Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund

Required Web-based Report for HEERF Student Aid

Farmingdale State College acknowledges an authorized representative of the institution has signed and returned to the Department the Certification and Agreement and the institution has used, or intends to use, no less than 50 percent of the funds received under Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act to provide Emergency Financial Aid Grants to students.

Farmingdale State College has received $3,077,159.00 from the Department of Education pursuant to the Certification and Agreement [for] Emergency Financial Aid Grants to Students.

Farmingdale State College has distributed the following CARES ACT funding to students under Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act.

DATE	REPORTING REQUIREMENT	UPDATE
5/25/2020	30 Day	Farmingdale State College has not yet distributed Emergency Financial Aid Grants to students.
7/9/2020	45 Day	Farmingdale State College has not yet distributed Emergency Financial Aid Grants to students.
8/23/2020	45 Day	Farmingdale State College has distributed $2,144,315.93 in Emergency Financial Aid Grants to 3,876 students.
9/30/2020	Quarterly	Since August 23, 2020, Farmingdale State College has distributed $98,550.00 in Emergency Financial Aid Grants to 177 students. The total amount distributed in Emergency Financial Aid Grants to date is $2,242,865.93 to 4,053 students.
12/31/2020	Quarterly	Since September 30, 2020, Farmingdale State College has distributed $774,887.00 in Emergency Financial Aid Grants to 1,694 students. The total amount distributed in Emergency Financial Aid Grants to date is $3,017,752.93 to 5,747 students.
3/31/2021	Quarterly	Since December 31, 2020, Farmingdale State College has distributed $0.00 in Emergency Financial Aid Grants to 0 students. The total amount distributed in Emergency Financial Aid Grants to date is $3,017,752.93 to 5,747 students.
6/30/2021	Quarterly	Since March 31, 2021, Farmingdale State College has distributed $90,525 in Emergency Financial Aid Grants to 162 students, of which $5,393.93 was institutional funds. The total amount distributed in Emergency Financial Aid Grants to date is $3,082,552.93 to 5,834 students ($3,077,159.00 student/$5,393.93 institutional).

Farmingdale State College has determined approximately 5,854 students at the institution are eligible to participate in programs under Section 484 in Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and thus eligible to receive Emergency Financial Aid Grants to students under Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act.

5,834 students have received an Emergency Financial Aid Grant under Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act.

Award Methodology

Farmingdale State College has prioritized awarding of Emergency Financial Aid Grants to its students in the following manner (methodology):

• Priority 1 - A CARES Base Grant will be awarded to all eligible students. The College plans to distribute 75% of the funds on a tiered basis to PELL eligible students with the highest need based on Expected Family Contribution (EFC). Those students with an EFC of zero will receive the largest award of $1,000.

• Priority 2 - The remaining 25% of the funds will also be distributed on a tiered basis to non-Pell eligible students who are Title IV eligible. Funds will be awarded based on EFC, with the lowest EFC receiving a maximum award of $325.

Under Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act, students received awards ranging from $150.00 to $1,000.00.

Eligibility

In order to be eligible, you must have been an enrolled matriculated student as of March 13, 2020 who filed a 2019-2020 Free Application for Student Aid (FAFSA), was deemed eligible for Title IV aid, and was not enrolled in a fully online program prior to that date; the date of the President's Proclamation, "Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak."

In order for an incurred expense to be eligible, it must be related to the disruption of campus operations. Allowable expenses include food, housing, course materials, technology and computer, health

How to Apply

Students who are eligible for the Base Grant will receive an email with instructions on how to finalize or decline their Base Grant. Students must complete a CARES ACT BASE EMERGENCY GRANT CERTIFICATION which requires the student to choose one of the following options as well as acknowledge the certification and attestation statement below:

Base Grant: $x,xxx.xx
 __Accept Base Grant
 __Accept Reduced Base Grant

• I have incurred or will incur allowable expenses less than Base Grant. Please enter revised $ amount:__________

 __Decline Base Grant

• I decline this Base Grant because I have not already incurred, and will not incur, any allowable expenses related to the disruption of campus operations due to coronavirus.

STUDENT CERTIFICATION AND ATTESTATION
By signing below, I certify that I have or will incur allowable expenses for food, housing, course materials, technology and computer, health care, childcare, and/or transportation as a result of the disruption of campus operations due to coronavirus that are equal to or exceed the amount of this CARES Act Base Grant award.

I understand that if I am certifying that I will incur allowable expenses, it is my responsibility to notify Student Accounts immediately if I do not incur expenses that meet or exceed the amount of my award.

I acknowledge that I have read and understood the CARES Act grant eligibility requirements as noted in the Cares Act Grant communication sent to me on XX/XX/XXXX.

The deadline for accepting a Base Grant award for Spring 2020 is November 30, 2020.

Repayment

You do not need to repay a Federal CARES Emergency Grant.

Impact of Financial Aid

This funding will not have any effect on your current or future financial aid eligibility.

Student Communication

Dear Student:

Earlier this year the Federal government adopted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Both current students and recent graduates are eligible for CARES awards. You are receiving this letter as a Farmingdale State College student who is eligible for direct assistance through CARES. This letter outlines the conditions and criteria used in determining your award.

FSC expects to receive approximately $6.1 million in CARES funding. Fifty percent of that funding (just over $3 million) must be used for the sole and exclusive purpose of providing emergency financial aid grants directly to students. A broad-based campus committee was established to develop a framework to allocate these funds to eligible students.

The CARES Act authorizes colleges to award grants to students for allowable expenses related to the disruption of campus operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Allowable expenses such as food, housing, course materials, technology, health care, dependent care, transportation, and other expenses are included in the cost of attendance.

Farmingdale State College will award CARES Base Grants to all eligible students. Seventy-five percent (75%) of the funds will be distributed on a tiered basis to those Pell eligible students with the highest need based on Expected Family Contribution (EFC). Full-time students with an EFC of zero will receive the largest award of $1,000. The remaining 25% of the funds will also be distributed on a tiered basis to non-Pell eligible students who are Title IV eligible. Funds for each tier will be awarded based on EFC and will range from $150 to $1,000.

Please be advised that Student Accounts will communicate with eligible students via email by June 19. To receive a Base Grant, you must complete a CARES ACT BASE EMERGENCY GRANT CERTIFICATION form, which requires the student to verify that they have already spent, or will spend, the amount of the Base Grant on allowable expenses. On this form,
students also have the opportunity to replace the original Base Grant amount with a lower amount or decline their eligibility and the grant.

If funding remains once all Base Grant awards are processed, the College will inform eligible students that additional funds are available and will provide instructions on how to apply for these funds.

We very much look forward to your return to Farmingdale this fall with the hope that CARES funding will be of assistance.

Sincerely,

Dr. John Nader

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Student Email Notification 

Dear Student's First Name,

The CARES Act authorizes colleges to award grants to students for allowable expenses related to the disruption of campus operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Allowable expenses are defined as food, housing, course materials, technology, health care, dependent care, transportation, and other expenses included in the cost of attendance.

Farmingdale State College has determined that you are eligible for a CARES Act Base Emergency Grant in the amount of $XXX.XX.

To receive the grant, you must complete a CARES ACT BASE EMERGENCY GRANT CERTIFICATION form which requires you to verify that you have already spent, or will spend, the amount of the Base Grant on allowable expenses. On this form, you also have the opportunity to replace the original Base Grant amount with a lower amount or decline the grant.

Please complete the form at the link below no later than July 15, 2020:

CARES ACT BASE EMERGENCY GRANT

Should you have any question, please contact Student Accounts at stuaccts@farmingdale.edu or 934-420-2560.

Thank you!

Office of Student Accounts
T. 934-420-2560
F. 934-420-2357
stuaccts@farmingdale.edu

2350 Broadhollow Road
Farmingdale, NY 11735
farmingdale.edu

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