan Jamerson, Ruth Talbot /news/2021-05-14/experts-to-provide-online-help-filling-out-federal-financial-aid-forms The document known as the "FAFSA" has flummoxed many parents and students, but financial aid specialists will have the answers. Fri, 14 May 2021 11:30:29 GMT /news/2021-05-14/experts-to-provide-online-help-filling-out-federal-financial-aid-forms Tom Flanigan /news/2020-12-21/congress-poised-to-simplify-fafsa-and-help-people-in-prison-go-to-college In a bipartisan effort, Congress is close to a deal to simplify the federal financial aid form, or FAFSA, a major policy goal of retiring Republican senator Lamar Alexander. Mon, 21 Dec 2020 12:09:02 GMT /news/2020-12-21/congress-poised-to-simplify-fafsa-and-help-people-in-prison-go-to-college Cory Turner, Elissa Nadworny /2020-09-09/federal-jobless-aid-to-flow-in-florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced an additional $300 will be provided for Florida's unemployed. Wed, 09 Sep 2020 16:43:42 GMT /2020-09-09/federal-jobless-aid-to-flow-in-florida News Service of Florida /2019-05-03/teachers-begin-to-see-unfair-student-loans-disappear The Department of Education is expanding a fix to its troubled TEACH Grant program, giving millions of dollars of grant money back to public school teachers working in the country's neediest schools. Fri, 03 May 2019 09:01:00 GMT /2019-05-03/teachers-begin-to-see-unfair-student-loans-disappear Chris Arnold, Cory Turner /2019-04-11/how-to-calculate-the-cost-of-college-a-guide-to-financial-aid-terms For most students, figuring out where to go to college is closely linked with, "How am I gonna pay for it?" The answer — sort of — comes in lots of confusing terms and jargon. Thu, 11 Apr 2019 17:00:00 GMT /2019-04-11/how-to-calculate-the-cost-of-college-a-guide-to-financial-aid-terms Elissa Nadworny /npr-breaking-news/2019-04-10/confused-by-your-college-financial-aid-letter-youre-not-alone Financial aid offer letters look vastly different from one school to the next, and it isn't always clear how much students will have to pay. "It's really the Wild West," one expert says. Wed, 10 Apr 2019 17:00:00 GMT /npr-breaking-news/2019-04-10/confused-by-your-college-financial-aid-letter-youre-not-alone Elissa Nadworny /education/2018-01-02/a-proposal-for-a-new-college-scholarship-to-aid-low-income-students-explained First, it was "Bright Futures." Next, it could be "Sunshine."State Rep. Shevrin Jones, a Broward County Democrat, is pushing to establish a new… Wed, 03 Jan 2018 02:50:04 GMT /education/2018-01-02/a-proposal-for-a-new-college-scholarship-to-aid-low-income-students-explained Jessica Bakeman /education/2017-08-02/florida-expands-financial-aid-program-for-college-students As Florida students return to universities and state colleges this month for a new academic year, many will benefit from a major expansion of need-based… Thu, 03 Aug 2017 00:59:01 GMT /education/2017-08-02/florida-expands-financial-aid-program-for-college-students News Service of Florida