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LCCC COVID-19 Emergency Grant for Students Required Quarterly Reporting

  1. Laramie County Community College (LCCC) acknowledges that it has signed and returned the Certification and Agreement form to the US Department of Education. LCCC has used no less than the required amount of funds received through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund III (HEERF III) authorized by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) to provide emergency financial aid grants to students.    

  2. LCCC received $3,058,454 from HEERF III from the US Department of Education pursuant to the institution’s Certification and Agreement for emergency financial aid grants to students under the ARPA.

  3. LCCC has distributed a total of $3,058,454 in emergency financial aid grants to students under the ARPA as of the date of this quarterly report, April 1, 2022.

    Of this total amount, $691,829 was distributed to students during this past quarter  - January 2022 through March 2022.

  4. The estimated total number of students at LCCC that are eligible to receive an emergency financial aid grant under the ARPA is as follows:
    586 estimated number of students for Summer 2021

    2,509 estimated number of students for Fall 2021
    2,194 estimated number of students for Spring 2022

  5. 320 LCCC students received a LCCC COVID-19 Emergency Grant during Summer 2021 Semester.  1,475 LCCC students received a grant during Fall 2021 Semester.  528 LCCC students received a grant during Spring 2022 Semester, this past quarter of January through March 2022.

  6. LCCC implemented an application process to identify students enrolled for Summer 2021, Fall 2021, and Spring 2022 Semesters who needed emergency grant funding. Awarding of summer grants began on June 1, 2021, awarding of fall grants began on September 7, 2021, and awarding of spring grants began on February 1, 2022.

    Students were asked the following question on the grant applications: 

    Have you been adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and have a financial need for an allowable expense?  Allowable expenses include any component of your cost of attendance or emergency costs that arise due to Coronavirus, such as but not limited to tuition, fees, course materials, food, housing, health care, mental health care, or child care.  

    If students answered “no” to this question, they did not qualify for an emergency grant.

    LCCC Summer 2021 COVID-19 Emergency Grant

    LCCC established three base grant award levels in an effort to distribute the grant funds as widely as possible to our students in need of emergency funds and to ensure prioritization of funding to our students with exceptional need.    

    Grant award amounts were tiered based on the student’s Expected Family Contribution (EFC) from their 2020/2021 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).  Students with a Pell-eligible EFC qualified for the highest grant amount of $1,500.  Students that did not have a Pell-eligible EFC but demonstrated financial need based on their 2020/2021 FAFSA qualified for a lower grant amount of $1,000.   Students that did not demonstrate financial need or did not have a FAFSA on file qualified for the lowest grant amount of $500.

    Students that indicated that they faced significant unexpected expenses on their grant application such as loss of employment, reduced income, or food or housing insecurity due to the impacts of COVID-19 received a $500 increase to their base grant amount.

    Grant awards ranged from $500 to $2,000 per student. 

    The average grant awarded was $1,523.

    LCCC Fall 2021 COVID-19 Emergency Grant

    LCCC established three full-time grant award levels in an effort to distribute the grant funds as widely as possible to our students in need of emergency funds and to ensure prioritization of funding to our students with exceptional need.    

    Grant award amounts were tiered based on the student’s financial need and Expected Family Contribution (EFC) from their 2021/2022 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).  Full-time students with a Pell-eligible EFC qualified for the highest grant amount of $2,000.  Full-time students that did not have a Pell-eligible EFC but demonstrated financial need based on their 2021/2022 FAFSA qualified for a $1,500 grant.   Full-time students that did not demonstrate financial need or did not have a 2021/2022 FAFSA on file qualified for a $1,000 grant.

    The above grant amounts were prorated based on the student’s enrollment status at the time of awarding as follows:  75% for quarter-time enrollment (9 - 11 credit hours), 50% for half-time enrollment (6 - 8 credit hours), and 25% for less than half-time enrollment (1 - 5 credit hours).

    Grant awards ranged from $250 to $2,000 per student. 

    The average grant awarded was $1,274.

    LCCC Spring 2022 COVID-19 Emergency Grant

    The same awarding methodology and grant amounts described above for LCCC’s Fall 2021 COVID-19 Emergency Grant were used for the LCCC Spring 2022 COVID-19 Emergency Grant.

    Grant awards ranged from $250 to $2,000 per student. 

    The average grant awarded was $1,310.

  7. Instructions, directions, and guidance provided by LCCC to students concerning the emergency financial aid grants can be found on our LCCC COVID-19 Emergency Grant web pages which includes the links to the electronic grant applications: 

    http://www.lccc.cc.wy.us/services/financialaid/summerCovidEmergencyGrant.aspx

    http://lccc.wy.edu/services/financialaid/fallCovidEmergencyGrant.aspx

    https://lccc.wy.edu/services/financialaid/springCovidEmergencyGrant.aspx

    The information provided includes eligibility criteria and a list of allowable expenses.

    The links to the grant pages were also listed on our  COVID-19 Information page:  https://www.lccc.wy.edu/virus-information.aspx

    LCCC announced the grant opportunity through press releases on June 1, 2021 for the Summer 2021 grant and on August 23, 2021 for the  Fall 2021 grant.  Enrolled students were sent an email notification to their LCCC student email address on the same day as the press release to inform them of the grant availability that stated the following:

    Effective immediately, Laramie County Community College students can apply for the LCCC COVID-19 Emergency Grant.

    Due to new federal funding in the recently passed American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, LCCC will distribute emergency grants to assist students with any component of the student's cost-of-attendance or for emergency costs that arise due to Coronavirus, such as tuition and fees, books, technology-related needs, food, housing, health care (including mental health care), and child care.  

    Students must complete a LCCC COVID-19 Emergency Grant application.

    Please visit our LCCC COVID-19 Emergency Grant webpage for more information on qualifying for this grant and to submit your online application.  You will find the application link at the bottom of the following webpage:

    http://lccc.wy.edu/covidgrant

    This link is also available on the LCCC Financial Aid & Scholarships webpage.

    If you have already applied for this grant or do not require grant assistance, you may disregard this message.


    A follow-up text was sent a week later directing students to this email to ensure all students were aware of the grant opportunity.

    The grant opportunity for Spring 2022 Semester was announced in our GEM email to students on January 13, 2022 – Golden Eagle Monthly newsletter.    A reminder GEM email was sent to all students on January 19, 2022.

    Students were given the option on their grant applications to apply the grant funds to their student account/LCCC charges or to receive a direct disbursement of the grant in full.  

    HEERF student grant funds were awarded by LCCC’s Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships.   Students were sent an approval or denial email notification to their student email address following the review of their application.   The approval email informed students that the emergency grant funds would be sent to them in one to two weeks from our Student Accounts Office by direct deposit or check.

    Please note that LCCC student email is the official method of communication for LCCC students.

Quarterly Report Date: April 1, 2022

This report is LCCC’s final quarterly report and covers all HEERF III student emergency grant fund expenditures.   

This information meets the US Department of Education’s reporting requirements for the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund’s (HEERF) Emergency Financial Aid Grants to Students provided under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.