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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Good evening,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I had a mom call asking about moving her son to an independent status. He is working through the disability process, and his SSI representative advised them to change his FAFSA info to at-risk
of homelessness. Mom indicated that he would always have home with them, and they obviously have contact.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Am I missing any regulations that would allow for a PJ to move a student to an independent designation? I don’t think this is a situation in which case this would qualify, but I wanted to double
check before telling her to not make any FAFSA changes that would be misleading.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sincerely, <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">Tirzah Knight<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">Student Services Office<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">Director of Financial Aid<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">o: 918.335.6252 | f: 918.335.6252<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">Oklahoma Wesleyan University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">2201 Silver Lake Road, Bartlesville, OK 74006<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.okwu.edu/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#954F72;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">okwu.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">OKWU Eagles Reminders:</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Complete your
<a href="StudentAid.gov">22-23 FAFSA</a> <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Review your aid offer & missing docs in the
<a href="FinAidApply.okwu.edu">FA portal</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Send us your documents by taking a picture and using
<a href="https://www.okwu.edu/upload/">OKWU Upload</a>. We cannot accept emailed documents.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:12.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.okwu.edu/admissions/financial-aid/faq/">Financial Aid FAQs</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Need more help? Send me an email, and I am happy to call, Zoom, or text.
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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