<p>I've heard this from a couple of sources but I have really no way of confirming all of this. Does anyone know about this please</p>
<p>I know you get the “benefit” of taxation without representation - I’m not sure about any other benefits.</p>
<p>No offense, but I don’t see why living/being born in DC would be any different than being born in a state…</p>
<p>If you’re a current full time resident of the District of Columbia, you’re eligible to apply for a
District of Columbia Tuition Assistance Grant (DCTAG)</p>
<p>[DCTAG</a> Get Funding for College | osse](<a href=“http://osse.dc.gov/service/dctag-get-funding-college]DCTAG”>DC Tuition Assistance Grant (DCTAG) | osse)</p>
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<p>Elleya, I think because DC isn’t a proper state so one wouldn’t be able to have many options for good quality public universities</p>
<p>WayOutMom, thanks for the link</p>
<p>blackberry…do you LIVE in WashDC? or were you just born there and now live elsewhere? </p>
<p>From another post, it sounds like you were born in the US (washDC), but you now live in another country? If so, then I don’t think DCTAG applies to you. That’s for RESIDENTS of WashDC.</p>
<p>What exactly does resident mean? Because I could very well say I’m under the jurisdiction(probably not the right word) of my guardian(godmother) who has lived in DC for several years?</p>
<p>No, blackberry. You would have to have graduated from there.</p>
<p>What exactly does resident mean? Because I could very well say I’m under the jurisdiction(probably not the right word) of my guardian(godmother) who has lived in DC for several years?</p>
<p>Do you mean lie and claim that you’ve been living with your godmother while in high school? Don’t you go to school in Africa?</p>
<p>From another post, you mention that you’ve just finished your first year in college. If so, then you probably won’t get much aid here since transfer students often get lousy aid pkgs. </p>
<p>You also mention that your dad doesn’t work and has lots of assets (which may be why he’s not working). If so, then you wouldn’t qualify for much/any aid.</p>
<p>To be eligible for DCTAG, one must be a full time permanent resident for at least 12 full months prior to matriculating into college.</p>
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<p>blackberry, unless you’re were under a legal (court-approved with documentation) guardianship before age 18, you may not use your godmother’s residency as a basis for eligibility for DCTAG. To do so is fraud and will result in mandatory repayment of funds dispersed with interest plus a jail sentence.</p>
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<p>That would be abundantly dishonest. Your residence is the place where your PARENTS reside, not your godmother. If you don’t currently LIVE in DC, then you are not a resident of DC for this tuition benefit.</p>
<p>Lying for tuition benefits is considered fraud.</p>
<p>Americans get so outraged about their taxes helping young kids go to school. Oh well, thanks anyway</p>
<p>^ No, the outrage is when people LIE to do it. Most Americans support things like the Pell grant.</p>
<p>Ok so if I dropped out of college for one year and then lived in DC with my godmother, would I then be eligible for the program. Just wondering?</p>
<p>And momcollegekids, I’m not a transfer student. I just finished my first year in a liberal arts college in VA.</p>
<p>It DOES feel nice when your own kids directly benefit. Not that I would know. Is it different in other countries? Are American kids getting publicly funded financial assistance for post high school education? Where, please?</p>
<p>How did you pay for your first year at your LAC in VA? Did you file FAFSA before? Anyway, you’re not a resident of Wash DC, so you don’t qualify for that aid. </p>
<p>You stated in another thread that your dad has a lot of assets, you live abroad, and your parents pay no American taxes (because your family doesn’t live here), so why should American taxpayers be giving you THEIR very limited money when your dad has money? </p>
<p>Frankly, I do think the FAFSA system should change for American citizens who live abroad to non-citizen parents who don’t pay any taxes. Why should these kids get aid when their families pay NO taxes at all…not sales taxes, not property taxes, not income taxes…nothing. At least the poor in America are paying sales taxes and property taxes (indirectly thru rent).</p>
<p>A<em>District of Columbia resident at least</em>twelve (12) consecutive months **prior to the applicant’s first time in college **and continuedresidency throughout the applicant’s college matriculation.
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<p>You have to have lived in DC for the 12 months BEFORE you ever went to college. You’ve already completed one year.</p>
<p>You can only receive DCTAG if you lived in DC for 12 months before you first started college. It sounds like it’s too late for you for that. In addition, DCTAG is only for state schools, schools in DC, and HBCUs. If you’re at a state school in VA, it would make much more sense to try and gain instate status, then to go for DCTAG. For UVA, for example, the difference between instate and out of state tuition is $25,000 a year, DCTAG would cover 10% of that difference.</p>
<p>Hey why so much hate mom? I think what i said in the other thread came off the wrong way completely. What’s substantial in America is not substanial elsewhere. You seem to have the idea that my parents can comfortably pay for school and I’m/We’re just trying to milk the fin aid system. No that’s not true. </p>
<p>Anyways, please could someone answer my second question about dropping out. Not mom obviosly, because mom doesnt want me to get any aid :(</p>
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<p>Could you clarify? IME, “substantial” in America is substantial almost anywhere considering our COL is higher than most other places in the world.</p>