CARES/COVID Grant Funds

On March 27, 2020, the federal government enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) to provide resources for higher education institutions, like Southwestern College. These funds were granted to alleviate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our students and our college. The CARES Act distributed funds from the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (“HEERF”), and also in Southwestern College's case, included a Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) allocation.

The CARES Act requires institutions to use no less than 50 percent of the 2020 HEERF allocation to provide Emergency Financial Aid Grants to students for expenses related to the disruption of campus operations due to coronavirus (including eligible expenses under a student’s cost of attendance, such as food, housing, course materials, technology, health care, and child care). For information on the student aid portion of CARES funds, please visit the Student Emergency Funds page under Financial Aid.

Southwestern College accepted the funding and submitted the Certification and Agreement form on June 2, 2020. In accordance with the CARES Act, we are required to summarize the use of the institutional portion of the HEERF I, II, III funds through quarterly reports, which are posted below.

CARES Act Quarterly Budget & Expenditure Reports

2022

• QE 9/2022 (00129400_HEERF_Q32022_100722): Final Report - all HEERF Grants now exhausted
• QE 6/2022 Revised (00129400_HEERF_Q22022 Revised_100722)
• QE June 30, 2022 - Previously Reported
• QE March 31, 2022 - Revised
• QE March 31, 2022 - Previously Reported

2021

• QE December 31, 2021
• QE September 30, 2021
• QE June 30, 2021
• QE March 31, 2021

2020

• QE December 31, 2020 - Revised
• QE December 31, 2020 - Previously Reported
• QE September 30, 2020 - Revised
• QE September 30, 2020 - Previously Reported

 

HEERF Annual Reports

• May 2023 - CARES HEERF Year Three (Updated Section 8D)
• December 2022 - CARES HEERF Year Three (Final HEERF Report)
• December 2021 - CARES HEERF Year Two
• December 2020 - CARES HEERF Year One
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Description of Expenditures	Amount
Financial Aid Emergency Grants to Students	$36,641,515
Payments to/for Students (Vaccine incentives, free shipping for learning materials, & fee refunds.)	$4,112,680
On-Site Readiness for Social Distancing (Campus safety & sanitation, instructional equipment, etc.)	$2,963,357
Technology & Equipment (Hardware to students, internet for faculty/students, etc.)	$931,964
Transition to Remote (Equipment for online instruction, training for distance education, etc.)	$8,654,120
Discharge of Student Debt (Replace lost revenue related to student debt.)	$4,097,985
Replace Lost Revenue (Free parking, closed food services, fitness center, etc.)	$10,141,978
Total HEERF Expenditures	$67,543,599