Haha, more people should take advantage of the college thing if they don't want to be homeless. Last time I was without a home, I signed up, and bam! 23g's a year in financial aid.
Basically, if you don't have income and are independent from your 'rents income (basically, be over 25), you'll get somewhere near that amount. More like 13g's without the work-study. I guess you could even just attend class long enough for the financial aid to be sent out, and then split if you don't care about your credit/future financial aid.
I did a year, and now I'm too restless to sit in class anymore, so I'm planning to leave.
mike