$45 million federal funding boost to North Country colleges

PLATTSBURGH | More than $45 million in federal funding will now help North Country colleges further continued education programs in northern New York. U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik announced the significant federal funding Jan. 14, saying both public and non-profit colleges and universities in the 21st Congressional District will benefit from the new allocations. "I am proud to announce that public and non-profit colleges and universities in the North Country will receive more than $45 million dollars from the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSAA), which I worked tirelessly to help pass in Congress last month," Stefanik said in a statement. "This funding can be put towards financial aid grants to students, student support activities, and a variety of institutional costs, including lost revenue, reimbursement for expenses already incurred, technology costs associated with a transition to distance education, faculty and staff training, and payroll." Stefanik said higher education institutions across the region "were hit especially hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, and I worked to deliver this much-needed additional funding that allows them to continue educating and inspiring the next generation of leaders." Allocations to institutions were based on the relative shares of Federal Pell Grant recipients, non-Pell Grant recipients and Federal Pell and non-Pell Grant recipients exclusively enrolled in distance education prior to the coronavirus emergency. The funding has been awarded as follows: SUNY Plattsburgh: $8,423,237 Clinton Community College: $1,545,848 Clinton-Essex-Warren-Washington BOCES: $128,983 Paul Smith's College: $1,357,184 Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES: $20,845 Adirondack Community College: $4,876,146 Clarkson University: $3,872,273 Fulton-Montgomery Community College: $3,014,275 Jefferson Community College: $4,618,540 Jefferson-Lewis BOCES Program of Practical Nursing:$138,888 North Country Community College: $2,219,613 Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing: $197,013 SUNY Potsdam: $7,227,985 SUNY Canton: $4,928,910 St. Lawrence University: $2,660,768

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$45 million federal funding boost to North Country colleges

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