What can you do with the Pell Grant?

What can you use a federal pell grant for?

• Answer:

  The majority of students use their pell grants for financial aid, such as stafford or A+ Loans, as well as private loan companys that has been used for the financial aide program. Most financial aid programs will accept this grant but some do not, such as trident one stop programs, or other certificate programs. That sort of loan must be cared for through private loans and/or government allotments, such as the certification through unemployed members who have been laid off, unable to work or collecting unemployment. The local dss office in your area and/or unemployment office should be able to point you in the right direction of where government funds can be used. Many things that you may purchase personally through pell grants are; Computers, school supplies (paper, pencils, etc), lab fees or other student fees not included in loan or financial aid, books, possibly student housing (ask financial advisor or academic couselor for more info on this.) and many things that you would need during your school period. The allotment is only given once per semester and in one lump sum. Majority of colleges or universities receive the grant first, so to get what they need from it, such as books and fees, and it will be discussed what is removed when you enroll, but some do not. Mainly the school receives it first and what fees that are not covered in the loan that are unresolved, regarding a payment plan, will be removed from the grant and the remainder of the funds will be directly mailed to the person approved for the grant. A student then may use the funds in how they see fit, but it is only legal to spend it for school related stuff, not personal or as a personal income (to live off of). Many kids just buy their more expensive products, such as books, computers or other equipment that may cost a lot of money and then send the rest for tuition, whether loan or other financial aid programs. The best way of learning of how to spend your grants and financial aid properly and wisely, this must be discussed with financial aid counselors, academic counselors, parents or other responsible adult with the knowledge of financials regardings loans and grants, or a government agency regarding loans and grants. It must also be understood what you can pay out of pocket during the school period and budgeted correctly. Once understanding what you need and how you will get it, regarding resources (work, loan, grants, people etc) then you will be able to bugdet better during school and use all funds effeciently and correctly. www.grants.gov this is a website to learn on grants, that's a good place to start as well as school websites, loan websites, government agencies and/or phone numbers of all parties included in payment