Coronavirus Emergency Relief Funding

Per U.S. Department of Education guidance, international, dual-enrollment, non-U.S. citizens and students with an online-only enrollment status prior to March 13, 2020 are not eligible for CARES Act relief funding. A student enrolled at the Jacksonville campus as of March 13, 2020, who experienced a financial impact in the categories listed above, from March 13, 2020 through May 7, 2020, may apply for relief.

A student claiming financial hardship in any of the above areas should provide the Financial Aid Office a receipt, showing a date and an amount, for each hardship claim.

The CARES Act does not provide relief in this situation. However, the Financial Aid Office may be able to assist with an institutional grant on a case-by-case basis. Send an email with details of your family’s situation to financialaid@tbc.org.

*NOTE* The CARES Act Relief Application is no longer available.  

Based on federal guidance, the Financial Aid Office reviews each application and receipts for qualified financial impact and sends a relief status notification to the applicant’s student email inbox. The Business Office will mail a check to the home address listed in Populi for each student with a qualifying financial hardship.

Each student with a qualifying financial hardship will receive a relief funding check. A student with an outstanding balance for the Spring 2020 semester can apply relief funds to a past-due balance.  Payments can be made online or by contacting Mrs. Ballard in the Business Office at cballard@tbc.org. An outstanding balance is still owed to TBC if a student chooses not to apply relief funding to the existing balance.

No. A student with qualifying financial hardship does not need to repay any money received through emergency relief funding.

No. A student may submit the CARES Act Relief Application only once for financial hardships for experienced between March 13, 2020, and May 7, 2020.

No. CARES Act relief funding is an emergency grant that helps a student with qualifying expenses connected to the campus education operations disruption. Relief funding does not affect financial aid eligibility in the 2019-20 or 2020-21 academic years.

IRS guidance on the tax implications of CARES Act relief funding is available at the following link: FAQs: Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund and Emergency Financial Aid Grants under the CARES Act | Internal Revenue Service (irs.gov)

After the Financial Aid Office funded all eligible relief applications in 2020, the Administration divided the balance of the students allocation among all students enrolled at the time of the campus closure on March 13, 2020. Each eligible student received a relief check for a portion of the allocated funds. TBC disbursed the total amount of its $210,954.00 allocation for qualifying students to those affected by the disruption of campus operations in the Spring 2020 semester. See reporting details below.