USA Funds Awards $387,000 to Help Storm Victims Complete College
Colleges in five states awarded grants to help students
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- USA Funds®, a nonprofit organization that helps Americans benefit from higher education, has announced the award of $387,000 to help college students whose education plans were adversely affected by tornado outbreaks this spring.
Through the Disaster Relief Fund for Postsecondary Education Students, USA Funds has awarded grants to 30 postsecondary institutions in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee. The schools may use the funds to assist lower-income students who suffered financial hardships as a result of the tornado outbreaks in the Southeastern states from April 15 to April 28 and the May 22 tornado in Joplin, Mo. The grants support supplemental financial aid of up to $1,000 per student to help them pay education-related expenses.
"These grants will help ensure students are not forced to drop out or interrupt their education because of financial hardships created by these natural disasters," said Denise B. Feser, USA Funds senior vice president, School and Student Services.
USA Funds originally established the Disaster Relief Fund for Postsecondary Education Students in 2005 to help college students affected by Hurricane Katrina and three other major hurricanes that year. Scholarship America administers the fund.
The following colleges and universities were awarded grants under the program.
College |
State |
Amount |
|
Alabama Agricultural & Mechanical University |
Alabama |
$15,000 |
|
Athens State University |
Alabama |
$10,000 |
|
Calhoun State Community College |
Alabama |
$21,000 |
|
Gadsden State Community College |
Alabama |
$15,000 |
|
Northeast Alabama Community College |
Alabama |
$10,000 |
|
Northwest-Shoals Community College |
Alabama |
$10,000 |
|
Samford University |
Alabama |
$10,000 |
|
Shelton State Community College |
Alabama |
$15,000 |
|
Snead State Community College |
Alabama |
$10,000 |
|
Southeastern Bible College |
Alabama |
$ 3,000 |
|
Stillman College |
Alabama |
$10,000 |
|
University of Alabama |
Alabama |
$30,000 |
|
University of Alabama at Birmingham |
Alabama |
$30,000 |
|
University of North Alabama |
Alabama |
$15,000 |
|
University of West Alabama |
Alabama |
$15,000 |
|
Wallace State Community College |
Alabama |
$15,000 |
|
Covenant College |
Georgia |
$ 5,000 |
|
Gordon College |
Georgia |
$15,000 |
|
Crowder College |
Missouri |
$15,000 |
|
Missouri Southern State University |
Missouri |
$15,000 |
|
New Dimensions School of Hair Design |
Missouri |
$ 5,000 |
|
Ozark Christian College |
Missouri |
$ 5,000 |
|
Vatterott College |
Missouri |
$ 5,000 |
|
Jackson State University |
Mississippi |
$15,000 |
|
Bryan College |
Tennessee |
$10,000 |
|
Chattanooga State Community College |
Tennessee |
$30,000 |
|
Pentecostal Theological Seminary |
Tennessee |
$ 5,000 |
|
Tusculum College |
Tennessee |
$10,000 |
|
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga |
Tennessee |
$ 8,000 |
|
Walters State Community College-Greeneville |
Tennessee |
$10,000 |
|
Headquartered in Indianapolis, USA Funds is a nonprofit corporation that works to enhance postsecondary education preparedness, access and success by providing and supporting financial and other valued services. For more information about USA Funds, visit www.usafunds.org.
SOURCE USA Funds
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