Financial Aid For Single Parents

1.     Apply for Federal Student Aid (through FAFSA application)

2.     Apply for different college and private scholarships and grants through your college financial aid office

3.     Join a Work Study program to get extra money

4.     Look at getting federal student loans

Don't expect to fill out a couple grant and scholarship applications and have a free college education. You are going to have to send out hundreds of grants and hundreds of scholarships if you want to cover the full costs of your college education. You can expect between 3 and 10 percent of the single parent grants and scholarships you apply for to actually result in money.