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title: New Phone-Friendly FAFSA
description: "NEWS:NYT: Families no longer need desktop computer to complete college financial aid form."
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# [New Phone-Friendly FAFSA](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/helix/new-phone-friendly-fafsa)

 Written by [DSST Public Schools](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/helix/author/dsst-public-schools) | 09/19/18

The notoriously difficult-to-fill-out federal financial aid form known as Fafsa is going mobile. And, the federal Education Department says, it should be easier to use.

The latest version of the document, formally called the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, will be available next month on a new phone app and on a revamped website that works well on mobile devices.

 

[Read the full article here.](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/07/your-money/fafsa-app.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Feducation&action=click&contentCollection=education&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=10&pgtype=sectionfront)

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