School districts and community organizations are receiving the grants to help students apply for financial aid.

The FAFSA, or Free Application for Federal Student Aid, is critically important for students seeking state and federal funds for college. The forms June 30 deadline is quickly approaching, but there are many places for students and their families to go for help.

Indiana students could soon be required to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, a shift that supporters say could give students more money to go to college and convince more of them to enroll in higher education in the first place.

Indiana lawmakers want more students to file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, but can't agree how to get there.

Experts call the FAFSA the most important financial aid form for students planning to attend colleges or universities, but filing rates have continued to lag in recent years.

The application is used to determine federal financial aid, but the state also uses FAFSA for consideration of several aid programs.

Indiana lawmakers are working on a bill to increase the number of Hoosier students who file the federal application for college financial aid.

A bill that would require students at public schools to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid advanced to the Indiana House after lawmakers approved the measure in a Senate vote Tuesday.

Most Hoosiers value education beyond high school, according to an annual survey, but almost three-quarters believe financial strains from the COVID-19 pandemic pushed higher education further out of reach.

There is not a new official filing deadline; instead, financial awards will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis.