CARES Act I Student Aid Quarter Ended 3/31/2021 - FINAL

Grambling State University (GSU) provides Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund - CARES Act Aid to students.

On April 10, 2020, GSU signed and returned the Certification and Agreement to the Department of Education. The University pledged to award at least 50 percent of the CARES Act funds received under Section 18004(a) (1) for Emergency Financial Aid Grants to students.

As of May 4, 2020, GSU received $3,505,194 in CARES Act funds designated for distribution to students in the form of Emergency Financial Aid Grants under Section 18004(a) (1) of the CARES Act.

As of April 6, 2021, GSU has distributed a total of $3,505,194 in Emergency Financial Aid Grants to students. Distribution dates and amounts are as follow:s follow:

Distributions

Date

 Distributed Amount

 Semester/Term

Total Student  Recipients

1.

May 21, 2020

$ 2,650,200 

 Spring 2020

3,032

2.

June 16, 2020

200,000 

 Spring 2020

235

3.

June 22, 2020

156,400 

 Summer I

910

4.

July 20, 2020

121,600

 Summer II

755

5.

Oct. 14, 2020

358,250

 Fall 2020

2,866

6.

April 6, 2021

18,744

 Fall 2020

2,866

 Total

 

$3,505,194

 

10,664

 

Eligible students to participate in the programs under Section 484 in Title IV of the Higher Education Act 1965 and thus eligible to receive Emergency Financial Aid Grants to students under Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act, are as follow:

Semester/Term

 

Eligible Students
To Participate

Spring 2020

 

3,791

Summer I

 

1,242

Summer  II

 

1,042

Fall 2020

 

4,561

 

Method(s) used to determine which students receive Emergency Financial Aid Grants and how much they would receive under Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act are outlined below.

GSU will continue to distribute the remaining Emergency Financial Aid Grant funds to eligible students who had COVID-19 related expenses, until all funds depleted.

Additional resources for instructions, directions, media releases or guidance provided by GSU to students concerning the Emergency Financial Aid Grants CARES Act are as follow:

Media Releases