- HEERF stands for the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund. Three individual acts of Congress (CARES – Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security, CRRSA – Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations, ARP – American Rescue Plan) were combined into one set up funding and compliance rules called HEERF.
- HEERF provides funds to institutions to help pay for direct costs associated with managing operations during the pandemic. Quarterly reports on that institutional spending are prepared by LBCC and uploaded in the HEERF Institutional Grant Reporting section on this page.
- HEERF also provides funds to institutions for emergency financial aid grants to students for expenses related to educational disruptions caused by the pandemic. Additional information on the student portion of HEERF funds can be found in the below sections.