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Education
No. Unless she is your dependent you cannot claim or enter anything about her tuition, rent, living expenses, etc. on a tax return. Sorry. And....rent and living expenses are not qualified education expenses in any situation. Donations to individuals are not deductible--only donations to recognized charities are deductible.
However----you have gifted a lot of money to your sister and may need to complete a 709 gift form although you will not actually have to pay any tax.
Money that you receive as a gift is not taxable income to you, and you do not need to report it on your income tax return. Money that you gave as a gift to someone else is not deductible for your taxes.
Turbo Tax does not support the gift tax form 709, but here is a link:
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f709.pdf
https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/estates/the-gift-tax-made-simple/L5tGWVC8N