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Single Moms and Dads Get the Education You Need
Before I got remarried I was a single mom with my 2 oldest children, my only children at the time. I worked 2 jobs while trying to raise them by myself, and was able to get a grant for school. They are now 16 and 12, but at the time they were only 8 and 4. I had a regular 9-5 job while they were in school and worked a second job every other weekend when they would stay at their dads house.
While I was looking on line I wanted to see if a local school had classes that I could sign up for. I was tired of working so hard but not spending any time with my kids. I want to be able to take care of them and have time to spend with them. I began my search for a grant in hopes of finding some way to help me achieve this. There is plenty of help out there, and much to my surprise more times then not, the sites I would find wanted me to pay them for their assistance.
Guess what? You do not need that. Not at all. You are very capable of going to the FAFSA government website and right there, for free from the comfort of your own home you can start an application for the Pell Grant. You don't have to pay anyone at all, this is completely free. Just go there and fill it out.
There were parts of the process that were slightly intimidating to me. Like this one section of the application it asks you for a school code. This is in reference to the exact school that you are applying for. I had absolutely no idea where to find that. I wanted to find a low cost school, so I was looking for a local 2 year college. This way I had a better shot of the grant covering the entire expense and would not have to worry about having to take out a loan. It all boiled down to a phone call. I called the administrative office at the school, told them that I was applying for a pell grant and asked them for their school code.
That was it, by myself I was able to find the application for the FAFSA, fill out the form, and submit. They even sent the information to the school for me so all I had to do was go to the school and register for my classes.
You can do it. Whether your a single mom, or single dad! You can get a grant for school for free, it's all here for us.
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