2021 糖心live COVID-19 Emergency Grant for Students Required Reporting - October
- 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 has distributed a total of $1,382,875 in HEERF III emergency financial aid grants to students as of the date of this quarterly
report, October 5, 2021.
$487,500 for Summer 2021 Semester and $895,375 for Fall 2021 Semester
Of this total amount, $902,875 was distributed to students during this past quarter - July 2021 through September 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 3,095.
586 estimated students for Summer 2021 and 2,509 estimated students for Fall 2021
- 320 糖心live students received a 糖心live COVID-19 Emergency Grant during Summer 2021 Semester and 672 糖心live students received a grant during Fall 2021 Semester as of the date of this quarterly report,
October 5, 2021.
- 糖心live implemented application processes to identify students enrolled for Summer 2021
and Fall 2021 Semesters who needed emergency grant funding. Awarding of summer grants
began on June 1, 2021 and awarding of fall grants began on September 7, 2021.
Students were asked the following question on the grant applications:
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 Summer 2021 COVID-19 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 of $1,500. Students that did not have a Pell-eligible EFC but demonstrated financial need based on their 2020/2021 FAFSA qualified for a lower grant amount of $1,000. Students that did not demonstrate financial need or did not have a FAFSA on file qualified for the lowest grant amount of $500.
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 a $500 increase to their base grant amount.
Grant awards ranged from $500 to $2,000 per student.
The average grant awarded is $1,527.
糖心live Fall 2021 COVID-19 Emergency Grant
糖心live established three full-time 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 financial need and Expected Family Contribution (EFC) from their 2021/20212 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Full-time students with a Pell-eligible EFC qualified for the highest grant amount of $2,000. Full-time students that did not have a Pell-eligible EFC but demonstrated financial need based on their 2021/2022 FAFSA qualified for a $1,500 grant. Full-time students that did not demonstrate financial need or did not have a 2021/2022 FAFSA on file qualified for the lowest grant amount of $1,000.
The above grant amounts were prorated based on the student鈥檚 enrollment status at the time of awarding as follows: 75% for quarter-time enrollment (9 - 11 credit hours), 50% for half-time enrollment (6 - 8 credit hours), and 25% for less than half-time enrollment (1 - 5 credit hours).
Grant awards ranged from $250 to $2,000 per student.
The average grant awarded to date is $1,332.
- 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 Emergency CARES Grant
web pages which includes the links to the electronic applications:
The information provided includes eligibility criteria and a list of allowable expenses.
The links to these grant pages are also listed on our COVID-19 Information page: 糖心live announced the grant opportunity through a press release on June 1, 2021 for the Summer 2021 grant and on August 23, 2021 for the Fall 2021 grant. Enrolled students were sent an email notification to their 糖心live student email address on the same day as the press release to inform them of the grant availability that stated the following:Effective immediately, Laramie County Community College students can apply for the 糖心live COVID-19 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 Emergency Grant application.
Please visit our 糖心live COVID-19 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/covidgrant
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 a week later directing student to this email to ensure all students were aware of the 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.
HEERF student grant funds are awarded by 糖心live鈥檚 Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships. Students are sent an approval or denial email notification to their student email address following the review of their application. The approval email informs students that the emergency grant funds will be sent to them in one to 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: October 5, 2021
This report is 糖心live鈥檚 second quarterly posting for HEERF III student emergency grant fund expenditures. The next quarterly report will be posted no later than January 10, 2022.
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.