<p>Usually, if your father pays child support, waivers are not obtainable. That’s because anyone can say they refuse to contribute to college and./or submit financial info just to be eligible for aid. However, for FAFSA alone, you will not need your NCP’s info. It’s those schools that require a NCP PROFILE or other such info from the NCP, for which you have to get waivers. Each school will likely have its own rules on what they need in order to make that decision as to whether or not you get a waiver. Some schools might give you waivers, some may not. It will depend upon the school. One of my closest friends with two kids could not get any waivers from her kids’ schools that a required NCP waivers. He wouldn’t give a thing, like your father, would not even fill out forms, but he was paying court ordered child support through garnishment even and had to be sued regularly for anything he was supposed to give that was not taken from him. </p>
<p>Do realize too, that even if you get a zero EFC, which means your family is not expected to be able to pay anything according to FAFSA, that just means you are guaranteed the PELL grant of about $5700 and loans of upt $5500 freshman year. The rest of the money is up to a school to give to you and most schools do not guarantee to meet need, nor do they for most students. Schools that guarantee to meet need tend to do so using their own definition of it, not FAFSA’s and even a zero EFC student often has to come up with some money, some where, some how. Even Harvard, considered one of the most generous schools, if not the absolute most, requires a student contribution. They also want NCP financial info and they often will not waive this if the NCP is alive, has been in any contact with the student, and is paying child support, unless he is incarcerated or there is a court order for no contact due to danger. </p>