There is a question asking does anyone in your household get SSI payments? My niece lives with me after her mom died and she gets an SSI death benefit payment. Because she has no living parents, I am her legal guardian. (She is 16). When I file for her FAFSA for College she will be an independent but I’m not sure how to treat her right now on the forms. Do I say yes that someone in household gets SSI and claim her as a dependent on the form even though in 2 years She will claim she is independent on the same form? I don’t want to accidentally make a fraudulent claim.