I can speak from my experience… last spring colleges received federal CARES money to assist students, and the schools had some discretion in how the dollars were allocated. In the case I am familiar with, the college decided to provide a grant to every student, with the amount based on enrolled credit hours. One criteria for receipt was that the student had to have a 2019-2020 FAFSA on file. Students were given a chance to complete and submit a FAFSA if they hadn’t already done so, although I’m not sure why that was necessary because as far as I know the information on the FAFSA had nothing at all to do with the amount of CARES money received.
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