ARP Act Disclosures

The CARES Act established the Higher Education Emergency Relief fund (HEERF) to assist enrolled students (excluding exclusively online students and non-degree seeking students) for expenses related to the disruption of on-campus operations due to the COVID pandemic that began in Spring 2020. CARES funding to students has been fully exhausted. CRRSA is the second HEERF program and was intended to assist enrolled students who had “exceptional need” with their account balance or with emergency costs that directly resulted from Coronavirus. ARP is a third supplemental for HEERF to assist ANY student who was enrolled at ANY point since the pandemic started in March 2020 and who has “exceptional need” with their account balance or with emergency costs that have directly resulted from Coronavirus. However, ARP must prioritize undergraduate, domestic students in the allocation of funding.

The guidance from the Department of Education states that “students who are or were enrolled in an institution of higher education during the COVID-19 national emergency are eligible for emergency financial aid grants from the HEERF, regardless of whether they completed a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or are eligible for Title IV. As under the CRRSAA, institutions are directed with the ARP funds to prioritize students with exceptional need, such as students who receive Pell Grants or are undergraduates with extraordinary financial circumstances in awarding emergency financial aid grants to students. Beyond Pell eligibility, other types of exceptional need could include students who may be eligible for other federal or state need-based aid or have faced significant unexpected
expenses, such as the loss of employment (either for themselves or their families), reduced income, or food or housing insecurity. In addition, the CRRSAA and ARP explicitly state that emergency financial aid grants to students may be provided to students exclusively enrolled in distance education provided the institution prioritizes
exceptional need.”

The Emmanuel College Financial Aid staff will determine individual student eligibility based on the guidance listed above and the institutional process noted previously on this page.

Yes. However, because we do not have a FAFSA on you (non-citizens do not file a FAFSA), we will need an application to determine your level of need. Please submit a completed application to the Office of Financial Aid.

ARP fund are intended to assist students with exceptional financial need. This may include students that face significant unexpected expenses either for themselves or their family, as well as circumstances such as loss of income, reduction in income, food or housing insecurity, or trouble paying bills, including your tuition at Emmanuel.

Please note that Emmanuel may not place conditions on your receipt of ARP funding. Receiving ARP funds does not obligate you to continue enrollment at Emmanuel. Nor is the funding required to be used to cover any outstanding account balance at Emmanuel. These funds are only applied against your Emmanuel account balance if you sign a consent form allowing the college to do so.

ARP applications are reviewed the 2nd and 4th Friday of each month. You will be notified by email should your application be approved or additional information needed. ARP funds will be reflected on your NetPartner account once your application is approved.

Automatic awards will not be made until the application window closes on November 1, 2021. Automatic awards made using the ARP EFC matrix will be made the first week of December.

Students that sign a consent form to allow ARP funding to help cover an existing account balance at Emmanuel will receive a refund if the ARP funding exceeds the balance owed. Credit balances generated on a student account are deposited via direct deposit or by check within 10 days.

Students that do not provide a consent form will receive ARP funding via direct deposit or check within 10 days of the funds being posted to the account.

If you have already received ARP funding and still have an emergency need related to the pandemic, please contact the Office of Financial Aid for assistance.