<p>TrinSF, that question is so that schools have documentation of how you survive on so little income. It’s required for an audit. There is usually some info gathered that makes it all make sense … for example, the family stays with relatives, or has subsidized housing & food benefits … or the parent supports the family with refunds from student loans … whatever is the case. If everything is still 0, there needs to be some explanation. If the family lives in a shelter, that is an explanation.</p>