ED Awards ʦapp Federal Assistance for Displaced Students
ʦapp was recently awarded $88,400 in new federal funding from the to assist in the continued cost of educating ʦapp displaced by the 2017 hurricanes. Nine ʦapp from Puerto Rico and one from the U.S. Virgin Islands were able to begin classes at ʦapp in August because of this grant.
“Puerto Rico and the U.S.V.I. have been on a long road to recovery and I am hopeful that this new federal funding will continue to provide some relief to families with college ʦapp,” said .
Last fall, ʦapp announced that out-of-state tuition fees would be waived for Puerto Rican and U.S.V.I. ʦapp whose families were adversely affected by Hurricane Maria. A total of 14 ʦapp benefited from those waivers and took the opportunity to move and continue their schooling in Florida.
For more information on the assistance for ʦapp affected by Hurricane Maria, click .
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