From the Author
Statistics show that approximately 14 million single parents in the United States are responsible for raising 21.6 million children - on an average annual salary of $28,000.
For many, the cost of a college education has become nearly unaffordable. As I visited several bookstores and libraries in search of resources to help fund my son's education, I noticed a similarity. While many of the books did, in fact, provide the information I desired (i.e., scholarship, grant and loan information) nothing focused on the entire college experience of not only the student, but the role, contribution and effect it has on the parents. More specifically, nothing focused on assisting the single parent looking to provide an education for their child on a meager salary of which federal government oftentimes considers too high to qualify for educational assistance.
The parent sessions I attended at the university were undoubtedly informative, and I honestly thought that I was on top of things, which, in retrospect, could not have been further from the truth. Disappointed in the lack of resources available regarding the subject of financial aid for college and, specifically, information related to how a single parent survives both financially and emotionally, I offer this book to the parent who has no idea where to begin or how to proceed in sending their child to college on an annual salary of $50,000 or less. It is my hope that in reading Even on Your Salary, you store its contents, not as a gospel of sort, but as a reference in contributing to the future of your prospective college graduate.
- Janet K. Travick
