{"id":20928,"date":"2021-01-28T12:32:35","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T12:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/news-stories\/spring-2021-covid-19-emergency-grant\/"},"modified":"2021-01-28T12:32:35","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T12:32:35","slug":"spring-2021-covid-19-emergency-grant","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/news-stories\/spring-2021-covid-19-emergency-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring 2021 COVID-19 Emergency Grant"},"template":"","news_categories":[11],"news_tags":[],"class_list":["post-20928","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news_categories-student-news"],"acf":{"intro_text_subtitle":"","intro_text_body":"<p>The Office of Student Financial Aid (OSFA) has now launched the Spring 2021 COVID-19 Emergency Grant process for those students and families who have had a change in their financial situation due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>This program is the same as in Fall 2020, however, financial aid has streamlined the application and filing process to encourage students to apply.<\/p>\n<p>There is limited funding for Spring 2021 and funds are available on a first come, first served basis. Students must be Title IV eligible.<\/p>\n<p>To apply, please students can visit the Program FAQs here: <a href=\"https:\/\/financialaid.uic.edu\/faq\/\">https:\/\/financialaid.uic.edu\/faq\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or, students can reach out directly to their Financial Aid Counselor: <a href=\"https:\/\/financialaid.uic.edu\/faq\/contact-us\/\">https:\/\/financialaid.uic.edu\/faq\/contact-us\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>OSFA will continue to be open in SSB Monday \u2013 Friday, 8:30am to 5pm throughout Spring term to assist students in person with this process.<\/p>\n<p>For students who do not meet the qualifications for this program, there is still funding available from the U and I Care Emergency Grant program for students requiring emergency assistance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dos.uic.edu\/student-assistance\/uicare\/u-i-care-fund\/\">https:\/\/dos.uic.edu\/student-assistance\/uicare\/u-i-care-fund\/<\/a><\/p>\n","intro_text_excerpt":"The UIC Office of Student Financial Aid launched the Spring 2021 COVID-19 Emergency Grant process for students and families who have had a change in their financial situation due to COVID-19","content_author":"Eileen  Doran","content_sticky":false,"intro_text_include_image":false,"intro_text_image":false,"intro_text_image_alt_text":"","intro_text_image_caption":"","intro_text_image_attribution":"","news_include_thumbnail":false,"news_thumbnail_image":false,"news_thumbnail_image_alt_text":""},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/20928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/20928\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_categories?post=20928"},{"taxonomy":"news_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_tags?post=20928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}