I urge you to get your free lunch approval. That is a question often asked and it may get you to a zero EFC on the FAFSA. I also urge you to consider reimbursing your father for your living expenses so that you have as little money as possible in the day you fine your FAFSA and PROFILE because that “snapshot” of what you own will be hit up st 20% if you don’t get that auto-zero EFC, whereas you father would get assessed 6% at most