Any pell grants out there for convicted drug felons?

Question

My husband is a convicted drug felon. Served his time, ran a clean and sober program for over 31/2 yrs. Now off of Parole he is interested in going to college to get certified in Mechanics. We have looked around, but all the Pell Grants exclude Drug Felonies...Is there somewhere I can look that im just not seeing? Any help would be greatly appreciated...

Thank you.....:-)

Answer 1

Pell Grants are for college and very difficult to obtain anymore.  If he's looking to go to trade school, he should ask the financial aid office or counselors at that particular school about finance options.

Answer 2

Has he checked into getting the charge expunged or pardoned? It is a bit of a pain to do, but his best bet.

Answer 3

FAFSA does NOT exclude people for Pell grants simply because they have a drug Felony.  You have been misinformed!!  The wording is:

Have you been convicted of the possession or sale of illegal drugs and the offense occurred while you were receiving federal student aid (grants, loans, and/or work-study)?

And even IF he answers "Yes" he still may qualify because he can do a number of things (like complete an acceptable drug rehab program) to become eligible again.

Here is the current wording and subsequent worksheet on the Dept of Eds website.  Good luck.

Answer 4

Fill out the FAFSA and see what happens. Make an appointment to talk to the person in the financial aid office. Best wishes.

Answer 5

pell was a wonderful man i cant be sure but i do in fact think that if he hasnt had a grant before he can in fact get one. i wish that to get one you had to write a report on the pell himself he was a wonderful man. even though the democrats in RI will blast his memory at every chance even when insisting for a raise in pell grants (thanks senator whitehouse) at least reed wont do that even though he is also a useless looser like you sen smokeshow

sorry didnt mean to regress but yes i do think he can get one