Question about FAFSA Income Reporting

Hey, I’m filling out the FAFSA right now as an independent (at the suggestion of school counselors and principals), because my mother is deceased and my father is in a federal penitentiary and won’t get out for quite some time.

I don’t receive any income from work since I’m unemployed (currently staying with extended family), but I do receive monthly Social Security payments that my deceased mother left me. Do I report this under income received, and if so under what column? “Other untaxed income not reported such as workers’ compensation or disability”? “Money received or paid on your behalf”?

My understanding is that type of SSI (received because your mother is deceased) is not reported anywhere on FAFSAm

Anyone else care to chime in?

If what OP is asking about is SSI, than it’s definitely not included on FAFSA.