Grant Reporting HEERF II and HEERF III for Quarter Ending March 31, 2022
Published Date: April 8, 2022
The Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds (HEERF II and HEERF III) are authorized by the Coronavirus
Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (CRRSAA), Public Law 116-260, signed into
law on Dec. 27, 2020 and the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Public Law 117-2, signed into law on March
11, 2021. In total, the CRRSAA authorizes $81.88 billion, and ARP authorizes $39.6 billion in support for
education in addition to the $30.75 billion expeditiously provided last spring through the Coronavirus
Aid, Recovery, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, Public Law 116-136.
Talmudical Seminary Oholei Torah has signed and returned the Certification and Agreement and assures
that the institution has used or intends to use the applicable amount of funds designated under the
CRRSAA and ARP programs to provide Emergency Financial Aid Grants to Students.
Unlike the CARES Act, the CRRSAA and ARP require that institutions prioritize students with exceptional
need, such as students who receive Pell grants, in awarding financial aid grants to students. However,
students do not need to be Pell recipients nor do they need to be eligible for Pell grants to be eligible to
receive HEERF grants.
Talmudical Seminary Oholei Torah has been allocated $269,075 under CRRSAA and $715,528 under ARP
to be used as Emergency Financial Aid Grants to students. Talmudical Seminary Oholei Torah has
disbursed $424,000 from the Student Portion of ARP as grants to 321 eligible students between January
1, 2022 and March 31, 2022.
The total number of students eligible to receive ARP funding in Talmudical Seminary Oholei Torah in this
quarter is 396. This includes the number of eligible degree seeking students who were enrolled for the
Fall 2021 semester as well as the number of students who enrolled in the Spring 2022 semester in a
non- degree intensive teacher training program.
The method used by Talmudical Seminary Oholei Torah to prioritize students with exceptional need was
based on the following criteria:
In the quarter ending on 12/31/2021, Pell Grant recipients were prioritized and were the first students
to receive ARP Grants in the amount of $1,200. In this quarter, ARP Grants were awarded to non-Pell
recipients. Students were awarded grants in the amount of $1,200. Talmudical Seminary Oholei Torah
then awarded the students in the non-degree program. The independent students received grants of
$2,000 and the dependent students received grants of $1,200.
Students were instructed that their Emergency Financial Aid Grants are non-taxable and may be used for
any component of their cost of attendance or for emergency costs that arise due to coronavirus, such as
tuition, food, housing, health care (including mental health care) or child care.
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