Is my EFC too high?

BLW
Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:35:40 +0000

I am an adult continuing school. I was laid off in Dec. and cashed out my 401k for personal reasons. When I filed my 2008 taxes the 401k bumped up my AGI and amount of income tax paid in. Now I am collecting unemployment and foodstamps and barely making ends meet. I am single with no dependants. My EFC is aprox. 27000. There is no way I can pay any part of this towards school. Will the state be able to help me based on my current financial woes, and not when I was employed full time last year?