Some are choosing cheaper schools, taking gap years, or staying closer to home. Others are hoping that, if college is online in the fall, tuition might be lower.

But with high unemployment and economic uncertainty will students want to take on loans?

Unemployment is higher than it’s been since the Great Depression. Economists estimate that more than 40% of layoffs will likely be permanent.

Food banks are seeing a surge in demand as COVID-19 pandemic pushes many newly-unemployed toward food insecurity.

Most parents have stopped paying for child care as coronavirus-related closures extend, leaving providers with little to no income.

Nonprofits and online fundraisers have seen an uptick in donations since stimulus checks started appearing in bank accounts.

For Autumn Saxton-Ross, work is a big part of her identity. With her job and so much else now on hold, she’s trying to figure out who she is “in this new weird world.”

Many of those that are most in need don’t qualify for aid.

Most federal student loans qualify for a temporary suspension during the coronavirus pandemic, but not all.

For Marco Saavedra, his family, and millions like them, there will be no $1,200 coronavirus stimulus check and no small business disaster loan to help get them through the pandemic.