Higher Education Emergency Relief Funding

SUNY Cortland Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund

The Federal Government established the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Stability Act (CARES) on March 27, 2020. Supplemental HEERF Funds were later authorized through the 2021 Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSAA) and the 2021 American Rescue Plan (ARP). SUNY Cortland has been allocated HEERF funding to provide emergency grants to students experiencing financial hardship specifically due to the disruption of campus operations as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and/or for expenses related to any component of the student's cost of attendance or for emergency costs that arise due to coronavirus.

As a recipient of HEERF emergency student grant funding, SUNY Cortland is required to report certain elements on a quarterly basis:

CARES Act (HEERF I) posted Dec 30, 2020

CRRSAA Act (HEERF II) posted October 6, 2021

ARP (HEERF III) posted January 10, 2023

Federal Disclosure Reporting Chart

Below is the combined quarterly reporting summary for the HEERF Student Aid Funds made available through CARES, CRRSSA, and the ARP at SUNY Cortland.

Student Aid Funds Required Federal Disclosures
Report Period	HEERF Reporting Elements
Report Period	Total amount of HEERF funds the institution will receive or has received (combined)	Total amount of Emergency Grants distributed to students (quarterly only)	Total number of students who received an Emergency Grant (quarterly only)
Quarterly Report for March 31, 2021	$6,245,138.00	0	0
Quarterly Report for June 30, 2021	$14,742,369.00	$3,114,438.00	1949
Quarterly Report for September 30, 2021	$14,742,369.00	$8,131.00	16
Quarterly Report for December 31, 2021	$14,742,369.00	$4,242,975.00	2936
Quarterly Report for March 31, 2022	$14,742,369.00	$4,239,180.00	2755

Quarterly Report for June 30, 2022 - see combined student and institutional reporting below.

Quarterly Report for September 30, 2022 - see combined student and institutional reporting below.

Quarterly Report for December 31, 2022 - see combined student and institutional reporting below.

Voluntary Disclosures
Report Period	Total cumulative amount of Emergency Grants distributed to students	Total cumulative number of students who received an Emergency Grant (student count is duplicative)
Quarterly Report for March 31, 2021	$3,122,569.00	1839
Quarterly Report for June 30, 2021	$6,237,007.00	3788
Quarterly Report for September 30, 2021	$6,245,138.00	3804
Quarterly Report for December 31, 2021	$10,488,113.00	6740
Quarterly Report for March 31, 2022	$14,727,293.00	9495
Quarterly Report for June 30, 2022	$14,738,777.00	9503
Quarterly Report for September 30, 2022	$14,738,777.00	9503
Quarterly Report for December 31, 2022	$14,742,369.00	9511