College Financial Aid: FAFSA Filing Begins Jan. 1

It's funny, but the Department of Education, which administers the FAFSA, doesn't make any direct decisions about financial aid. Colleges do. Yet it provides a thumbnail for how much your family will be expected to contribute to college costs, which it

Join the WHS counselors and financial aid experts from the Northern Arizona College Resource Center of Flagstaff and Northland Pioneer College for FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) Night from 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 27, in room 

Join the WHS counselors and financial aid experts from the Northern Arizona College Resource Center of Flagstaff and Northland Pioneer College for FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) Night from 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 27, in room 

It's funny, but the Department of Education, which administers the FAFSA, doesn't make any direct decisions about financial aid. Colleges do. Yet it provides a thumbnail for how much your family will be expected to contribute to college costs, which it

“They have to balance this pressure against verifying the information which is submitted on the FAFSA form with tax returns, tax transcripts, etc.,” Sirot said. “By moving the FAFSA submission up by three months, it gives the colleges and the families