If you are a student and/ or a parent of someone that will be attending post secondary education for Fall 24-25, you will want to fill out the FAFSA if you or your child want Federal Financial Assistance (Pell Grants, Student Loans Subsidized or Unsubsidized, or Work Study). This is a first come first serve kind of thing. So it is important to fill it out as soon as possible and have it sent to the college that you want to attend. On the FAFSA it will ask you what colleges to send this information to. However, in most years, you can fill out your FAFSA as early as October 1st. Due to Federal changes of the FAFSA this year, it will not be released until the end of December. I have been told January 1st, 2024 it will for sure be up and going.
In the mean time there are a few steps that parents and students can do prior to waiting for it to open. See the attachment.