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”?