Northwest College

COVID-19 Relief Grants

Fall 2021

Webpage created 5.25.2021

The Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund III (HEERF III) is authorized by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021 and included additional COVID-19 relief for institutions of higher education. This COVID stimulus bill included $40 billion, available through September 30, 2023, for higher education institutions and students, using the same Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) model established in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020.

All previous unexpended CARES (HEERF I) and Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSAA) Act funds (HEERF II), both student share and institutional share, may be used in the same way they are permitted to be used under the ARPA/HEERF III rules.  All awards made under ARPA/HEERF III rules, including previously unencumbered CARES (HEERF I) and CRRSAA (HEERF II) Act funds, shall henceforth be labeled ARPA/HEERF III.  The College reserves the right to award all ARPA (HEERF III) and previously unencumbered CARES (HEERF I) and CRRSAA (HEERF II) funds (labeled as ARPA/HEERF III), during the fall 2021 academic semester as it deems necessary.  The College shall continue to make awards to eligible students, in accordance with this Policy & Procedure, until all available unencumbered ARPA/HEERF III 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 supersedes it, whichever comes first. 

NWC ARPA & previously unencumbered CARES/CRRSAA student grants Policy & Procedure Governance Documents:

• 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 III grants to students.
  
  
• NWC ARPA & previously unencumbered CARES/CRRSAA student grants Policy & Procedure Governance Documents:

ARPA Student Grants Policy & Procedure - ORIGINAL (9.1.21-11.3.21)

ARPA Student Grants Policy & Procedure - SUPPLEMENTAL (11.4.21-12.17.21)

• Total number of students reviewed for ARPA & previously unencumbered CARES/CRRSAA student grants eligibility under these NWC Policy & Procedures: 

5.25.21 Update:

TBD on/after 9.16.21 (when the 21/FA semester’s add/drop period concludes)

7.5.21 Update:

TBD on/after 9.16.21 (when the 21/FA semester's add/drop period concludes)

9.16.21 Update:

1,026

10.1.21 Update: 

Cumulative        3rd Quarter 2021 (7.1.21-9.30.21)

   1,026                1,026

11.5.21 Update:   

Cumulative       4th Quarter 2021 (10.1.21-12.31.21)

  1,053                27

1.3.22 Update: 

Cumulative       4th Quarter 2021 (10.1.21-12.31.21)

  1,053                0

4.1.22 FINAL UPDATE/GRANT CLOSED: 

Cumulative       1st Quarter 2022 (1.1.22-3.31.22)

  1,053                0

• Total number of students confirmed eligible and awarded ARPA & previously unencumbered CARES/CRRSAA student grants under these NWC Policy & Procedures: 

 5.25.21 Update:

TBD on/after 9.16.21 (after the 21/FA semester’s add/drop period concludes) 

 7.5.21 Update:

TBD on/after 9.16.21 (after the 21/FA semester's add/drop period concludes)

 9.16.21 Update:

1,020

10.1.21 Update: 

Cumulative        3rd Quarter 2021 (7.1.21-9.30.21)

  1,020                 1,020

11.5.21 Update: 

Cumulative         4th Quarter 2021 (10.1.21-12.31.21)

  1,038                  18

1.3.22 Update:   

Cumulative        4th Quarter 2021 (10.1.21-12.31.21)

  1,036                -2

4.1.22 FINAL UPDATE/GRANT CLOSED:

Cumulative        1st Quarter 2022 (1.1.22-3.31.22)

  1,036                 0

• Total amount of ARPA & previously unencumbered CARES/CRRSAA student grants available to award under these NWC Policy & Procedures: 

5.25.21 Update:

$1,486,271 

7.5.21 Update:

$1,486,271

9.16.21 Update:

$1,486,284

10.1.21 Update: 

Cumulative          3rd Quarter 2021 (7.1.21-9.30.21)

 $1,486,284         $1,486,284

11.5.21 Update: 

Cumulative         3rd Quarter 2021 (10.1.21-12.31.21)

  $1,492,122        $5,838

1.3.22 Update: 

Cumulative         4th Quarter 2021 (10.1.21-12.31.21)

  $1,491,316        -$806

4.1.22 FINAL UPDATE/GRANT CLOSED: 

Cumulative         1st Quarter 2022 (1.1.22-3.31.22)

  $1,491,719         $403

• Total amount of ARPA & previously unencumbered CARES/CRRSAA student grants awarded under these NWC Policy & Procedures: 

5.25.21 Update:

TBD on/after 9.16.21 (after the 21/FA semester’s add/drop period concludes)

7.5.21 Update:

TBD on/after 9.16.21 (after the 21/FA semester's add/drop period concludes)

9.16.21 Update:

$1,486,284

10.1.21 Update: 

Cumulative          3rd Quarter 2021 (7.1.21-9.30.21)

  $1,486,284        $1,486,284 

11.5.21 Update: 

Cumulative         4th Quarter 2021 (10.1.21-12.31.21)

  $1,492,122        $5,838

1.3.22 Update: 

Cumulative         4th Quarter 2021 (10.1.21-12.31.21)

  $1,491,316        -$806

4.1.22 FINAL UPDATE/GRANT CLOSED: 

Cumulative        1st Quarter 2022 (1.1.22-3.31.22)

  $1,491,719       $403