This is true for colleges that require the non-custodial parent financials. But there are plenty of colleges, even Profile schools, that do not require this information and where your kids might actually get some need based aid.
There are even some elite schools that meet full need for all that don’t require non-custodial parent info…University of Chicago only uses the Profile and a short form of their own, no non-custodial parent info. Vanderbilt doesn’t require the non-custodial parent Profile. I’m sure there are others.
And there is always merit aid which doesn’t take anyone’s financials into consideration…at the colleges that award merit aid.