{"id":87372,"date":"2021-03-01T08:00:13","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T14:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/?p=87372"},"modified":"2021-02-26T15:43:18","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T21:43:18","slug":"1-2m-available-from-federal-crrsaa-fund-to-assist-delta-state-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2021\/03\/1-2m-available-from-federal-crrsaa-fund-to-assist-delta-state-students\/","title":{"rendered":"$1.2M available from federal CRRSAA fund to assist Delta State students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CLEVELAND, Miss.\u2014<\/strong> Students at Delta State University now have the opportunity to receive a new federal grant designed to provide additional emergency assistance during the pandemic.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As part of the federal Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSAA), Delta State University has received $1,262,219 to provide emergency grant aid to qualifying students. The money will be given directly to the student or can be applied to the student\u2019s university account balance, if indicated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is great opportunity available to Delta State students to ensure they have the financial assistance they need as they continue to matriculate during the COVID-19 pandemic,\u201d said Dr. Megan Smith, director of the Office of Financial Assistance. \u201cI encourage all students who qualify to apply.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The grants are available to all current DSU students who are a U.S. citizen and enrolled in a degree-seeking program. Award amounts, which range from $300 to $750, will be distributed based on financial need as indicated by the student\u2019s Free Applications for Federal Student Aid (FASFA).<\/p>\n<p>On March 1, eligible DSU students will receive an application link to their Okramail e-mail address.\u00a0 The application will remain accessible through March 15.<\/p>\n<p>Awarded grant funds will not need to be repaid and will not affect a student\u2019s eligibility for future federal financial aid.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/CRRSAA\">www.deltastate.edu\/CRRSAA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For questions, contact Dr. Megan Smith, director of the Office of Financial Assistance at <u>mlsmith2@okramail.deltastate.edu.\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CLEVELAND, Miss.\u2014 Students at Delta State University now have the opportunity to receive a new federal grant designed to provide additional emergency assistance during the pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":610,"featured_media":87373,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[246],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-students"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/610"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87372"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87374,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87372\/revisions\/87374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}