Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund
HEERF
CARES Act
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Emergency Security (CARES) Act provides emergency
aid to college and university students through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund.
Grossmont College received funding on April 26, 2020, and has provided all of its
CARES Act allocations to students.
CRRSAA and ARP
The Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSAA) and the
American Rescue Plan (ARP) provides additional emergency aid to college and university
students through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund.
Grossmont College received CRRSAA funding on March 31, 2021, and ARP funding on June
23, 2021. Grossmont College is currently accepting applications for student emergency
grants through these programs.
Federally Mandated HEERF Student Grant Programs Information
- Grossmont College has signed the Certification and Agreement as required by the U.S.
Department of Education and provides this assurance statement that Grossmont College
has used the applicable amount of funds designated under the HEERF programs to provide
Emergency Financial Aid Grants to students.
- Grossmont College will receive a total of $21,121,418 from the U.S. Department of
Education pursuant to the Certification and Agreement for Emergency Financial Aid
Grants to Students under the HEERF programs.
- As of December 31, 2021, Grossmont College had disbursed $6,226,781 of Emergency Financial
Aid Grants to students under the HEERF programs.
- As of December 31, 2021, approximately 18,000 students at Grossmont College were projected
to be eligible to receive Emergency Financial Aid Grants to students under the HEERF
programs.
- As of December 31, 2021, some 12,273 students will have received an Emergency Financial
Aid Grant under HEERF programs.
- Methods used by Grossmont College to determine which students receive Emergency Financial Aid Grants and how much they
would receive under HEERF programs include:
- Grossmont College's existing emergency grant program offers aid to eligible students
in the amount of $500 per term. Additionally, to ensure that available HEERF funds
could be distributed as widely as possible to students, Grossmont College decided
to award based on our existing award amount. This award amount could be subject to
change at a later date.
- Based upon our existing Emergency Grant application process, students had to complete
and submit an online HEERF application.
- In addition to the HEERF application, students must have remained enrolled in at least
one spring 2021 course or one fall 2021 course, and must confirm that they had additional
educational expenses related to the COVID-19 crisis. More detailed information on
the HEERF application can be found on our Emergency Grants webpage.
- HEERF awards for students will be ongoing until funds are fully expended.
- Grossmont College communicated with students concerning Emergency Financial Aid Grants, including instructions, directions, or guidance, on:
Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District HEERF Institutional Budgeting and Expenditures
Reports
- March 31, 2024 - Final Report
- December 31, 2023
- September 30, 2023
- June 30, 2023 – Final
- June 30, 2023 – Preliminary
- March 31, 2023.
- December 31, 2022
- September 30, 2022
- June 30, 2022 – Preliminary
- March 31, 2022
- December 31, 2021
- September 30, 2021
- June 30, 2021 - Initial
- June 30, 2021 - Final
- March 31, 2021
- September. 30, 2020
- December 31, 2020