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NASFAA is pleased to share its comments on the 2026-27 FAFSA. In this first round of comments, NASFAA praised ED for resuming its standard FAFSA schedule including two rounds of public comments and a planned October 1 release. NASFAA made several question-specific suggestions, and also urged ED to fully operationalize the FAFSA Simplification Act by ensuring applicants with contributors who don’t have a Social Security Number can use the FA-DDX process.

Scenario: The student was homeless after the July 1 date specified in the FAFSA question -- "At any time on or after July 1, 20xx, was the student unaccompanied and either (1) homeless or (2) self-supporting and at risk of being homeless?" He received a determination from his high school liaison but is now living in an apartment with his mother. He is asking our office how to respond to the student homelessness question on the FAFSA. View the full answer to this scenario to learn more.

NASFAA Communities can help you and your team find your people. Our online community space offers you the ability to have real-time conversations with fellow financial aid professionals across the country. Launched in 2022, we now have 12 unique community opportunities and over 8,500 connected financial aid professionals. Join a NASFAA Community today.

Join us for a panel discussion of best practice approaches to institutional data sharing. The complexities of applying evolving guidance on FAFSA data and FTI data sharing is challenging. This webinar, now available on demand, discusses examples of how institutions are creating processes to inform key stakeholders, navigate the many requests, and share allowed financial aid data.

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