U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and Education Appropriations Subcommittee, today reported that Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) or minority serving institutions in Mississippi have been allocated $55.1 million from the Higher Education Emergency Relief (HEER) Fund authorized in the CARES Act, which was enacted in late March.
This funding is in addition to the $149.0 million announced on April 9 for Mississippi postsecondary educational institutions to support colleges, universities and other schools during the COVID-19 emergency.
Additional information regarding the HBCU funding is available in the U.S. Department of Education news release below.
HBCU Formula allocations (National)
Allocations for Section 18004(a)(2) of CARES Act: EXCEL (176K)
Methodology for Calculating Allocations: PDF (140K)
| OPEID | School | State | Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) | Strengthening HBCU Master’s Program (HBCU Master’s) | Strengthening Historically Black Graduate Institutions (HBGIs) | Strengthening Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs) | Strengthening Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving Institutions (AANAPISI) |
Strengthening Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving Institutions (ANNH) | Strengthening Native American-serving Nontribal Institutions (NASNTI) | Strengthening Predominantly Black Institutions (PBI) | Developing Hispanic-serving Institutions (DHSI) |
Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans (PPOHA) |
Strengthening Institutions Program (SIP) | Total Allocation |
| 00239600 | Alcorn State University | MS | $6,895,286 | $1,043,821 | $7,939,107 | |||||||||
| 00239700 | Belhaven University | MS | $148,159 | $148,159 | ||||||||||
| 00239800 | Blue Mountain College | MS | $38,086 | $38,086 | ||||||||||
| 00240100 | Coahoma Community College | MS | $3,759,380 | $3,759,380 | ||||||||||
| 00240200 | Copiah-Lincoln Community College | MS | $163,606 | $163,606 | ||||||||||
| 00240300 | Delta State University | MS | $124,900 | $124,900 | ||||||||||
| 00240400 | East Central Community College | MS | $126,691 | $126,691 | ||||||||||
| 00240500 | East Mississippi Community College | MS | $230,011 | $230,011 | ||||||||||
| 00240700 | Hinds Community College | MS | $14,014,581 | $685,196 | $14,699,777 | |||||||||
| 00240800 | Holmes Community College | MS | $262,996 | $262,996 | ||||||||||
| 00241000 | Jackson State University | MS | $11,101,301 | $6,208,725 | $17,310,026 | |||||||||
| 00241100 | Jones County Junior College | MS | $186,486 | $186,486 | ||||||||||
| 00241300 | Meridian Community College | MS | $198,994 | $198,994 | ||||||||||
| 00241600 | Mississippi Delta Community College | MS | $174,714 | $174,714 | ||||||||||
| 00241700 | Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College | MS | $384,060 | $384,060 | ||||||||||
| 00242200 | Mississippi University for Women | MS | $106,640 | $106,640 | ||||||||||
| 00242400 | Mississippi Valley State University | MS | $3,787,438 | $580,434 |
Press Release
4/30/2020
Sarah Ulmer
