Northwest College

COVID-19 Relief Grants

Spring 2021

The Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund II (HEERF II) is authorized by the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (CRRSAA), Public Law 116-260, signed into law by President Donald J. Trump on Dec. 27, 2020. In total, the CRRSAA authorizes $81.88 billion in support for education, in addition to the $30.75 billion former Secretary DeVos expeditiously provided last spring through the Coronavirus Aid, Recovery, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, Public Law 116-136.

All previous unexpended CARES Act funds, both student share and institutional share, may be used in the same way they are permitted to be used under the HEERF II rules.  All awards made under CRRSAA rules, including previously unencumbered CARES Act funds, shall be labeled CRRSAA. The College reserves the right to award all previously unencumbered CARES funds during the spring 2021 academic semester and to relegate supplemental CRRSAA funds to solely the fall 2021 academic semester, or to spend portions of supplemental CRRSAA funds in both the spring 2021, summer 2021, and fall 2021 academic semesters, as it deems necessary. The College shall continue to make awards to eligible students, in accordance with this Policy & Procedure, until all available CRRSAA & CARES Act funds are depleted, there are no more eligible students to award, the funds expire, or this Policy & Procedure is retired and replaced by a College Policy & Procedure that accommodates federal awarding permissions under the American Rescue Plan (HEERF III), whichever comes first. NWC CRRSAA & previously unencumbered CARES student grants Policy & Procedure Governance Document:

• Northwest College attests that it has signed and returned the Certification and Agreement form and has used, or intends to use, no less than the required amount of funds received to provide HEERF II grants to students.
  
  
• NWC CRRSAA & previously unencumbered CARES student grants Policy & Procedure Governance Document: Policy & Procedure

• Total number of students reviewed for CRRSAA & previously unencumbered CARES student grants eligibility under this NWC Policy & Procedure: 832 (as of 6/30/21 - FINAL UPDATE/GRANT CLOSED)
  
  
• Total number of student confirmed eligible and awarded CRRSAA & previously unencumbered CARES student grants under this NWC Policy & Procedure: 459 (as of 6/30/21 - FINAL UPDATE/GRANT CLOSED)
  
  
• Total amount of CRRSAA & previously unencumbered CARES student grants available to award under this NWC Policy & Procedure: $704,310 (as of 6/30/21 - FINAL UPDATE/GRANT CLOSED)
  
  
• Total amount of CRRSAA & previously unencumbered CARES student grants awarded under this NWC Policy & Procedure: $387,825 (as of 6/30/21 - FINAL UPDATE/GRANT CLOSED)