Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13) announces over $50 million in federal funds for colleges, universities, and other higher educational institutions in Ohio’s 13th Congressional District, as well as emergency financial aid grants for students. The institutions are allowed to keep a portion of the money they receive to help cover the significant financial losses many schools have suffered. However, they are required to distribute at least half of their funding to students in the form of emergency cash grants to help students pay for housing, food, and other basic essentials.

“Unfortunately, too often the coronavirus’ impact on our students has been under appreciated. Like other Americans, our students’ lives have been upended by this crisis and need the financial support this money will give them to provide for their basic needs,” said Congressman Ryan. “Our colleges, universities, and other institutions of higher education are important to our communities—first as centers of learning for our students, but also for the employment and services they provide. This funding will ensure that they have the financial resources they need to serve their students and pay their employees.”

Educational Institute City Total Allocation Student Grants Kent State University Kent $19,307,244 $9,653,622 University of Akron Akron $14,151,817 $7,075,909 Youngstown State University Youngstown $10,376,462 $5,188,231 University of Mount Union Alliance $2,209,587 $1,104,794 Hiram College Hiram $1,033,772 $516,886 Eastern Gateway Community College Steubenville and Youngstown $928,466 $464,233 TDDS Technical Institute Diamond $379,013 $189,507 ETI Technical College of Niles Niles $355,710 $177,855 Northeast Ohio Medical University Rootstown $272,933 $136,467 Choffin Career & Technical Center Youngstown $186,502 $93,251 Casal Aveda Institute Youngstown $176,993 $88,497 TCTC-Adult Training Center Warren $112,359 $56,180 Alliance Career Center Alliance $108,179 $54,090 Gerber Akron Beauty School Akron $104,975 $52,488 Mahoning County Career And Technical Center Canfield $37,149 $18,575

In addition, financial assistance has been provided through this legislation to Raphael’s School of Beauty Culture, Fortis College, and Ross Medical Education Center.



NOTE: This may not be a complete list.

These funds will be distributed by the U.S. Department of Education and were made available through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act recently passed by Congress and signed by President Trump. The amounts provided to these institutions of higher learning are part of a $12.56 billion allocation from the CARES Act, distributed based on student enrollment. At least 50% of the money must be provided to students in the form of emergency financial aid grants to help cover expenses related to the disruption of campus operations due to coronavirus. Those expenses may include food, housing, course materials, technology, health care, and child care.

A full list of the disbursements can be found here.

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