HEERF Grant Disclosures

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Information Regarding CARES Act Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) Grant

St. Joseph School of Nursing has been allocated funds from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSA) Act, and the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act. These separate acts established and funded the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) to provide emergency financial aid grants. These critical funds help eligible St. Joseph students cover expenses related to unanticipated travel, additional technology requirements, or other needs related to an emergency situation.

  1. St. Joseph School of Nursing signed and returned the Certification and Agreement for CARES funding to the U.S. Department of Education. St. Joseph School of Nursing intends to use no less than 50 percent of the funds received under Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act to provide Emergency Financial Aid Grants to students (HEERF grants).
  2. St. Joseph School of Nursing received $627,056 from the U.S. Department of Education pursuant to the institution’s Certification and Agreement for Emergency Financial Aid Grants to Students.
  3. As of December 31st, 2021, St. Joseph School of Nursing has distributed all $627,056 of the Emergency Financial Aid Grants to students under Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act, the CRRSA Act, and the ARP Act.
  4. St. Joseph School of Nursing had an estimated 170 total students who were eligible to participate in programs under Section 484 in Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and who were thus eligible to receive Emergency Financial Aid Grants to students under Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act.
  5. A total of 136 St. Joseph School of Nursing students have received an Emergency Financial Aid Grant under Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act (HEERF I), a Financial Aid Grant from the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSA Act – HEERF II), or the American Rescue Plan (ARP – HEERF III) as of December 31, 2021.
  6. St. Joseph School of Nursing reviewed and considered the suggestion of U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos when determining students with the most demonstrated need during the initial awarding of the grant. Undergraduate students with an Expected Family Contribution (EFC) of 0-10,000 received an immediate distribution of $1,000 to assist with loss of income, housing, childcare, or any educational costs that resulted from COVID-19. Subsequent grants under HEERF II and HEERF III ranged from $704.32 to $4,000.
  7. St. Joseph School of Nursing published an emergency financial aid grants (CARES) webpage to our website (edu) that provides students and the public with information pertaining to the grant, criteria used to determine eligible students, and how to request an emergency grant.
  8. St. Joseph notified all eligible students via email of the immediate distribution of the CARES grant that would be forthcoming. St. Joseph also notified all students who did not fall under the initial need criteria to receive an Emergency Financial Aid Grant but were experiencing significant financial hardship related to the COVID-19 crisis, to contact St. Joseph School of Nursing’s Student Financial Services to discuss their circumstances.

The CARES Grant response team reviewed email requests and sent students a link to communicate their situation and provide documentation (if available) related to the impact that COVID-19 had on their family. The response team followed up to distribute funds to students where applicable. St. Joseph School of Nursing will continue to communicate the option of a Special Circumstance/Professional Judgment process to all FAFSA filers and their families that may have been impacted financially by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Information about HEERF (CARES) emergency grants was published on St. Joseph’s site under COVID-19 resources and on the Student Financial Services webpage.

CARES Act Distribution