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CARES Act – Emergency Financial Aid Grants to Students
Required Quarterly Report (12/31/2022)
On March 27, 2020, the President of the United States signed
the CARES Act (H.R. 748), which provides emergency relief funds to
organizations and individuals affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The Higher
Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF), found in Section 18004 of the CARES
Act, provides funding to institutions of higher education “to prevent, prepare
for, and respond to coronavirus.” The following information is provided by Talmudical
Seminary of Bobov as required by the Department of Education (“ED”) in order to
comply with the reporting requirements under the CARES Act. This is TSOB’s
final Quarterly progress report and presents information as of March 31, 2023.
Additional reports will be provided quarterly.
Quarterly Report For CARES Act Funding
1. An acknowledgement that the institution signed
and returned to the Department the Certification and Agreement and the
assurance that the institution 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.
Talmudical Seminary of Bobov signed and returned the Certification and
Agreement to the U.S. Department of Education on April 27, 2020 for the HEERF
Funds for Emergency Financial Aid Grants. TSOB received its grant award
notification dated May 7, 2020. In keeping with the terms of the certification,
TSOB will use no less than 50% of the funds received, as stated under 18004(c)
of the CARES Act, to provide Emergency Financial Aid Grants directly to
students.
2. The total amount of funds that the institution
will receive or has received from the Department pursuant to the institution’s
Certification and Agreement [for] Emergency Financial Aid Grants to Students.
Talmudical Seminary of Bobov will receive a total of $949,733 under Section
18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act, of which $474,867 is required to be provided
directly to students impacted by campus disruption due to the Covid-19 crisis.
Inasmuch as our students have demonstrated greater need than our initial
allotment, we have decided to use a portion of our Institutional Share of the
Grants to fund our students. See item 3 below for amounts disbursed to date.
As a result of the CRRSAA Act signed on December 27, 2020, we will receive an additional
$474,867 in funding for student grants. On May 20, 2021, we received an additional student
authorization of $1,391,352.
3. The total amount of Emergency Financial Aid
Grants distributed to students under Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act as of
the date of submission (i.e., as of the Quarterly Report and every quarter
thereafter).
As of March 31, 2023, awards totaling
$3,816,994 have been made, of which $1,475,907.50 consisted of Insitutional CARES Act funds.
4. The estimated total number of students at the
institution 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.
Talmudical Seminary of Bobov estimates approximately 1035 students, over the three year period,
are eligible to participate 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. NOTE: New HEERF regulations eliminated the Title IV eligibility
requirement, which increased our eligible student count to 1035.
5. The total number of students who have received
an Emergency Financial Aid Grant to students under Section 18004(a)(1) of the
CARES Act.
As of the date of this Quarterly Disclosure, the total number of students
who have received an Emergency Financial Aid Grant to students under Section
18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act is 815.
6. The method(s) used by the institution to determine which students
receive Emergency Financial Aid Grants and how much they would receive under
Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act.
The institution will select student recipients for the CARES Act Grants
based on the Student’s eligibility for Title IV funds as determined by ISIR’s
received with all agency matches performed successfully. Although this requirement is no longer in effect,
since we have a large percentage of needy students who do complete the FAFSA,
we use information from the processed FAFSA to ascertain exceptional need. In the event that students have not completed
the FAFSA, needy students may also apply directly to their instructor, who are usually already familiar with a
given student's financial situation.
Specific grants will be determined based on need as
established by instructor. Funds allocated were apportioned according to marital status.
Married students, who were assumed to have higher expenses, received grants of $4000.00.
Single student grants were $2000 per student.
Over three years, some students may receive up to $17,000.
7. Any instructions, directions, or guidance
provided by the institution to students concerning the Emergency Financial Aid
Grants.
Students are informed through this website, as well as through our
administration representatives, including our financial aid officers, as to the
existence of this grant and the fact that we were requiring FAFSA completion in
order to determine Title IV eligibility, a requirement for receipt of the CARES
Act grant. NOTE: Students are no longer required to be Title IV eligible, and should speak to their
instructors or to our administrator to request a grant.