CARES Act Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) Report
The following information is provided in compliance with the Department of Education reporting requirements for the CARES Act Emergency Financial Aid.
Originally reported on June 3, 2020.
Updated as of August 31, 2020.
- Lincoln Christian University signed and submitted the CARES Act Certification and Agreement on April 21, 2020.
- Lincoln Christian University affirms that it has used or intends to use no less than fifty (50) percent of the funds received under Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act to provide Emergency Financial Aid Grants to students.
- Lincoln Christian University received $166,123.00 from the Department of Education for Emergency Financial Aid Grants to Students.
- Lincoln Christian University has distributed $24,640.27 of Emergency Financial Aid Grants to students under Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act as of July 20, 2020. This total will be updated every 45 days. Lincoln Christian University continues to receive and evaluate applications for emergency aid.
- Lincoln Christian University has an estimated total of 598 students 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.
- Lincoln Christian University has distributed funds to 21 students.
- Lincoln Christian University students requesting Emergency Financial Aid Grants under Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act completed an application detailing expenses related to the closure of campus. The Financial Aid Director verified Title IV eligibility for each student. The submitted expenses were then reviewed by the Vice President of Student Development. Any expenses deemed eligible as determined by the CARES Act guidelines were included in the approved total for the individual student.
- The Vice President of Student Development emailed the entire student body on April 30, 2020, informing them of the LCU’s eligibility for the CARES Act grant. The Emergency Student Aid Policy was attached and it communicated the conditions as laid out in Secretary DeVos’ letter dated April 9, 2020. On May 6, 2020, Vice President Dicken emailed the entire student body a second time enclosing the policy and the grant application.