HEERF Grant Quarterly Report - March 31, 2022
Student Portion
March 31, 2022
- Western Washington University (hereafter referred to as "Western") signed and returned the "Recipient's Funding Certification and Agreement for Federal Emergency Financial Aid Grants to Students under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act" to the U.S. Department of Education on April 21, 2020. Western intends to use no less than 50 percent of the funds received under the CRRSA (Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act) to provide Federal Emergency Financial Aid Grants to qualified students.
- The total dollar amount Western received for Federal Emergency Financial Aid Grants (Federal CARES grants) from the U.S. Department of Education was $5,820,847. Funds were transmitted to Western on April 28, 2020, and have been fully awarded to students.
The total dollar amount Western received for Federal CRRSA (Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act) HEERF (Higher Educational Emergency Relief Fund) II Grants from the U.S. Department of Education was $5,820,847. Funds were transmitted to Western on January 16, 2021, and have been fully awarded to students.
The total dollar amount Western received for Federal ARP (American Rescue Act) HEERF III Grants from the U.S. Department of Education was $16,100,922. Funds were transmitted to Western on May 20, 2021, and Western is in the process of awarding these funds. - Between January 1, 2022 and March 31, 2022, the total amount of HEERF III Grant distributed to students was $5,329,594.
- The estimated total number of Western students eligible to potentially receive Federal HEERF III Grants is 25,929.
- Between January 1, 2022 and March 31, 2022, the total number of students who received Federal HEERF III Grant funds was 5,161 students.
- Methods used by Western to select Federal HEERF II recipients are necessarily centered around determining whether students had exceptional financial need for purposes of complying with Federal guidance for awarding Federal HEERF III funds. Students who provided documentation of exceptional need to Financial Aid Counselors during appointments and other advising sessions were awarded Federal HEERF III funds on a case-by-case basis. Financial Aid Counselors nominated students for Federal HEERF III funds to the Financial Aid Federal HEERF III Committee, with the Committee rendering final awarding decisions. Students were given the opportunity to apply for HEERF III via an online, institutional application for Fall Quarter 2021 and Winter Quarter 2022. In addition, flat grants were awarded to students with exceptional financial need for these two quarters based on expected family contribution. The HEERF III application will be posted again on the Financial Aid department website from noon on April 12, 2022 to noon on April 25, 2022, with award determinations to follow by May 16, 2022. As in past quarters, students will be notified of the opportunity to apply via e-mail; information and the HEERF application itself will be posted on the Financial Aid website; and notifications will be sent to all Enrollment and Student Services employees and College Deans to alert them to the HEERF application opportunity for students so that they may assist in spreading the word to Western students.
- Federal HEERF III recipients were informed of their Federal HEERF III awards by the Financial Aid Department. Recipients were informed that the Federal HEERF III funds were intended to provide financial assistance to them based on exceptional financial need to help pay educational costs associated with attending Western or for emergency costs they incurred due to coronavirus.
Archived HEERF I, II, III Reports (Student Portion)
- 30-day Student Portion HEERF I Report, May 2020
- 45-day Student Portion HEERF I Report, July 2020
- 45-day Student Portion HEERF I Report, August 2020
- Quarterly Student Portion HEERF I Report, October 2020
- Quarterly Student Portion HEERF I Report, December 2020
- Quarterly Student Portion HEERF II Report, March 2021
- Quarterly Student Portion HEERF II Report, June 2021
- Quarterly Student Portion HEERF III Report, September 2021
- Quarterly Student Portion HEERF III Report, December 2021
- Quarterly Student Portion HEERF III Report, March 2022
- Quarterly Student Portion HEERF III Report, June 2022
- Quarterly Student Portion HEERF III Report, September 2022
- Quarterly Student Portion HEERF III Report, December 2022
- Quarterly Student Portion HEERF III Report, March 2023
Institutional Portion - HEERF Grant Quarterly Report
Review the budget and expenditure reporting associated with the institutional portion of the Federal CARES Act allocation for Western Washington University.
Archived HEERF I, II, III Reports (Institutional Portion)
- Quarterly Report, October 2020
- Quarterly Report, December 2020
- Quarterly Report, March 2021
- Quarterly Report, June 2021
- Quarterly Report, September 2021
- Quarterly Report, December 2021
- Quarterly Report, March 2022
- Quarterly Report, June 2022
- Quarterly Report, September 2022
- Quarterly Report, December 2022
- Quarterly Report, March 2023