well at a time when incoming College freshmen should feel excited about their next step many say they're frustrated and stressed out about the financial aid process the US Department of Education announced next year's FASA form will launch two months late following delays and problems linked to this year's application and that means some students heading to college for the first time may not have the money to pay for it senior correspondent Brenda Flanigan spoke with experts about the botched roll out and what students can do to make sure their financial aid is secure we are going to have by midt students who start to get bills from their institutions without um any possibility to pay those bills financial aid experts like Audrey fish fear some Jersey college freshman this fall could find out their enrolled but with no money for tuition after a glitch-ridden roll out of the new Fafa or or free application for federal student aid the redesigned forms delivered late and plagued with problems have confused many applicants so you bang your head against the wall you give up and you say well I hope it's going to work out and then those students are going to be in for a roote Awakening and what what are our institutions going to be able to do to support those students fish runs the nonprofit more than bootstraps which is proactive ly reaching out into local communities and has so far steered 1,200 New Jersey students through this year's vexing faf process they offered help to graduating seniors at three Paya County high schools for many non-english-speaking families especially those with undocumented relatives it's intimidating so bootstraps enlisted some bilingual college students who had already benefited from their program and could reassure applicants it's confidential for undocumented people or students it's probably really hard for them just because the worriness of like what happened to my parents get this information like is is something bad going to happen to them because you're putting information for the feral that's exactly why we're here we're here to give them communication be able to explain it to them so that they're not worried they're not scared to fill this out and help them through all the loopholes that is going on just to fill out the fast New Jersey received a 100,000 Federal grant part of a nationwide fund to help boost Fafa applications which fell by almost 10% Statewide during the last school year many in underserved districts the new FAFSA form isn't really helping says urit Gonzalez I have a couple of students that you know they committed to a school and just two weeks ago received their package and realize oh there's no way I can afford this and it really throws a wrench into their PL and it's really impacting families Gonzalez founded College money Chica and notes FAFSA delays have already hit some families hard there will be students who will get that bill and say okay now what am I going to do um but I think like when organizations like more than bootstraps or when community colleges step in like we could we can fill that void for students Rebecca Royal's dean of enrollment at Paya County Community College and says two-year schools offer students a more affordable option they're also counseling anxious freshmen through this FAFSA process we could see upwards of maybe 150 students who are re seeking some type of assistance and they might not be looking to fill out their application but they might be looking for a status update for example or they need to um ask those uh ask questions to tie up some loose ends like the nj.gov link says it's FAFSA o' you can sign up here for free one-on-one counseling too Jersey FAFSA deadline for state tuition Aid grants is September 15th as for next year's FAFSA that's also been delayed I'm Brenda Flanagan andj Spotlight news