In compliance with the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) requirements under the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSSA) and American Rescue Plan (ARP) Acts, Hawkeye Community College acknowledges additional funds were awarded for Student Emergency Assistance. Hawkeye will receive $884,524 from CRRSSA and $4,148,936 from ARP under the HEERF student portion. The College intends to use the funds to provide at least the mandated minimum $5,033,460 in relief funds for emergency financial aid grants to students. In total, $4,060,701.58 of those funds has been awarded to students with $2,870,807.72 distributed to 1,482 students during the quarter ended September 30, 2021. An estimated 9,266 students at Hawkeye were potentially eligible to receive one of the emergency financial aid grants during this period. Grants were awarded to students requesting assistance on a first-come, first-served basis with students completing a form certifying their related expenses. Hawkeye then verified each student was eligible to receive an emergency financial aid grant using its Student Information System. Initial awards provided in response to student requests for assistance during this period were capped at $1,500 per student in the summer semester and $2,000 per student in the fall semester. Potentially eligible students received an email and text message advising them of HEERF Emergency Assistance grant funds and additional guidance was placed on the College website with an application form. In addition, to reach students most in need of assistance, Hawkeye identified students who were eligible for but did not receive Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG) awards due to an insufficient Federal allocation, as well as a special outreach to students with an outstanding bill who had not yet registered for fall classes the week prior to the semester’s start. The SEOG backfill award amounts were based on the normal allocation under the SEOG program and the award amounts for students not yet registered for fall were based on the amount of their outstanding bill. Students needing additional assistance were referred to the appropriate department for help, such as the Financial Aid Office to work through the financial aid application process or Student Services to discuss community resources and other supports available.