HEERF III Emergency Grant
HEERF III (ARP) - Student Funding
Student Funds – Quarterly Reporting 10-10-21
Cornell College acknowledged receipt of HEERF III (ARP) Federal Emergency Grant funding by signing and returning the Certificate and Agreement form. Cornell received the signed Grant and Award Notification from The Department of Education on May 13, 2021.
Cornell College received $1,191,146 in the student portion of the HEERF III ARP Funding. Institutions were required to use a portion of this funding to for direct outreach to students to make them aware that the Financial Assistance Office would consider special circumstances.
Cornell sent an email to students on June 7, 2021 to meet this requirement. The cost associated with creating and executing the email was $131.
Cornell used the entire remaining amount, $1,191,015, to provide emergency grants to students which could be used for any component of their cost of attendance or for emergency costs that arose due to coronavirus, such as tuition, food, housing, health care including mental health care), or child care. Cornell College distributed the entire $1,191,015 to 653 returning students in August 2021 and to 403 entering or transfer students in September 2021. This report will be our final quarterly report.
The estimated number of students eligible to receive emergency grants at Cornell College was 1056 students.
The total number of students that received an emergency grant was 1056 students.
The College established this eligibility criteria for these emergency grants:
- Returning students must be formally enrolled at Cornell College on August 16, 2021 for the fall semester of the 2021-2022 academic year.
- First-year and new transfer students were awarded after confirmation that they were enrolled in Block 1 and had not withdrawn at the time payments were processed.
- The amount of a student's award was determined based on their demonstrated financial need as determined from their 2021-2022 processed FAFSA. Please see the chart below for the breakdown of the awards.
- Schools were required to prioritize students with exceptional need. Students that were Pell eligible were defined as having exceptional need and therefore received the largest awards.
The following chart provides the specific details of how the funding was distributed to students:
| Student Population | # of Students | Dollar Amount Awarded to Each Group of Students | Total Funds Awarded to Each Group Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Returning Pell 0 EFC | 66 | $1,850 | $122,100 |
| Returning Pell 0 EFC | 2 | $1,860 | $3,720 |
| Returning undergrad Pell Eligible EFC 1 > 5847 | 95 | $1,700 | $161,500 |
| Returning undergrand EFC = >5847 & < = 15000 | 79 | $1,500 | $118,500 |
| Returning undergrad EFC > 15000 & have need | 192 | $1,000 | $192,000 |
| Returning undergrad filed a FAFSA no need | 48 | $500 | $24,000 |
| Returning undergrad did not file a FAFSA | 145 | $500 | $72,500 |
| Returning international students | 18 | $500 | $9,000 |
| Returning cont. ed. | 2 | $500 | $1,000 |
| Graduate 0 EFC in Pell range | 1 | $800 | $800 |
| Graduate have need | 2 | $400 | $800 |
| Graduate did not file a FAFSA | 3 | $200 | $600 |
| First-year 0 EFC | 65 | $1,867 | $121,355 |
| First-year Pell eligible EFC 1 > 5847 | 62 | $1,720 | $106,640 |
| First-year undergrad EFC > 5847 & < 15000 | 56 | $1,500 | $84,000 |
| First-year undergrad EFC > 15000 & have need | 125 | $1,000 | $125,000 |
| First-year undergrad filed a FAFSA no need | 53 | $500 | $26,500 |
| First-year undergrad did not file a FAFSA | 30 | $500 | $15,000 |
| First-year international students | 12 | $500 | $6,000 |
| Total students awarded | 1,056 | ||
| Grand total spent | $1,191,015 |
Communication with students regarding the HEERF III Grants
Dear students,
The passage of the 2021 American Rescue Plan (ARP) appropriated approximately $39.6 billion for the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) to provide emergency aid to public and private nonprofit institutions to spend on emergency student grants, defray institutional expenses, and carry out student support activities related to the coronavirus pandemic. Due to this act, Cornell has received $1,191,145 in Emergency Relief funding to directly distribute to Cornellians.
The ARP requires that institutions prioritize students with exceptional need, such as students who receive Pell Grants or undergraduates with extraordinary financial circumstances. The amount of your HEERF grant was determined by considering your financial need as demonstrated by the FAFSA.
Eligible students will be those formally enrolled at Cornell College as of August 16, 2021 and you may use these funds to cover any component of your cost of attendance or emergency costs that arise due to the coronavirus, such as, but not limited to, tuition, food, housing, books, travel expenses, health care, mental health care, or child care. These funds will be distributed directly to you, you may want to put these funds toward your student account if you have a balance remaining.
HEERF III funds will be distributed to eligible students via EFT directly to your bank account if you already have one on file, or by Paymerang echeck to your Cornell College email address. Details about how this works were emailed to you two days ago and you can also find a guide to echecks online.
If you quality for funding, you should expect to receive your funding by [DATE].
If you haven’t received your funds by Monday, August 29, contact Student Accounts at
studentaccounts@cornellcollege.edu to follow up.
See you around the Hilltop,
Office of Student Accounts