By City News Service
May 13, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - More than $183 million in emergency funding will be made available to four San Fernando Valley colleges under the American Rescue Plan, Reps. Tony Cardenas and Brad Sherman announced today in a joint statement.
The funding is ticketed for Cal State Northridge, Los Angeles Pierce College, Los Angeles Valley College and Los Angeles Mission College, the congressmen said.
The money is intended to help the institutions cope with the severe financial fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic and continue serving their students safely, they said.
At least half the funding that each institution receives will be distributed in emergency cash assistance grants to students facing hunger, homelessness and other hardship.
$196M in Rescue Plan relief ticketed for four San Fernando Valley colleges
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LOS ANGELES - More than $196 million in emergency funding will be made available to four San Fernando Valley colleges under the American Rescue Plan, Reps. Tony Cardenas and Brad Sherman announced Thursday in a joint statement.
The funding is ticketed for Cal State Northridge, Los Angeles Pierce College, Los Angeles Valley College and Los Angeles Mission College, the congressmen said.
The money is intended to help the institutions cope with the severe financial fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic and continue serving their students safely, they said.
California State University, Northridge (CSUN)
Updated on May 13, 2021 at 10:19 am
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More than $183 million in emergency funding will be made available to four San Fernando Valley colleges under the American Rescue Plan, Reps. Tony Cardenas and Brad Sherman announced Thursday in a joint statement.
The funding is ticketed for Cal State Northridge, Los Angeles Pierce College, Los Angeles Valley College and Los Angeles Mission College, the congressmen said. The money is intended to help the institutions cope with the severe financial fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic and continue serving their students safely. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get the latest breaking news and local stories.
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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, various relief efforts have been enacted. Several of these efforts impact tax-exempt and nonprofit organizations. This update will discuss certain of these relief efforts. This update will also discuss recent Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) guidance pertaining to the 2021 tax year.
By way of background, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act and Consolidated Appropriations Act (“CAA”) were signed into law on March 27, 2020 and December 27, 2020, respectively. These Acts brought a variety of changes affecting tax-exempt organizations and non-profit clients. On March 12, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”) into law, extending many of the changes originally implemented by both the CARES Act and CAA and introducing several more.
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