It is unfortunate to hear of your financial hardship, and we hope that we may assist you. There are two different options that you and your student may have. The first option is for the student to complete the Need Analysis Review form. This form will allow our office to reevaluate the student for additional financial aid. Documentation will be required, to substantiate your claims of hardship, and we cannot guarantee that we will change the students package. In case we are not able to change the student's financial aid, you and the student should consider applying for a Direct Parent Plus Loan at www.studentloans.gov.
In the documentary Paycheck to Paycheck: The Life & Times of Katrina Gilbert, the story of a single mother and her struggle to make ends meet is told. Living in a trailer in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Katrina Gilbert illustrates the challenges of single motherhood while living in poverty. Throughout the film the audience catches a glimpse of the difficulties Katrina faces with respect to raising her children, generating income, taking care of her health, and settling her divorce. With three children to take care of, Katrina has to always put herself last on her list of people to take care of, and in the documentary, we see how difficult that can be. Katrina Gilbert separated from her husband of ten years, whom she shares three children with, because
Please describe any special circumstances or additional factors that affect your or your family’s ability to fund your college
Empathy is a critical component in the helping process. In order to provide effective services, social workers must possess an emphatic and culturally competent approach to assessments and interventions within practice settings. In an effort to assess and evaluate how cultural and empathy applies to practice, I endeavored to interview a social service provider who works to provide support and resources to a culturally diverse client population.
Financial services staff - if it was the case that a learner was in need of financial assistance, it may be possible to attain an emergency loan from a financial services organisation such as job centre plus.
With lack of financial aid students are not going to be able to afford college on their own. They are relying on their parents to help them, but is there anything they can do?
I receive little to no financial support for school. The little financial support that I had completely diminished when my mother became remarkably sick. She was rushed to the emergency room where we later found out she had a C5 and C6 herniation that was severing her spine, causing severe neuropathy. Her condition threatened to make her a quadriplegic if not dealt with right away. She was taken into emergency surgery the day of her diagnosis due to the severity of her condition. I am the oldest of 4 so all eyes were on
One of the most important things to do is to apply for financial aid. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is a form that students fill out to determine their eligibility for grants and loans. According to the U.S. Department of Education, FAFSA offers “more than $150 billion each year to help millions of students pay for higher education.” The form is used to calculate aid based on many factors like financial need, income, and college cost. However, as helpful as FAFSA may be, some students choose not to apply or to complete the form.
Each college and university that the student applies too will have the student fill out and submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to determine what type of federal student aid the student qualifies for. Colleges and universities will also use FAFSA to determine if the student qualifies for nonfederal aid and state-level grants and scholarships. A majority of lower and middle class income families are not aware of the many scholarships, grants and academic- related awards that are granted because of associations, religious organization and foundations that target the students demographic or affiliations. There are many resources in your public library to help you find information about applying for scholarships that are available each year for college students as well as online resources like the website
Patti Shannon and her husband started setting aside $200 per month when their youngest child was in kindergarten. They had thought, as many others probably would too, that they would be able to collect a significant amount over the next twelve years. Eventually, the Shannons had put together over $40,000 but all of what they had worked so hard to save up for was gone within their son’s first year at Texas Tech University, of whom was not even their youngest child. The Shannons are anticipating to disburse more than $200,000 to be able to put both of their children through college. Most likely there are many other families just like the Shannons who are going through the same trouble, and you and your family could very well be one of them. If you’re trying to give it all you’ve got but still don’t live up to what the tuition is expecting of you, then what is the point? Especially when the tuition doesn’t cease to increase each
I, Martha Castro, mother of Perla Aguilar, am writing you this statement in regards to the Parent Plus Loan. I am a widowed parent of Perla Aguilar, and unfortunately, I do not qualify for a Parent Plus Loan for Perla due to my legal status. I am not a U.S Citizen nor an eligible non-citizen and therefore I am not eligible to request/co-sign any loans for my daughter. I hope that you are able to increase her loan and help her in this matter, so that she is able to cover the costs of the University. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
The focus of this paper is to give a critique of the journal article “Adolescent and parent alliances with therapists in brief strategic family therapy with drug-using Hispanic adolescents.” The goals of the researchers were to examine the correlation between therapy alliance and retention in family therapy (Robbins, Mayorga, Mitrani, Szapocznik, Turner, & Alexander, 2008). The researchers looked at two groups: the Completer group and the Dropout group. They had two hypotheses; the first hypotheses predicted that there would be a greater alliance with the therapist for those families who complete therapy. The second hypotheses predicted the outcome of an unbalanced alliance would increase the likelihood that families dropping out of therapy.
One more thing you should think now, is scholarship that you get enough to cover all your needs? Both educational needs and the necessities of life, Calculated carefully and accurately, no single thing is left, because this would be a problem. Then, what if your scholarship was not enough to satisfy all your needs? Perhaps, you can find information on foundation that gives you scholarship can provide additional scholarship. But if they cannot provide additional scholarships, part-time jobs may be helpful. Or if you have a good credit history you can ask for student loans. Two last things I mentioned could be an alternative to satisfy your
If you think your educational expenses are more than you and your family can afford, you should apply for financial aid using the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). You will need to apply for financial aid every year by completing a FAFSA. The FAFSA includes all the information necessary to determine your eligibility and must be completed if you want to be considered for any of the federal programs
While reading your post my thoughts were very similar to yours regarding my leadership style and preferred group structure style. I am aware that based on my personal comfort levels and past experiences the closed group format would be one where my level of comfort would be higher. I also definitely appreciated your analogy of someone walking into a movie theater and not knowing the storyline. However, after reading some of the questions posed by Joyce, I began to wonder if existing parenting programs that are traditionally presented in a closed group format could be adapted to the open format structure and if there would be benefits to attempting the change.
Finally, the most difficult challenge students face in college is a financial hardship. Many students come from various walks of life and sometimes determining one’s financial capability to offset college costs during the early stages of can be problematic. Some students come from well to do families who have a tremendous capacity to pay full tuition without external assistance. These particular students do not require financial aid or scholarships, as they can meet the institution’s financial requirement regardless of what level in college they may fall under as the source of wealth is derived from the family or families. Other students, however, come from impoverished families whom solely depend on financial aid and work full time or part time