<p>Verification is supposed to be random. 4 kids in college and filing FAFSA for 11 consecutive years - sometimes I was verified and sometimes not.
It seems that each year we qualified for a Pell grant we were verified.<br>
This year I qualified for simplified needs - the FAFSA was verified but they did not ask for assets. </p>
<p>I think it’s worth a phone call to clarify. If you qualify for simplified needs and the FA office would not ordinarliy ask for assets then they should not asking now.</p>