CARES Act Student Portion - Final Report

Coronavirus Aid, 救援, 和经济安全(关怀)法案
Higher Education Emergency 救援 Fund
Emergency Student 金融援助 Grants
截至2020年6月30日的最终报告

The information below is provided in fulfillment of the requirement associated with the Emergency 金融援助 Grants to Students under the Coronavirus Aid, 救援, 和经济安全(关怀)法案.

  1. 4月13日, 2020, 推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜 (the “College”) signed and returned to the Department of Education (the “Department”) the Certification and Agreement. No less than 50% of the College’s total award was used to provide Emergency 金融援助 Grants directly to students.
     
  2. 4月24日, 2020, the College received confirmation from the Department that it had been awarded up to $511,412 as its allocation for the Emergency 金融援助 Grants to Students.
     
  3. 截至6月30日, 2020, 学院分发了所有的511美元,412* of the Emergency 金融援助 Grant funding to eligible students.
     
  4. The estimated total number of students at the College as of April 24th eligible to participate in programs under Section 484 in Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and thus eligible to receive Emergency 金融援助 Grants to Students under Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act was 921 students.
     
  5. The total number of students who have received an Emergency 金融援助 Grant under Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act is 690 students.
     
  6. The initial distribution of CARES Act funds ($23,144) in early May was directed to Title IV eligible students enrolled in the College’s 研究生 School of Social Work and Social 研究 (“GSSWSR”) during the Spring 2020 semester based on the fact that the students were significantly negatively impacted by the COVID-related disruptions including expenses associated with the sudden switch to remote learning and fieldwork in March. The funds were distributed by formula to all eligible students in the GSSWSR. Most eligible students received up to $200 to cover expenses such as those related to 技术(硬件, 软件及/或互联网连接), 医疗保健, 还有儿童保育.

    On June 18th, the College distributed the remainder of the funds ($488,277*). Given the near-universal impact of COVID-caused unexpected expenses, a focus on getting the funds into students’ hands as quickly as possible, and a desire to prevent inequitable access to the funds, the College distributed the funds equally to each U.S. undergraduate student who had completed a FAFSA form for 2019-20, 谁符合第四章的规定, who demonstrated financial need by qualifying for need-based financial aid during the Spring 2020 semester, and who was actively enrolled as of May 1, 2020. Students were notified multiple times about the fact that the purpose of the CARES Act funds is to provide financial resources to help students deal with expenses incurred as a result of the disruption of campus operations due to coronavirus such as the costs of food, 住房, 课程材料, 技术(硬件, 软件或连接), 医疗保健, 旅行, and arrangements for the retrieval/removal of their belongings from campus. The undergraduate students were asked to affirm that they had qualifying expenses. Students who acknowledged that they did not have qualifying expenses, 没有收到关爱法案的资金, thereby increasing the funds sent to the remaining students. Most eligible undergraduate students received $898.

    All of the students were degree-seeking; none were enrolled in a distance-only program; and almost all of the students were enrolled full-time.
     
  7. Students of the GSSWSR who received funds were sent an e-mail on April 21, 2020 notifying them about the distribution of funds to help them offset extra expenses incurred as a result of COVID-19 disruptions to the academic program.

    All undergraduate students received a communication via e-mail on May 27, 2020年，描述关怀法案, 合格标准, and the examples of qualifying expenses. It also referenced the fact that the funds are not taxable. 然后是6月10日和11日, each student who was identified as eligible received a personalized e-mail letting them know the distribution logistics and providing an individualized, electronic form by which they were asked to acknowledge whether or not they had incurred expenses as a result of the disruption to campus operations due to coronavirus in an amount that met or exceeded the amount to be distributed.

*The original posting of this report mistakenly referenced the grant amount as $511,412 and therefore the remainder distributed as $488,268. This webpage was corrected on June 30, 2021.