{"id":2306,"date":"2025-01-13T10:29:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T16:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/lnscounseling\/?p=2306"},"modified":"2025-01-13T10:29:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T16:29:01","slug":"dont-forget-to-file-your-fafsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/lnscounseling\/2025\/01\/13\/dont-forget-to-file-your-fafsa\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t forget to file your FAFSA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Families,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can now apply for the 2025-26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/DoTheFAFSA\">bit.ly\/DoTheFAFSA<\/a> to file your FAFSA today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a reminder, <em>LPS seniors and their caregivers need to complete the FAFSA by April 18, 2025, to meet the new graduation requirement <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/nebraskalegislature.gov\/laws\/statutes.php?statute=79-729\">per new Nebraska state law.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why FAFSA Matters<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>FAFSA is the key to getting federal money to help pay for college, including grants, loans and work-study.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Many colleges and universities use the FAFSA to determine your eligibility for this funding, potentially reducing your out-of-pocket education costs.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Each year, high school seniors leave thousands of federal dollars behind by not filing the FAFSA. For example, they left more than $4 billion behind in Pell Grants in 2024 by not completing a FAFSA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Need help?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Plan a time to meet your student\u2019s school counselor.<\/strong> Our counseling team is there to help you with this process and help you decide what\u2019s best for your future.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Look for events<\/strong> regarding going to college from our counseling office.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Schedule a visit<\/strong> with EducationQuest. Did you know you can request an EducationQuest representative to come to our school to help? Ask your counselor.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Visit our website<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/LPSFAFSA\">bit.ly\/LPSFAFSA<\/a> for more resources, such as how-to-apply videos.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fund your Future &#8211; File your FAFSA!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Families, You can now apply for the 2025-26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Go to bit.ly\/DoTheFAFSA to file your FAFSA today. As a reminder, LPS seniors and their caregivers need to complete the FAFSA by April 18, 2025, to meet the new graduation requirement per new Nebraska state law. Why FAFSA Matters Need help? Fund your Future &#8211;&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/lnscounseling\/2025\/01\/13\/dont-forget-to-file-your-fafsa\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12182,"featured_media":2309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college","category-seniors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/lnscounseling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/lnscounseling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/lnscounseling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/lnscounseling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/lnscounseling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2306"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/lnscounseling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2312,"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/lnscounseling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2306\/revisions\/2312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/lnscounseling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/lnscounseling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/lnscounseling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/lnscounseling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}