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There’s financial help for college students — if you can decipher the application forms

There could soon be more money than ever to help students go to college, but figuring out how to get it is the trick.

Both the proposed state and federal budgets included significant investments in financial aid, beefing up grant and loan programs and creating new ones.

The concern among some officials is that the federal application form for aid â?? a labyrinthine 109 questions â?? intimidates prospective college students and their families from applying to college.