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Page 3 • Un.areompanledJ - Unaa::omp·an1ed Homeless YouthYou.lh Determinations

Determinattons bv .Determinaitions by FAAs

lf ,m applicant bslisveis If aR app!icant balievss that hs ne or : she is homeless IB home es.s or at al risk of being horneless but is unab e lo answer hamele·s.sbut is: u·nable 10 � nswer"yes to any of . � 10 c:1ny 1Jf the previousty noted pre'lliously notec:I FAFSA questions, the applic.ant should contact th applicant shoLiid co.nla-ot his or her lier financial aid office o:ffiee to request that lha � a homeless youth dete.rrninatlon . youtl1

·the FAA':s d@termination may be made mada based on 011 a documented interviewdocume led Interview with the applicant. FAAs shouldsf1ould be able to show thattl:lat their policies andarid procedures .are compliant withstatutoryrequirements.

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fo.:3 previously noted , FAAs . FAA:s should limitthe1r tnquiry to limi.t the:ir inquiryto whether the ·applicant a·p;lioani is an unaccotnpan· d youth who unatoompanied youtl1whio is homeress, : omeless., or at : al risk of being af be-trig homeless, ra.therthan the rather than tne reasons forfurthe ;1;ppUcant'seap- Hcant's homelessness. If the FAA determines dlat the applicant i6 an unaccompanied yot. � illwho is homeless or at risk of be1ng homefess., theth FAA d rmiri sIth ait the applicant ii an unacc ompaniecl yo1,rtJ1 who is homelet5 or al risk·of being homelese, lhe FAA must submit a. FAFSA ' 1 correction" using th "Homeless Youth Dete • rmlnation" flag {"Specral Circumsta.nces F-AFSA 11 ,correclion" u5.ing the "'Hcm@:l0tt Youth Oit:!t,e,r.min·atlcni" f;lag {"Sp � cial Circt:..imstci.rites Flag" item ilem number 176 on the 17-8i ()fl t � e 2015 -- -2 :016 Institutional Student Informatron ·0i:6 loslil:ution;;1i Stuc.:len lnformaronReoord). A new determinationcletermination must be ma.de made each � ·ear ye � r for .an applicant who :eirptlc � 11t � o Is horne!ess or at rJsk h-f)JllE?! � &1$-0r � t rls � of befng homeless berng flomsless. AppllcaritaApplicants who are between theme oetwesn ths ages. of 21ancl 2.4.and who are unacconpanied and hl;jme',1,e, � s or self-su:p • rting and 24 and who are unaccompanied and hom � !ess or self-supporting and ata � risk of beingofbeiri homeless qualify tor quali!"y for :a homeless .youlh determination, and wtll determir)ation, a.nd will :be considered independent studentss.luclent,s..

Documentation of HomeJessness or Risk of l-lomelessness

As ncwted Documentation pt HomeJessnes,sor Risk af Hom@lfjSSness

Acs noted In the previous pm11io.us section FAA:s are requlred ; FMs ere required to make 3 home!ess a h oma.iless youth detennination d8t-ermination in the a;ises cases when a request reciues• rs mademaele by a student. Documentation that sttl-de:rtl. Documentatiori thal. FMs may consider in determining whether an applicant h:, consr.der indeterml,nng wheU1ar an un:aooompanied youth applicant ia a11unaooomp;;1nied yout'h who is homeless, home-l1;1$$, or at risk ffak of be- ing homeless, includes bL � t fs in9 homele-8:s, inc.ludes bLrt is not limi'.ted limited to information from:

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Updated 10/01/2023