CSS Profile for Foster Child

Paying for College
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<p>This may be too specialized a question, but I'm wondering about what information is required for the situation where a foster child has a living parent overseas. No involvement in child's life.</p>

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<p>The lack of involvement is not the issue. Rather, what matters is whether or not there is a court order of guardianship (or other dependency court order) relieving the parent of parental obligations.</p>

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<p>Yes there is.</p>

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<p>Keep in mind the institutional aid and the CSS profile is not looked at the same way as the FAFSA, where a student in foster care is independent.</p>

<p>While a foster child is considered independent on the FAFSA using the federal methodology, they are not necessarily independent when it comes to institutional aid (especially on the profile)</p>

<p>the college board states:</p>

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<p>If this is your foster child, you may have to include your income/assets.</p>

<p>the college board states (pg 39):</p>

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<p>Appreciate the links, I will forward to the foster parents.</p>

<p>The same doc that has the last Q also says:</p>

<p>The key issue for financial aid purposes is that when a child becomes a ward of the court, no parent or other person is financially responsible for the child. Legal guardians
and foster parents are not financially responsible for a ward of the court.</p>