<p>Foster/adoption payments are currently excluded from untaxed income for FAFSA. See pg 62 of the 09/10 filing instructions here:
<a href=“http://studentaid.ed.gov/students/attachments/siteresources/CompletingtheFAFSA09-10.pdf[/url]”>http://studentaid.ed.gov/students/attachments/siteresources/CompletingtheFAFSA09-10.pdf</a></p>
<p>But, as swimcatsmom said, your EFC is way too high for a $27K income with no assets and 3 dependent students in college! You might want to pull up your SAR and verify that the other info was entered correctly and check the qualifications for the Automatic 0 EFC.</p>