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Midwestern allocates relief funds to Glendale students

Posted 4/13/21

Midwestern University, 19555 N. 59th Ave., Glendale, will again earmark 100% of an estimated $2.8 million in Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds (HEERF) apportioned to the university by recently-passed federal legislation to support the nearly 7,000 healthcare professions students enrolled at its campuses both in Glendale and in Downers Grove, Illinois.

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Education

Midwestern allocates relief funds to Glendale students

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Midwestern University, 19555 N. 59th Ave., Glendale, will again earmark 100% of an estimated $2.8 million in Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds apportioned to the university by recently passed federal legislation to support the nearly 7,000 health care professions students enrolled at its campuses both in Glendale and in Downers Grove, Illinois.

Under the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, passed by Congress and signed into law this past December, qualifying educational institutions are required to spend at least the same dollar amount on student grants as determined in the CARES Act. This program has been designated the Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds II.

The relief funds are to be disbursed to students in the form of cash grants for any component of their cost of attendance and emergency costs that arise due to coronavirus.

The remaining funds may be used by the institution to offset additional costs related to COVID-19. However, Midwestern University’s administration has elected instead to apportion the entirety of its HEERF-II funding, an estimated $2.8 million, to university students as need-based grants.

To date Midwestern has awarded and disbursed approximately $2 million in HEERF-II funds to students. This is in addition to awarding all of the $2.25 million in prior HEERF funding to students in 2020. In all, Midwestern has provided more than $4 million in HEERF grants directly to students.

“The entire Midwestern University community recognizes the significant financial challenges faced by our health care students during this unique period of our history,” Midwestern president and CEO Kathleen H. Goeppinger stated in a news release.

The CRRSA Act is a major COVID-19 related law included as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. The law authorizes $82 billion to education through the Education Stabilization Fund, with $23 billion specifically for higher education.

Midwestern University is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.