WIDDEP
Widowed Parent Disclosure
2018-2019
Office of Financial Aid 100 East 8
th
Street PO Box 9000 ▪ Holland, MI 49422-9000
P: 616-395-7765 ▪ F: 616-395-7160finaid@hope.edu ▪ hope.edu/financialaid
It is our understanding that your parent was recently widowed. To determine your 2018-19 eligibility for
financial assistance, we need financial information of your surviving parent.
Student Name:
Hope College ID Number:
Your parent is to complete the following items using only his/her
information, even if a joint tax return
was filed.
Date you were widowed: ___/___/____
A. Submit a signed copy of parent(s) 2016 and 2017 Federal Income Tax Return with W-2 forms.
B. Complete the following information
1.
HOUSEHOLD INFORMATION:
a. Current number in household: _________
b. Current number of household members attending college in 2018-19 _________
2.
UNTAXED INCOME & BENEFITS received during 2017 *
a. Welfare benefits (including TANF). Don’t include food stamps or subsidized housing $______
b. Social Security benefits received for all household members $______
c. SSI disability benefits $______
d. Survivor benefits (e.g. life insurance, pensions, VA benefits, etc.) $______
e. Worker’s compensation $______
f. Any other untaxed income or benefits. List source(s): _____________________ $______
*
DO NOT INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING UNTAXED INCOME TYPES:
Workforce Investment Act Educational benefits, benefits from flexible spending arrangements (e.g.
cafeteria plans), or combat pay if you are not a tax filer.
3. ASSET INFORMATION for Surviving Parent: What was it worth at
What was owed?
date you were widowed?
a. Cash, savings, & checking accounts: $__________
b. Investments (excluding retirement plans): $__________ $_________
c. Other real estate (excluding home): $__________ $_________
d. Business: Name _____________________ $__________ $_________
Is the business more than 50% family-owned and controlled?
YES
NO
Does the business have 100 or fewer full-time equivalent employees?
YES
NO
e. Investment farm: $__________ $_________
Does your parent “materially participate in the farm's operation”?
YES
NO
Parent email:
_____________________________
Parent
Signature:
_________________________________
Date
Signed:
________________