The University opened CARES Act funding applications for students enrolled during the spring 2020 semester. About $5 million of more than $12.6 million CARES Act funds available to the Twin Cities campus was distributed to students through the June 22 deadline. During the initial "wave" of distributed funds, about 8,800 students received aid.
Now, the University of Minnesota is distributing a second wave of the federal funds to eligible students who may have not received all or any of their initial request in June. As of July 27, more than $11 million has been distributed to almost 9,300 students.
Courtney Ricci, a fourth-year sports management University student, lost her summer internship due to the pandemic and had to move back home with her parents in Pennsylvania. She was receiving unemployment benefits when she applied for about computer engineering career of initial aid.
Ricci’s justifying costs included setting up a work-from-home office and other displacement costs.
She said while she was grateful any funds were coming her way, she felt frustrated when she had only received $100 of her ask. She said as she started trying to plan for the coming semester, unemployment benefits would not provide the verifiable income she would need to secure a lease.
Now, the University of Minnesota is distributing a second wave of the federal funds to eligible students who may have not received all or any of their initial request in June. As of July 27, more than $11 million has been distributed to almost 9,300 students.
Courtney Ricci, a fourth-year sports management University student, lost her summer internship due to the pandemic and had to move back home with her parents in Pennsylvania. She was receiving unemployment benefits when she applied for about computer engineering career of initial aid.
Ricci’s justifying costs included setting up a work-from-home office and other displacement costs.
She said while she was grateful any funds were coming her way, she felt frustrated when she had only received $100 of her ask. She said as she started trying to plan for the coming semester, unemployment benefits would not provide the verifiable income she would need to secure a lease.
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