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Article #353: Does Financial Aid for Paying Back Student Loans Exist?

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You've finished college and now that your your professional title suspended or
student loans are due, you're in more revoked.
financial difficulties than ever. So as a If you're in danger of defaulting or just
student in financial trouble, you need want to spread your debt over a longer
help. Can you get financial aid for period of time with a lower monthly
paying back student loans? payment, you can consolidate the loan,
The truth is, no. It doesn't exist. But either through a private lender or with
you do have some options, and there is the Department of Education.
some financial help available from the This is the only way to actually reduce
department of education as well. the amount you have to pay with help from
If you're having trouble paying off the government; if your debt is
student loans, one of the basic options consolidated there are different plans
is consolidation. If you want to play you can use that will allow you to pay
this card later, you can get through the debt in a way that is convenient to
temporary financial difficult by your situation. If your situation
deferring or forbearing payment. Stafford changes, you can switch between plans as
loans offer deferments but some private well.
lenders do not; they are generally You can pay off the loan in steady
granted for unemployment or other payments over a long period of time, or
economic hardship, or if you are still extend it for up to 30 years (or more
studying. with some services) with lower monthly
During deferment, you can either pay the payments but a higher accumulated total.
interest only, or you can capitalize the You can opt for a graduated plan,
interest, adding it to the total debt and allowing you to pay lower payments now to
paying interest on the interest after the give you a chance to get out of financial
deferment period. If your loan is trouble, and the payments increase in
subsidized, the government pays the steps over time.
interest during the deferment. If your There are also income-based plans. In
loan was a need-based subsidized federal these plans, your income is taken into
loan, you will receive help in this form account as well as your expenses and
if you have trouble paying back your household size, and if you are
loan. impoverished you do not have to pay. The
Lenders may or may not allow a downside is that in order to get out of
forbearance due to extreme circumstances. paying the debt, you have to remain in
Generally they last 12 months, and poverty the rest of your life.
interest continues to accumulate in every While there is no financial aid for
case. paying back student loans, the government
Avoid defaulting a student loan. You can and private lenders do offer options to
lose access to financial aid or social ease the actual financial burden of the
security services, your wages can be loans.
garnished, your tax returns withheld, and






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