CARES Act - Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund

The federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act authorizes colleges to award Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds (HEERF) to students for their expenses related to the disruption of their education due to coronavirus, such as food, housing, course materials, technology, health care and child-care expenses. ONC BOCES PN Program received $54,054.00.

ONC BOCES Practical Nursing Program signed a Certification and Agreement with the U.S. Department of Education, committing to use no less than 50% of funds received under Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act to provide Emergency Financial Aid Grants to students. This amounts to $27,027.00. We will be awarding approximately $31,000.00 that will be provided to ONC PN Students directly. We will have $23,054.00 for institutionally related expenditures to assist with keeping our Program running and continue to educate much-needed nurses.

ONC BOCES Practical Nursing Program has distributed $00.00 of Emergency Financial Aid Grants to students under Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act as of August 21, 2020.

We are committed to providing this economic relief money directly to our students in a transparent and expeditious manner as possible.

Applications for the grant have been sent to all students who meet the criteria listed below. * Applications are being processed and we estimate awarding CARES funds to approximately 94% of the student population enrolled during COVID-19.

*All eligible students will receive support. Eligible students must have:

Been enrolled for the Spring 2020 semester as of March 13, 2020
A completed 2019-2020 FAFSA with a valid Expected Family Contribution (EFC) calculation
Be Title IV eligible, which includes a completed verification (if selected)
Be in good standing for the Federal Satisfactory Academic Progress assessment for the Spring 2020 semester

Ineligible students, as per Federal and ONC BOCES Practical Nursing guidelines, include those students during the Spring 2020 semester who:

Did not complete the FAFSA, do not have a valid EFC, is not Title IV eligible, or were not meeting the minimum Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) standards for the Spring 2020 semester

Please Note: Once applications have all been complied a final determination of the distribution of funds will be made.

** There have been two additional awards to Student grant funds and to Institutional Funding Awards

HEERF II Student Portion $27,027.00 HEERF III Student Portion $68,897.00

HEERF II Institutional Portion $51,780.00 HEERF III Institutional Portion $68,897

Please see reporting below to see what grants our students have received and what we have used our Institutional Portion funds on thus far.

Please feel free to contact us with any questions (607-431-2562)

**Report Update 10/10/2022

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Report Update: 6/30/2022

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Report Update: 4/10/2022

Cares Act (HEERF III) Emergency Relief fund report 04-10-2022