CARES ACT GRANT FOR STUDENTS

Salon & Spa Institute’s COVID-19 Emergency Fund assists students whose lives have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. We are pleased to be able to help students who are facing financial challenges and are struggling to make ends meet.

Salon & Spa Institute is distributing emergency financial aid from the CARES Act directly to students for their expenses related to the disruption of campus operations due to coronavirus, such as food, housing, course materials, technology, health care, and child-care expenses.

In order to be considered, students must be enrolled in courses at Salon & Spa Institute. Students can apply by requesting an application in person or by email.

Current Student Program Eligibility Requirements

Based on federal guidelines, Dual credit students and students who were enrolled exclusively in an online program on March 13, 2020 are not eligible. Further guidelines from the Department of Education clarified that international students, DREAMers, and DACA recipients are not eligible for CARES Act emergency grants.

Students must fill out an application to be considered. Not all students will qualify. A committee will review each application and aid amounts will be based on need.

Students must submit an application by email or on campus. In order to determine eligibility, only students who are or could be eligible for Federal Title IV programs will be considered. Students who have not filed a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) also may receive emergency financial aid grants provided that they meet the criteria to participate in programs under Section 484 of the Higher Education Act of 1965. The criteria to participate include but are not limited to the following:

• Be enrolled or accepted for enrollment as a regular student working toward a degree or certificate in an eligible program

• Be a U.S citizen or an eligible non-citizen

• Be registered with the Selective Service if applicable

• Have a valid Social Security Number

• Must have a high school diploma, GED, or completion of high school in an approved homeschool setting

• Be meeting the Financial Aid Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)

• Not owe an overpayment (refund) on Title IV grants

• Not be in default on a Federal Title IV loan, and

• Not have a federal or state conviction for drug possession or sale, with certain time limitations

Each application will be reviewed by a committee and aid amounts will be based on student need. Students eligible for disbursements will receive their disbursement in the form of a paper check to be picked up on campus by appointment.

CARES ACT GRANT Institutional Disclosure

Salon & Spa Institute signed and returned to the Department of Education the Recipient’s Funding Certification and Agreement on April 15, 2020 and January 19 2021. Salon & Spa Institute 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 their students.

The method to determine which students receive Emergency Financial Aid Grants was based on regulations in Public Law in HR 748 - 116th Congress, 2nd Session, CARES Act, Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, Section 18004, guidance published by the US Department of Education, Office of Post-secondary Education that was posted on May 6, 2020 online at https://ifap.ed.gov/electronic-announcements/050620HigherEdEmergencyReliefFundRptg and guidance posted to the Office of Post-secondary Education’s CARES Act: Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund website at https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/caresact.html. The Frequently Asked Questions document posted by the Office of Post-secondary Education states in Answer #4 that “students who were enrolled exclusively in an online program on March 13, 2020, the date of the President’s Proclamation, ‘Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak…are not eligible for emergency financial aid grants” and in Answer #9 it states that “only students who are or could be eligible to participate in programs under Section 484 in Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), may receive emergency financial aid grants. If student has filed a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), then the student has demonstrated eligibility to participate in programs under Section 484 of the HEA. Students who have not filed a FAFSA but who are eligible to file a FAFSA also may receive emergency financial aid grants. The criteria to participate in programs under Section 484 of the HEA include but are not limited to the following: US citizenship or eligible noncitizen; a valid Social Security number; registration with Selective Service (if the student is male); and a high school diploma, GED, or completion of high school in an approved homeschool setting.” Accordingly, Salon & Spa Institute has complied with regulations and guidance in processing applications from students it has received.

Total amount of funds the institution will receive or has received from the Department of Education pursuant to the institution’s Certification and Agreement for Emergency Financial Aid Grants #P425F201979 to students is $74,322 and Grant #P425Q210262 to students is $87',191.

Total amount of Emergency Financial Aid Grants distributed to students under Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act is in links listed below.

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.

2022 1st Quarter Report

CARES ACT & HIGHER EDUCATION

EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND

Report Filed 04-10-2022

QUARTERLY REPORT FOR January 1, 2022 – March 31, 2022 

The Certification and Agreements for the CRRSAA and ARP (a)(1) and (a)(4) funds provide that each institution applying for HEERF funds must promptly and timely provide a detailed accounting of the use of expenditures of the funds in such manner and which such frequency as the Secretary may require. Each HEERF participating institution must post the information listed below on the institution’s primary website, as an initial report under the CRRSAA and ARP (a)(1) and (a)(4) programs. This report is associated with the approved information collection under OMB control number 1801-0005.

1. An acknowledgement that the institution signed and returned to the Department the Certification and Agreement and the assurance that the institution has used the applicable amount of funds designated under the CRRSAA and ARP (a)(1) and (a)(4) programs to provide Emergency Financial Aid Grants to students.

Salon & Spa Institute submitted the signed Certification and Agreement under the CARES Act. (See Link below) Subsequent grant awards for the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (CRRSAA) and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 state that by drawing down grant funds, Salon & Spa Institute agreed to each grant’s specific conditions. (See Link Below) Salon & Spa Institute intends to use the applicable amount of funds designated under the CRRSAA and ARP (a)(1) and (a)(4) programs to provide Emergency Financial Aid Grants to students.

Salon & Spa Institutes Funding Certification and Agreements HEERF II  for Emergency Financial Aid

Salon & Spa Institutes Funding Certification and Agreement HEERF III  for Emergency Financial Aid

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 under the CRRSAA and ARP (a)(1) and (a)(4) programs.

Salon & Spa Institute will receive $87,191 under CRRSAA Grant #P425Q210262 and $50,666 under ARP Grant #P425Q210262.

3. The total amount of Emergency Financial Aid Grants distributed to students under the CRRSAA and ARP (a)(1) and (a)(4) programs as of the date of submission.

As of 03/31/2022 Salon & Spa Institute has disbursed $25,350 (this quarter) to students from the HEERF Grant #P425Q210262.

4. The estimated total number of students at the institution eligible to receive Emergency Financial Aid Grants to Students under the CRRSAA and ARP (a)(1) and (a)(4) programs.

As of 03/31/2022 (24) unduplicated students (this quarter) were eligible to receive funding under the CRRSAA and ARP programs.

5. The total number of students who have received an Emergency Financial Aid Grant to students under the CRRSAA and ARP (a)(1) and (a)(4) programs.

As of 03/31/2022 (24) unduplicated students (this quarter) have received funding under the CRRSAA and ARP programs.

6. The method(s) used by the institution to determine which students receive Emergency Financial Aid Grants and how much they would receive under the CRRSAA and ARP (a)(1) and (a)(4) programs.

Salon & Spa Institute identified and prioritized eligible students with exceptional need based on student’s answers from the Emergency Financial Aid Grants to Students under the CARES ACT/HEERF Form, (CRRSAA).  Students were given the option to voluntarily authorize application of grant funds to an outstanding account balance if they had one. Students were awarded up to $1500.

7. Any instructions, directions, or guidance provided by the institution to students concerning the Emergency Financial Aid Grants.

Students were encouraged to apply for the emergency aid by completing the CARES Act/HEERF Fund Application. (See Link Below)

Emergency Financial Aid Grant to Students under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act/HEERF Form, (CRRSAA)

The method to determine how much each student would receive considered the allocation formula grant funds received by Salon & Spa Institute for Emergency Financial Aid Grants to Students under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, plans to use no less than fifty percent of the funds received to provide emergency financial aid grants to students for expenses related to the disruption of campus operations due to coronavirus (including eligible expenses under a student’s costs of attendance such as food, housing, course materials, technology, health care, and child care), and an estimated number of students who would meet the eligibility guidelines provided by the US Department of Education: Office of Postsecondary Education. A committee of Salon & Spa Institute collected information from student applicants and determined that the initial distribution amount for eligible students enrolled as of April 27, 2020 would be $400 based on need and adhering to all applicable laws including non-discrimination laws and the maximum distribution amount will be a total of $1025.00 for Grant #P425F201979 and $1025- $1500 for Grant #P425Q120262. Note:Detailed report links are listed on this page.