How can I get financial aid being a convicted felon

Some perhaps, if it is a drug charge, some of the aid will not be available, so it depends on what the charges are. You will have to work on it

Hi, anitarae2!

There might be some federal student aid available but not any grants that I know of, simply because someone has a felony conviction on their record. You also might want to check with the institution that you want to attend to see what scholarships and financial aid they might also have available.

Has someone maybe told you that you aren't going to be able to get a scholarship or financial aid of some kind because you have a felony on your record? There most likely will be some kind of financial aid available, depending on your grades and income of yourself and/or parents, through whatever college it is to which you apply. Much of that information might be readily available online on the website of the particular institution.

I have heard something about the possibility of grants and scholarships being available through FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) for those who have been convicted of a felony. However, it would depend on what the conviction was for and an applicant's compliance with certain stipulations in order to be eligible. For more information, please visit FAFSA - Free Application for Federal Student Aid (http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/faq003.htm) There is another site that might be worth checking out, but I'm not very familiar with it. Here is the link to it. FastWeb: Scholarships, Financial Aid and Colleges (http://www.fastweb.com/)

Once a person has done their time been on probation or parole, basically paid their debt to society, then they are free to apply for monies just like anyone else does in the form of loans or financial aid from educational institutions, banks, municipalities and others.

But, like I said above earlier, in order to be eligible for grants or scholarships from certain programs that are designed to help those who have been convicted of a felony, then it might depend on what the conviction was for and that certain conditions must be met.

Thanks!

The truth is you can receive financial aid even though you are a felon as long as you didn't commit the felony[s] while you were given a federal or state grant for college. I personally know I have been convicted of 2 felonies on 2 prior occasions and had no problem getting financial aid loans and federal pell grant also nys tap grants. I had so much money in grants I don't even need the loans.

I am sorry desntwantit26, you are wrong, if you did collect this, it was either years ago or you did it illegally.
Perhaps failed to tell them of it?

The rules are very clear

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05238.pdf

No I did this this yr.