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It all depends on what your program is, and what your work entails. My second year in grad school, I was a GA for a lower-level grad class, and that paid half-tuition for the second semester and a small monthly stipend. I was also a Residential GA for that entire year--it provided me an apartment, insurance, meals in the dining hall, and a quarterly stipend.
If you're in a PhD program, your awards will probably cover tuition, insurance, and a stipend of about $17-18K a year, depending on where you live and if you're doing the sciences (whick pay more than the humanities).
Good luck. Because I'm pretty damned stingy, I was able to pocket most of my earnings, which allowed me to start the working world with a good cushion to buy all of the "starting off" stuff (work clothes, deposits, etc.) without accumulating any debt.
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