Desperate

Hello everyone. These past few months have been hell. My deadline to pay for classes is this coming Wednesday, and I still haven’t gotten my FAFSA yet. (Paper version sent through the mail) I have retried the online version over and over and over countless times, deleting and redoing the form over 20 times at this point. It is STILL saying the exact same things and not allowing it to go through due to my stepdad not having a ssn. What is even more ridiculous, he has been unemployed for four years, and has not filed taxes because of this, only my mom has, so he shouldn’t even be considered a contributor. I have contacted FAFSA countless times, with them telling me this most recent time that they “cannot locate my application at this time.” My school is no help either, and they say they can’t do anything. At this point, I’m just at a loss. I’ve never been so frustrated in my entire life. My family is so poor, and my mom barely makes enough to keep the lights on. Half of the paychecks I get from my part time job goes towards the bills, and the rest goes to my insurance. I’m sorry for such the long rant but it’s just been so horrible. So I have a question. If I have to skip this semester due to not having enough money, can I retry for FAFSA for the Spring semester? I’ve never done this since I’ve just always done it for fall semester. It may be a dumb question but I need to know if I can retry for spring semester because there’s no way I can skip two semesters.