Tulane Commences Distribution of HEERF III Funds Directly to Students

August 19, 2021

Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds (HEERF) is Congress-allotted funding, and has been created in three allocations. The latest HEERF funding allocated is the American Rescue Plan (ARP): Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund III (HEERF III). Please read below for more details about HEERF, ARP, and Tulane University's methodologies for distribution of certain HEERF funding to students.

The Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund III (HEERF III) is authorized by the American Rescue Plan (ARP), Public Law 117-2, signed into law on March 11, 2021, providing funding in support to institutions of higher education to serve students and ensure learning continues during the COVID-19 pandemic. Please note that ARP funds are in addition to funds authorized by the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (CRRSAA), Public Law 116-260 and the Coronavirus Aid, Recovery, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, Public Law 116-136.

Congress passed the American Rescue Plan (ARP) which created a third phase of Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF III) resources to colleges and universities across the nation to help cover expenses related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and/or components of the cost of attendance. Over the course of the spring of 2021, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) provided guidance and funding levels, and Tulane has finalized the methodologies to distribute the funds to used only for direct assistance for students. The methodologies require no student application for disbursement, and target certain assumed pandemic-related expenses.

Click here for more details on the ARP HEERF III methodologies Tulane is using to distribute directly to eligible students HEERF III funds received by Tulane University specifically and only for student grants, as well as estimated remaining HEERF II funds.

Congress passed the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSSA) Act which created a second phase of Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF II) resources to colleges and universities across the nation to help cover expenses related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Over the course of the spring of 2021, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) provided guidance and funding levels, and Tulane finalized the methodologies to distribute the funds to used only for direct assistance for students. The methodologies require no student application for disbursement, and target certain assumed pandemic-related expenses.

Click here for more details on the CRRSSA HEERF II methodologies Tulane is using to distribute directly to eligible students the majority of HEERF II funds received by Tulane University specifically and only for student grants, as well as estimated remaining HEERF I funds.

Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) which created the initial phase of Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF I) resources to colleges and universities across the nation to help cover expenses related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Over the course of the spring of 2021, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) provided guidance and funding levels, and Tulane has finalized the methodologies to distribute the funds to used only for direct assistance for students. The methodologies require no student application for disbursement, and target certain assumed pandemic-related expenses.

Click here for more details on the methodologies Tulane is used to distribute directly to eligible students the majority of the HEERF I CARES funds received by Tulane University for student emergency financial aid grants.

HEERF Public Law References:

• HEERF I - CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act) "The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or, CARES Act, was passed by Congress on March 27th, 2020." https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/caresact.html

• HEERF II - CRRSAA (Coronovirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act) "The Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund II (HEERF II) is authorized by the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (CRRSAA), Public Law 116-260, signed into law on Dec. 27, 2020." https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/crrsaa.html

• HEERF III - ARP (American Rescue Plan) "The Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund III (HEERF III) is authorized by the American Rescue Plan (ARP), Public Law 117-2, signed into law on March 11, 2021..." https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/arp.html

Update 09/30/21:

Click here for more details on ARP HEERF III reporting by Tulane regarding distributing directly to eligible students HEERF III funds received by Tulane University specifically and only for student grants, as well as reporting for other HEERF funding for student grants for periods up to 09/30/21.

Update 01/10/22:

Update 04/08/22:

Update 07/11/22:

Click this 00202900_HEERF_Q12022_071022 for Tulane's Quarterly Budget and Expenditure Reporting for all HEERF I, II, and III grant funds for the quarter ending March 31, 2022. This is a final report.

Update 10/04/21:

Click here for more details on reporting by Tulane regarding Institutional Portion of HEERF during the quarter ending 09/30/20.

Click here for more details on reporting by Tulane regarding Institutional Portion of HEERF during the quarter ending 12/31/20.

Click here for more details on reporting by Tulane regarding Institutional Portion of HEERF during the quarter ending 03/31/21.

Click here for more details on reporting by Tulane regarding Institutional Portion of HEERF during the quarter ending 06/30/21 (final period).

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