@sybbie719 makes a good point. Unless the grandma is providing greater than 50% of the kid support, she cannot claim them as dependents on her taxes.
I think the family was hoping to qualify for,additional federally funded grant money, or,other need based aid because grandmas income is lower.
But the reality is…for financial aid purposes, grandma can NOT be used on the FAFSA…at all.
I doubt that on her low income she is actually providing more than half the support for,these two kids. But it’s very nice that they can live with her while,attending college.