<p>Have the money from NCP be considered child support so that it gets reported on the FAFSA as custodial parent income. See if that is better than being given directly to student. It depends on the amounts and circumstances as to which is better, overall for fin aid. Student gets half of income over the protection level go directly to EFC. Parents generally run lower than that. But if it puts the parent over auto zero or other threshhold, better to go as student income.</p>