Wasserman Schultz Announces More Than $700M for South Florida Colleges, Universities, Students

 

Wasserman Schultz Announces More Than $700M for South Florida Colleges, Universities, Students

Biden-Harris Admin. releases American Rescue Plan funds for local institutions; At least half the funding to be distributed to students as emergency financial aid

 

Washington DC – Today, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) announced more than $700 million in emergency funding for colleges, universities, and students in Broward, Miami Dade, Palm Beach and Monroe Counties under the American Rescue Plan. The funding will help local institutions cope with the severe financial fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic and continue serving their students safely.

 

At least half of the funding each institution receives will be distributed in the form of emergency cash assistance grants to students who are facing hunger, homelessness, and other hardship. The American Rescue Plan provides $36 billion for nearly 3,500 public and private, nonprofit colleges and universities nationwide.

 

“This deadly pandemic hit our students and colleges particularly hard, and both are absolutely vital to our community and economy,” said Wasserman Schultz. “The American Rescue Plan invests more than half $700 million dollars in emergency funds into South Florida higher education classrooms and students to ensure a continuity of education that benefits our entire region. I’m proud that we were able to deliver this lifeline to thousands of South Florida scholars across numerous colleges and universities and I applaud the Biden-Harris Administration for allocating it so quickly.”

 

Among the colleges, universities and students at South Florida institutions receiving funding under the American Rescue Plan are:

 

Broward College:                                $102,138,704

Florida Atlantic University:                $69,493,600

Florida International University:        $120,768,382

Miami Dade College:                          $175,596,703

Nova Southeastern University:           $21,276,551

Palm Beach State College:                  $71,199,106

Saint Thomas University:                   $4,682,531

Barry University:                                $13,842,233

Florida Memorial University              $5,815,082

Lynn University                                  $5,241,671

University of Miami                           $21,291,392

 

Here’s the larger list of schools in South Florida, and around the state and nation, which are receiving funding: click here.

 

Students should contact their institutions for more information about how they can apply for an emergency grant. 

 

The American Rescue Plan also includes nearly $3 billion in additional funding – which will be distributed at a later date – for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), other Minority-Serving Institutions, and other under-resourced institutions. To read more about emergency education funding under the American Rescue Plan, click here.