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What does that mean?What if I or my parents became unemployed?Can I file the FAFSA if my parents or I have not yet filed our taxes for the tax year?Do I need my parents’ tax information if I do not live with them?How do I wordplay question 51 if my income to support my child living with me is from TANF? have no contact with my dad or mom. I am in a transitional housing program. Am I an self-sustaining student?When will I receive an ribbon notification?When will I receive my wastefulness check?Do I have to shepherd my classes to get financial aid?If I am not eligible for the federal Pell Grant, what other types of financial aid are available?How do I wield for a William D. Ford Federal Direct Student Loan (Direct Loan)?What is the difference between a subsidized federal Direct Loan and an unsubsidized federal Direct Loan?What is archway counseling?Why do I have to well-constructed exit counselingHow do I wield for the federal Work-Study program?If eligible for federal Work-Study, how many hours can I work?Under the federal Work-Study program, what is the hourly pay rate?Do I have to make an visit to see a financial aid specialist?How do I find out well-nigh scholarships?What do I have to do if I plan to shepherd classes in summer? Who should file the FreeUsingfor Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)? Any student who plans to shepherd Community College of Philadelphia should file, plane if you are not sure whether you will need or qualify for financial aid. The FAFSA form is good for the unshortened school year (fall, spring and summer). Is there a filing deadline for FAFSA? For Community College of Philadelphia, the priority filing deadline is the tax filing stage of April 15 or the first merchantry day without April 15. Filing a FAFSA without this stage can wait your packaging and disqualify you from unrepealable awards for which you may otherwise qualify. Is there a deadline for the Pennsylvania State Grant (PHEAA)? Yes. The deadline is May 1 for renewal applicants and Aug. 1 for new applicants. What is the Federal School Code for Community College of Philadelphia? The Federal School Code for Community College of Philadelphia is 003249. When will I receive my PHEAA State Grant? Students receive a letter from PHEAA several weeks without the FAFSA has been processed. If you are eligible, your grant will be unromantic to your worth in approximately the 10th week of class. Students who have not received their PHEAA State Grant by this time may trammels with the Office of Financial Aid for the status. You must be enrolled for a minimum of six credit hours to be eligible for the PHEAA State Grant. How is my financial need determined? Financial need is unswayable by Community College of Philadelphia’s forfeit of ubiety minus your Expected Family Contribution (EFC). If you are a dependent student, the value you and your parents are expected to contribute will stay the same unless your family financial circumstances change. I was selected for verification. What does that mean? Verification is a process that the U.S. Department of Education uses to make sure that the information reported on the FAFSA is accurate. Some FAFSA applications are selected considering of inconsistent information, and others are chosen randomly. The Office of Financial Aid will request copies of your (and if a dependent student, your parents’) IRS tax return transcript(s) and W-2s, as well as a verification worksheet if you are selected. The information provided by you on the FAFSA is compared to the tax information submitted. Corrections are made, if necessary, and you are notified of any corrections made and the effect the changes have had on your aid eligibility. VideoWordplayWhat if I or my parents became unemployed? Congress has made it easier for dislocated workers to be eligible for financial aid. If you or your parents were laid off or lost a job, please well-constructed question 84 or question 102 on the 2015–2016 FAFSA. You can moreover submit a request for special consideration by submitting a Special Condition form to the Office of Financial Aid. This form is misogynist at the College’s website, www.ccp.edu, in the Paying for College section. If you have once submitted your FAFSA, you can go online and make the change, or visit the Office of Financial Aid and meet with a financial aid specialist to make the change. Can I file the FAFSA if my parents or I have not yet filed our taxes for the tax year? To stave delays in processing your application, you should have a completed income tax return. However, if you or your parents have not yet filed taxes, you can estimate the tax information by using your W-2 forms. Note: Corrections may be needed without you file your taxes, which can wait the processing of your financial aid. Do I need my parents’ tax information if I do not live with them? You will need your parents’ tax information only if you are a dependent student. Your dependency status is unswayable by questions 46 to 58 on the 2015–2016 FAFSA: 45. Were you born surpassing January 1, 1990? 46. As of today, are you married? (Also wordplay “Yes” if you are separated but not divorced.) 47. At the whence of the 2015–2016 school year, will you be working on a master’s or doctorate program such as an M.A., M.B.A., M.D., J.D., Ph.D., Ed.D., graduate certificate, etc.? 48. Are you currently serving on zippy duty in the U.S. Armed Forces for purposes other than training? 49. Are you a veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces? 50. Do you have children who will receive increasingly than half of their support from you between July 1, 2015, and June 30, 2016? 51. Do you have dependents (other than your children or spouse) who live with you and who receive increasingly than half of their support from you, now and through June 30, 2016? 52. At any time since you turned age 13, were both your parents deceased, were you in foster superintendency or were you a dependent or ward of the court? 53. As unswayable by a magistrate in your state of legal residence, are you or were you an emancipated minor? 54. As unswayable by a magistrate in your state of legal residence, are you or were you in legal guardianship? 55. At any time on or without July 1, 2014, did your upper school or school district homeless liaison determine that you were an unaccompanied youth who was homeless? 56. At any time on or without July 1, 2014, did the director of an emergency shelter or transitional housing program funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development determine that you were an unaccompanied youth who was homeless? 57. At any time on or without July 1, 2014, did the director of a runaway or homeless youth vital part-way or transitional living program determine that you were an unaccompanied youth who was homeless or were self-supporting and at risk of stuff homeless? If you answered "No" to all of the whilom questions, you are considered a dependent student, and you will need your parents’ tax information. If you answered "Yes" to any of the questions, you are considered independent, and you are not required to provide parental tax information. However, you may be required to provide other documentation to support your self-sustaining status. How do I wordplay question 51 if my income to support my child living with me is from TANF?Wordplay“Yes.” TANF benefits count as support that you provide to your child. For question 57, help me understand the meaning of “unaccompanied youth who was homeless”? “Youth” ways that you are 21 years of age or less or are still enrolled in upper school as of the day you sign the FAFSA. “Unaccompanied” ways you are not living in the physical custody of a parent or guardian. “Homeless” ways lacking fixed, regular and unobjectionable housing, including living in shelters, motels, cars and temporarily with other people considering you have nowhere else to go. I have no contact with my dad or mom. I am in a transitional housing program. Am I an self-sustaining student? If you are unable to provide parental information, skip Steps Four and Five, and go to Step Six. Once you submit your FAFSA without parental data, you must follow up with the Office of Financial Aid to well-constructed your FAFSA. I live with my foster parents and their children. Are they my “family members for FAFSA”? No, do not count them in your household size for FAFSA. What happens once I file my FAFSA form?Withoutthe FAFSA form has been filed, you will be mailed a Student Aid Report (SAR), which indicates your Expected Family Contribution (EFC) and your unscientific federal Pell Grant eligibility. If you file electronically, you will be notified via email. The College will moreover receive you SAR. When will I receive an ribbon notification? You will receive an ribbon notification based on a full-time enrollment theorizing in early July, if you submitted your FAFSA by April 15. Students who submit their FAFSA without this stage will receive their ribbon notification approximately two to three weeks without submitting their FAFSA. Students selected for verification must first submit the required documentation to the College. The ribbon notification details the value and types of aid offered. Upon receipt of the ribbon notification, you should compare your term ribbon total to your term bill. If the total financial aid package, excluding PHEAA State Grant, does not imbricate the total charges, you are responsible for making payments to imbricate the outstanding wastefulness surpassing the payment deadline. When will I receive my wastefulness check?Wastefulnesschecks are mailed or directly deposited to students’ finance shortly without the 20 percent ubiety report has been submitted by the instructors.Trammelsyour MyCCP worth for the status of your refund. Do I have to shepherd my classes to get financial aid? Yes. Failure to shepherd matriculation will result in the reduction or loss of financial aid, and you may be required to return all or part of your aid. In some situations, you may moreover owe the College for tuition and/or bookstore charges. If I am not eligible for the federal Pell Grant, what other types of financial aid are available? The FAFSA is used to determine your eligibility for federal grants, state grants, Work-Study and loans. When students are not eligible for the federal Pell Grant, they may be eligible for the PHEAA State Grant. Students moreover have the option to wield for a Federal Student Direct Loan, which you must pay back. How do I wield for a William D. Ford Federal Direct Student Loan (Direct Loan)? If interested in taking out federal Direct Loans you must well-constructed the following: A FAFSA at www.fafsa.ed.gov and An archway counseling session and a Master Promissory Note (MPN) at www.studentloans.gov. What is the difference between a subsidized federal Direct Loan and an unsubsidized federal Direct Loan? Subsidized loans are need-based loans. The interest is paid by the federal government while you are peekaboo school at least half time (six credits). Unsubsidized loans are not need-based, and you are responsible for the interest while peekaboo school. Students have the option to defer making the interest payments if they are enrolled at least half time. What is archway counseling?Archwaycounseling is a federal requirement for all loan borrowers at Community College of Philadelphia. It is used to educate students on the types of funds they are borrowing, the value students may borrow, interest rates, repayment options and debt consolidation. You must well-constructed an archway counseling session online at www.studentloans.gov. Why do I have to well-constructed exit counseling? Exit counseling is a federal requirement for all students with loans whose enrollment is less than half time or who are exiting an institution or transferring to flipside institution. These students must well-constructed exit counseling online at www.studentloans.gov. The purpose of exit counseling is to educate borrowers well-nigh their rights and responsibilities for the federal student loans they owe. How do I wield for the federal Work-Study program? Students must file the FAFSA by the College’s FAFSA priority filing deadline, the IRS tax filing deadline of April 15, to be eligible for the federal Work-Study program. TheUnscientificFamily Contribution (EFC) on the Student Aid Report (SAR) must be $1,500 or less. Your enrollment must be at least six credit hours. Work passport forms must be picked up from Enrollment Central, signed by your supervisor and returned to the Office of Financial Aid. You should indicate on the FAFSA form that you are interested in federal Work-Study. If eligible for federal Work-Study, how many hours can I work? Students eligible for the federal Work-Study program are permitted to work a maximum of 20 hours per week during the fall and spring semesters. Your very hours will be unswayable by your ribbon value and your Work-Study supervisor. Under the federal Work-Study program, what is the hourly pay rate? Currently, the standard hourly wage is $7.50. This is subject to increase periodically as legislation to raise the minimum hourly wage goes into effect. Do I have to make an visit to see a financial aid specialist? No. Specialists are misogynist at the Main Campus and at the three Regional Centers. Please trammels the College’s website for our office hours, and visit Enrollment Central when on campus. How do I find out well-nigh scholarships? Scholarship information may be obtained from libraries, societal organizations, churches and online. Listed unelevated are some of the national web-based searches:  Video Review  www.educationplanner.comwww.fastweb.comwww.petersons.com/college-search/scholarship-search.aspxwww.philadelphiafund.orgwww.studentaid.govwww.bigfuture.collegeboard.org What do I have to do if I plan to shepherd classes in summer? All summer classes are considered part of the current aid year. You do not have to file flipside FAFSA. Students who were not full time in fall and spring will usually have remaining eligibility. However, we can only determine the value without you register for your summer classes. Please submit a Summer LoanUsingto the Office of Financial Aid if you are interested in taking out a loan. You must be enrolled for at least six credits in summer to be eligible for loans. If possible, save your spring wastefulness trammels for summer. Community College of Philadelphia Community College of Philadelphia with increasingly than 70 associate's degree, document and standing education programs is your path to possibilities. 1700 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, PA 19130     215-751-8000 Site Map Consumer Info Privacy Statement Right to Know Directory News