Shelly Gigante: Senior Contributor

If you qualify, Direct Loans can lighten your tuition burden. But borrow smart.

Disabilities that are not visible to others affect millions. Support groups can help.

At a Connecticut gym, members and instructors support each other on the journey to good health.

Tracking down a life insurance policy for a deceased family member isn’t hard when you know where to look.

Follow treatment plans, keep appointments, and be honest.

Out-of-pocket health care costs in retirement are much higher for senior singles than for senior couples.

LGBTQ college students and their allies can potentially pare their tuition costs.

By adding to your IRA earlier than April of the next year, your investment can potentially deliver more growth.

Parents and caregivers can help kids mourn loss by grieving and talking about death in a healthy way.

Your 401(k) may not generate sufficient income to sustain your retirement.

A disability doesn’t mean the elimination of regular exercise or a healthy lifestyle.

Stress test your budget, review your health insurance, and time your Social Security benefits carefully.

These events, led by Hill Harper, are part pep rally and part money management course.

It brings history to life for kids who might otherwise forget the sacrifices of the civil rights movement.

Whether traveling solo or with a partner, it is important to do your homework thoroughly.

When older couples divorce, it can undermine their financial standard of living.

Students create a club for socially struggling students who spend the lunch hour eating alone.

Texas chef Ginger Sprouse helped homeless man Victor Hubbard in an unsung demonstration of mutuality.

Shelly Gigante