Special Circumstances and 申请独立
In accordance with federal regulations, the Financial 援助 Office may consider special circumstance(s) that affects the family's ability to pay for a college education that are not reflected in the information provided on the Free Application for Federal Student 援助 (FAFSA).
Financial 援助 administrators can make adjustments to a student's FAFSA data for education expenses and/or financial aid dependency status as determined by federal guidelines. These adjustments are only made after receiving sufficient documentation from a student to justify an exception to normal federal financial aid program guidelines.
Significant changes in your family's income may merit recalculating your financial aid eligibility. Please review the information below to determine if you have an eligible reason for a 更改情况要求.
Eligible Reasons for a 更改情况要求:
- 损失收入的损失或减少. This income reduction must be documented.
- Loss or reduction of untaxed income. This includes the loss of social security, ”/ TANF, 孩子的抚养费, 赡养费, 残疾付款, 工人的补偿, 或其他未纳税所得.
- Change in marital status during the calendar year. The student (dependent or independent) marries or parent (if dependent) or spouse (if independent) is no longer residing in household due to separation or divorce AFTER the FAFSA has been filed.
- 父母或配偶死亡. The parent (if dependent) or spouse (if independent) passes away AFTER the FAFSA has been filed.
- 永久和完全残疾. Parent (if dependent), student or spouse (if independent) suffered a permanent and total disability.
美国.S. Department of Education determines your student dependency status based on the information you provided in the FAFSA. 在某些情况下，学生s may submit an appeal to CCC requesting that their dependency status be reviewed. A Financial 援助 administrator will review the request and determine if the student is eligible to be considered an independent student. An appeal can only be approved in certain limited and exceptional circumstances.
Important Notice: The unwillingness and/or inability of your parents to financially support you and/or living on your own and paying your own bills are not by themselves reasons that demonstrate "exceptional circumstances" and cannot be considered.
- A signed and dated statement that includes a complete history of
- Your relationship with your biological and/or legally adoptive parents. Make sure to include information about the relationship of both parents.
- Specific dates of events that caused your separation from your parents
- Additional information regarding your self-support may be requested
- Two signed and dated letters documenting first-hand knowledge of your exceptional circumstance. The Office of Financial 援助 may contact these references for additional information or clarification of your situation.
- The first letter should be someone close to the family situation and preferably be a relative. 例如, this individual could be a grandparent, aunt, uncle, sibling, or cousin.
- The second letter should be from a non-relative but someone who is familiar with your situation. 例如, this individual could be a high-school teacher or counselor, 神职人员, 治疗师, 或者是医学专业人士.
Letters should be detailed and refer to actual events—they should not be restatements of information you have shared about relevant events but should reflect the writer's direct knowledge.
Police reports may, in some cases, substitute for one of the required letters.
To begin the process, please contact the Financial 援助 Office. We will discuss your situation and provide instructions on how to begin the process.