In limited situations where the aid budget does not adequately reflect the cost a student will actually incur, the financial aid staff can increase the budget to cover the additional documented expenses. The result is that a student can receive more aid, usually loans or work-study, if they have not already been awarded the maximum amounts from each aid program.
The most typical situation for which this adjustment is made at Buffalo State is where a student incurs child care expenses while they are attending class.
It should be noted that the aid budget does not reflect expenses to support others in the family, but only for the cost of the student attending school.
