23,000 students to receive COVID relief grants in first of two rounds of funding The grants, awarded from federal Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act funding, can be used for any component of a student’s cost of attendance or for emergency costs due to the pandemic Penn State students receiving a CRRSAA grant can use the funds to cover any component of their cost of attendance or for emergency costs that arise due to COVID-19, including tuition, housing, health care (including mental health care), and child care, provided that the expense was incurred on or after the start of the national COVID-19 emergency on March 13, 2020.Image: Patrick Mansell