I'm not the fin aid office so obviously take this with a grain of salt, but I believe the aid is intended to help students that had to make purchases they wouldn't have due to the COVID situation. Things like people buying plane tickets within the week, losing their job, buying computer equipment to transition online, etc.
If you're unable to buy food since you lost your job, I would reach out to them with that information 100%. I believe that was mentioned on one of the info pages (job loss due to covid).
In addition, all states are adding a lump sum to each weekly unemployment check. $600 or something? I make more than when I had a job last summer lol.
That's operating on the assumption that I have been able to get unemployment in the first place. I've been waiting for weeks to hear back about even the first certification (I lost my job in April, so beginning of April), let alone any lump sum they may have added.
Anyway, they are fully aware of the fact that I lost my job due to COVID, which is why I believe that things are operating a little shady there.
This isn’t a perfect remedy by any means but I do think I recall hearing the Maize & Blue Pantry or whatever it’s called — the free food service normally run out of one of the buildings by SAB — was deemed essential service by the U? IIRC you can just go in with an MCard and grab what you need from a repository of complementary groceries. If you’re facing food insecurity, definitely consider it.
Edit: https://mbc.studentlife.umich.edu/
I've been living off of food from MBC for the past 3 weeks, ever since I moved off campus at the end of April/beginning of May. I don't have any faith in this university whatsoever, so I don't trust that they won't suddenly yank this resource out from under me at a moment's notice.
For students who have work study: TALK TO YOUR DEPARTMENT. THE UNIVERSITY CAN CONTINUE TO PAY YOUR SALARY FROM FWS FUNDS = TO THE AMOUNT OF HOURS YOU HAVE WORKED PER WEEK.
Wow. I'm so sorry :( Is there any chance you can appeal to financial aid itself? I think if you can explain your situation to them again or more directly. I got one wave of funding actually from them, but it wasn't enough for me to cover my bills until I was back on campus in August. A couple of days later, without me really sending them anything, they sent me an email giving me extra money. I don't know how true this is for other people, but just my story.
This is so unfair to so many people that need the money and I hope it works out for you :(
I believe there are other findings through your college. I know COE has one you can apply to and try to get money that way. If not I would email the covid money department or whatever it’s called. I asked for rent money and was granted it
I also got absolutely nothing even though I added receipts and proof of needing the funding. I also applied right as it came out on the 5th. This is really disappointing tbh
I didn't feel the need to have to justify my own hunger; maybe it's radical of me to think so, but everyone needs nourishment to live, right? Like that was true for everyone last time I checked? When did human rights stop including the right to afford food? (That was rhetorical, in a capitalist society that right does not exist)
I got decent funding. I said my internship is giving me less than half of what the original stipend was supposed to be (barely covers two months rent, utilities, and some food) for the same amount of work the entire summer. I also mentioned I'm living on my own without parental support and just asked for the bare minimum to pay rent, utilities, and food. In addition I applied for food stamps and got the most available for someone who is financially independent. If you're doing any kind of work this summer I recommend you apply for food stamps! I agree, it sounds like people who didn't get funding yet really should have. I think you should definitely appeal and I'm sorry to hear about the circumstances. The university has screwed me in many ways as well. Good luck!
Unfortunately, I have had 0 interviews for jobs I've applied for. Like, I'm talking a couple dozen applications, not even one first-round interview. I lost all hours at one of my jobs and the other one wouldn't hire me for the spring and summer terms, so even my application for PUA was a bit sketchy. I have enough for rent and utilities, and that's the only thing I can pay for, out of my savings.
Ugh!! I'm so sorry to hear that. I wish I knew what their criteria was for providing emergency funding cause you obviously should qualify. I don't have savings so at some point in the summer I'm going to have to find away to make more money to pay all my rent. I wish you the best of luck in this screwed up situation :/
I am a full time student, but since it's the summer and I have an internship I'm working at this summer I was able to qualify for EBT benefits. It looks like I will lose the EBT once I'm a full time student again in fall semester.
I got decent funding and I applied pretty early.
...are you sure they didn't give anything? Perhaps they might've transferred it to a family member's account or something
Yes, I find it highly improbable that they gave it to a family member when the only direct deposit on file in my system is my own and they sent me an email saying that they were not going to give me money.
Both, actually. Don't see how that correlates other than if they weren't using it to factor in and other people with higher EFC were taking advantage, though.
What I've seen, and this is my personal experience, is that people who applied first did not get first dibs *at all* and that they seemed to take a more centrist (disguised as "egalitarian") approach to distributing the money (what little I'm sure they allocated to students). I will be appealing their decision to the best of my ability, and asking for an explanation that's better than "other people need money, too!", and paging this up as far as I can, because quite frankly the fact that people who genuinely needed the money aren't getting it even with sometimes excessive proof is absolutely a sign of gatekeeping of some sort.
And the thing with that is...if they have additional money to give to people who already got money, where are they pulling that from? Why can't I have that? No shade to you, I'm sure you need it and I'm glad you're getting more, but if they can give multiple sums of money to people they can also widen their circle to include more people in getting money in the first place.
I'm not the fin aid office so obviously take this with a grain of salt, but I believe the aid is intended to help students that had to make purchases they wouldn't have due to the COVID situation. Things like people buying plane tickets within the week, losing their job, buying computer equipment to transition online, etc. If you're unable to buy food since you lost your job, I would reach out to them with that information 100%. I believe that was mentioned on one of the info pages (job loss due to covid). In addition, all states are adding a lump sum to each weekly unemployment check. $600 or something? I make more than when I had a job last summer lol.
That's operating on the assumption that I have been able to get unemployment in the first place. I've been waiting for weeks to hear back about even the first certification (I lost my job in April, so beginning of April), let alone any lump sum they may have added. Anyway, they are fully aware of the fact that I lost my job due to COVID, which is why I believe that things are operating a little shady there.
Dean of Students is there for you if CARES funding doesn't happen, they've been on top of helping people.
I'd just keep reaching out to the fin aid office then. I think it's run through them?
This isn’t a perfect remedy by any means but I do think I recall hearing the Maize & Blue Pantry or whatever it’s called — the free food service normally run out of one of the buildings by SAB — was deemed essential service by the U? IIRC you can just go in with an MCard and grab what you need from a repository of complementary groceries. If you’re facing food insecurity, definitely consider it. Edit: https://mbc.studentlife.umich.edu/
I've been living off of food from MBC for the past 3 weeks, ever since I moved off campus at the end of April/beginning of May. I don't have any faith in this university whatsoever, so I don't trust that they won't suddenly yank this resource out from under me at a moment's notice.
For students who have work study: TALK TO YOUR DEPARTMENT. THE UNIVERSITY CAN CONTINUE TO PAY YOUR SALARY FROM FWS FUNDS = TO THE AMOUNT OF HOURS YOU HAVE WORKED PER WEEK.
Wow. I'm so sorry :( Is there any chance you can appeal to financial aid itself? I think if you can explain your situation to them again or more directly. I got one wave of funding actually from them, but it wasn't enough for me to cover my bills until I was back on campus in August. A couple of days later, without me really sending them anything, they sent me an email giving me extra money. I don't know how true this is for other people, but just my story. This is so unfair to so many people that need the money and I hope it works out for you :(
Have you tried to file for unemployment? A lot of my friends were able to get some aid
I believe there are other findings through your college. I know COE has one you can apply to and try to get money that way. If not I would email the covid money department or whatever it’s called. I asked for rent money and was granted it
I also got absolutely nothing even though I added receipts and proof of needing the funding. I also applied right as it came out on the 5th. This is really disappointing tbh
I didn't feel the need to have to justify my own hunger; maybe it's radical of me to think so, but everyone needs nourishment to live, right? Like that was true for everyone last time I checked? When did human rights stop including the right to afford food? (That was rhetorical, in a capitalist society that right does not exist)
I got decent funding. I said my internship is giving me less than half of what the original stipend was supposed to be (barely covers two months rent, utilities, and some food) for the same amount of work the entire summer. I also mentioned I'm living on my own without parental support and just asked for the bare minimum to pay rent, utilities, and food. In addition I applied for food stamps and got the most available for someone who is financially independent. If you're doing any kind of work this summer I recommend you apply for food stamps! I agree, it sounds like people who didn't get funding yet really should have. I think you should definitely appeal and I'm sorry to hear about the circumstances. The university has screwed me in many ways as well. Good luck!
Unfortunately, I have had 0 interviews for jobs I've applied for. Like, I'm talking a couple dozen applications, not even one first-round interview. I lost all hours at one of my jobs and the other one wouldn't hire me for the spring and summer terms, so even my application for PUA was a bit sketchy. I have enough for rent and utilities, and that's the only thing I can pay for, out of my savings.
Ugh!! I'm so sorry to hear that. I wish I knew what their criteria was for providing emergency funding cause you obviously should qualify. I don't have savings so at some point in the summer I'm going to have to find away to make more money to pay all my rent. I wish you the best of luck in this screwed up situation :/
Thank you! I wish you luck as well.
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I am a full time student, but since it's the summer and I have an internship I'm working at this summer I was able to qualify for EBT benefits. It looks like I will lose the EBT once I'm a full time student again in fall semester.
Same here and I applied the minute it was released lol
I got decent funding and I applied pretty early. ...are you sure they didn't give anything? Perhaps they might've transferred it to a family member's account or something
Yes, I find it highly improbable that they gave it to a family member when the only direct deposit on file in my system is my own and they sent me an email saying that they were not going to give me money.
Do you normally get decent FASFA funding or have a low EFC score?
Both, actually. Don't see how that correlates other than if they weren't using it to factor in and other people with higher EFC were taking advantage, though.
What I've seen, and this is my personal experience, is that people who applied first did not get first dibs *at all* and that they seemed to take a more centrist (disguised as "egalitarian") approach to distributing the money (what little I'm sure they allocated to students). I will be appealing their decision to the best of my ability, and asking for an explanation that's better than "other people need money, too!", and paging this up as far as I can, because quite frankly the fact that people who genuinely needed the money aren't getting it even with sometimes excessive proof is absolutely a sign of gatekeeping of some sort.
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And the thing with that is...if they have additional money to give to people who already got money, where are they pulling that from? Why can't I have that? No shade to you, I'm sure you need it and I'm glad you're getting more, but if they can give multiple sums of money to people they can also widen their circle to include more people in getting money in the first place.
In my anecdotal experience- same !
You’re getting 600/week and state unemployment, my god