COVID-19 and CARES Act Student Assistance Grants
Notice: No further applications are being accepted for CARES Act Student Assistance Grants; South Dakota Mines has fully exhausted our allocation.
1. On April 23, 2020, Dr. James Rankin, South Dakota Mines President, signed the Certification and Agreement to participate in
the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act relative to
Student Assistance funding. By signing
the document, he certified that South Dakota Mines 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.
2. The total amount of funds that South Dakota Mines has been allocated for student assistance is $727,849. South Dakota Mines fully intends to award
these funds to eligible students.
3. As of November 6, 2020, $727,849
in Emergency Financial Aid Grants, under Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act, have been processed for disbursement to eligible students at South Dakota Mines. As a result, South Dakota Mines has fully allocated our CARES Act Student Grants to eligible students and no further updates to this web page are required.
4. Per our records, 1437 students at South Dakota Mines 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. Another 508 students were considered potentially eligible pending determination of meeting the above stated requirement for
Title IV aid.
5. As of November 6, 2020, 583 Emergency Financial Aid Grant awards have been processed for disbursement to eligible students under Section 18004(a)(1) of the
CARES Act.
6. South Dakota Mines notified eligible
students of the availability of CARES Act Student Assistance via an e-mail from
our president. To date three reminder notices have been sent to eligible students who had not previously applied. Students are informed the
assistance is coming from the U.S. Federal Government, why the assistance is
being offered, and what qualifies as an allowable expense they incurred due to
campus closure and the move to online course delivery and how to apply through
our online application. Students are asked to select one or more of the
following areas eligible for assistance and then provide a requested amount and
a brief description of the expenses incurred:
- Temporary relocation for new housing
arrangements
- Living expenses (food, rent, utilities, incurred
due to moving out of campus housing)
- Extra living expenses for a previously shared
apartment or house in the Rapid City area that you now have sole responsibility
for
- Technology not previously needed due to the
switch to all online classes
- Health care that you are now fully responsible
for
- Childcare
- Other
expenses incurred due to campus closure not noted above
7. Completed applications are received
electronically and reviewed by a committee that determines if the expenses
incurred fall under the requirements of the CARES Act. Students are notified of the approval and an
approximate date of the assistance disbursements. Students are also notified if clarifying
information is needed before a final decision is made. Students are also
informed if their request is not approved by reason of not meeting the
requirements of the CARES Act.
8. Students who received the e-mail
notification from Dr. Rankin or subsequent reminders from David Martin,
Financial Aid Director, are eligible to click on the following link and
complete the CARES Act Student Assistance Application:
South Dakota Mines Institutional CARES Act
Institutions receiving funds under Section 18004 of the CARES
Act are required to submit a report to the US Department of Education
describing the use of funds distributed from the Higher Education Emergency
Relief Fund (HEERF). This page provides public information about Mines’
participation in the CARES Act and use of the HEERF Institutional Portion
(P425F202087). This information will be updated no later than 10 days after the
end of each calendar quarter.
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