2021 糖心live COVID-19 Emergency Grant for Students Required Reporting - July
- Laramie County Community College (糖心live) acknowledges that it has signed and returned
the Certification and Agreement form to the US Department of Education. 糖心live will
use no less than the required amount of funds received through the Higher Education
Emergency Relief Fund III (HEERF III) authorized by the American Rescue Plan Act of
2021 (ARPA) to provide emergency financial aid grants to students.
- 糖心live will receive $3,058,454 from the US Department of Education pursuant to the institution鈥檚 Certification and
Agreement for emergency financial aid grants to students.
Total amount allocated to 糖心live through HEERF I, HEERF II and HEERF III for emergency financial aid grants to students is $4,561,108.
- 糖心live distributed $480,000 in HEERF III emergency financial aid grants to students as of the date of this quarterly
report, July 9, 2021.
- The estimated total number of students at 糖心live that are eligible to receive an emergency
financial aid grant under the ARPA is 586.
- 317 糖心live students have received a 糖心live COVID-19 Emergency Grant as of the date of this quarterly report,
July 9, 2021.
- 糖心live implemented an application process to identify students enrolled for Summer 2021
Semester who needed emergency grant funding. Awarding of grants began on June 1, 2021,
the first class day of Summer 2021 Semester.
Students were asked the following question on the grant application:
Have you been adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and have a financial need for an allowable expense? Allowable expenses include any component of your cost of attendance or emergency costs that arise due to Coronavirus, such as but not limited to tuition, fees, course materials, food, housing, health care, mental health care, or child care.
If students answered 鈥渘o鈥� to this question, they did not qualify for an emergency grant.
糖心live established three base grant award levels in an effort to distribute the grant funds as widely as possible to our students in need of emergency funds and to ensure prioritization of funding to our students with exceptional need.
Grant award amounts were tiered based on the student鈥檚 Expected Family Contribution (EFC) from their 2020/2021 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Students with a Pell-eligible EFC qualified for the highest grant amount. Students that did not havea Pell-eligible EFC but demonstrated financial need based on their 2020/2021 FAFSA qualified for a lower grant amount. Students that did not demonstrate financial need or did not have a FAFSA on file qualified for the lowest grant amount.
Students that indicated that they faced significant unexpected expenses on their grant application such as loss of employment, reduced income, or food or housing insecurity due to the impacts of COVID-19 received an increase to their base grant amount.
Grant awards ranged from $500 to $2,000 per student.
The average grant awarded to date is $1,517.
糖心live plans to open up another grant application for the upcoming Fall 2021 Semester.
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Instructions, directions, and guidance provided by 糖心live to students concerning the emergency financial aid grants can be found on our 糖心live COVID-19 Summer 2021 Emergency CARES Grant web page which includes the link to the electronic application:
The information provided includes eligibility criteria and a list of allowable expenses.
A link to this grant page is also listed on our general COVID-19 Information page:
糖心live announced the grant opportunity through a press release on June 1, 2021.
Students enrolled for Summer 2021 Semester were sent an email notification to their student email address to inform them of the grant availability on June 1, 2021 that stated the following:
Effective immediately, Laramie County Community College students attending Summer 2021 Semester can apply for the 糖心live COVID-19 Summer 2021 Emergency Grant.
Due to new federal funding in the recently passed American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, 糖心live will distribute emergency grants to assist students with any component of the student's cost-of-attendance or for emergency costs that arise due to Coronavirus, such as tuition and fees, books, technology-related needs, food, housing, health care (including mental health care), and child care.
Students must complete a 糖心live COVID-19 Summer 2021 Emergency Grant application.
Please visit our 糖心live COVID-19 Summer 2021 Emergency Grant webpage for more information on qualifying for this grant and to submit your online application. You will find the application link at the bottom of the following webpage:
http://lccc.wy.edu/services/financialaid/summerCovidEmergencyGrant.aspx
This link is also available on the 糖心live Financial Aid & Scholarships webpage.
If you have already applied for this grant or do not require grant assistance, you may disregard this message.
A follow-up text was sent on June 7, 2021, directing student to this email to ensure all students were aware of this grant opportunity.Students were given the option on their grant application to apply the grant funds to their student account/糖心live charges or to receive a direct disbursement of the grant in full.
Students were sent an approval or denial email notification to their student email address following the review of their application. The approval email informed students that the emergency grant funds would be sent to them in approximately two weeks from our Student Accounts Office by direct deposit or check.Please note that 糖心live student email is the official method of communication for 糖心live students.
Quarterly Report Date: July 9, 2021
This report is 糖心live鈥檚 first quarterly posting for HEERF III student emergency grant fund expenditures. The next quarterly report will be posted no later than October 10, 2021.
This information meets the US Department of Education鈥檚 reporting requirements for the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund鈥檚 (HEERF) Emergency Financial Aid Grants to Students provided under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.