{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://case.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=563", "Case Announces More than $97 Million to Hawai\u2018i Schools of Higher Education", "2021-05-11", "2021", "2021-05", "Democrat", "House", "HI", "Ed Case", "C001055", "case.house.gov", "case", "https://case.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27&Page=26", "scraper", "(Washington, DC) - Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today announced the release of $97,587,634 million today from the U.S. Department of Education to several schools of higher education throughout the State of Hawai\u2018i.\n\nThe funding is part of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, Congress\u2019 third major COVID-19 emergency assistance package enacted in March 2021. The Plan provided $36 billion for nearly 3,500 public and private, non-profit colleges and universities nationwide to help them cope with the severe fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic and continue to safely service their students.\n\n\u201cAt least half of the funding each school receives will be distributed in the form of emergency cash assistance grants to students who are facing hunger, homelessness and other hardship,\u201d said Case.\n\n\u201cWhile schools of higher education are struggling to balance their budgets while also continuing to meet the needs of their students, the funding provided to these institutions from the American Rescue Plan is an investment that will help secure the future of these schools and, at the same time, provide for struggling students with urgent relief that will help them stay on track and complete their education,\u201d said Case.\n\nThe colleges and universities receiving funding from the American Rescue Plan can be found here.\n\nThose in Hawai\u2018i\u2019s First Congressional District include:\n\n\u00b7 Chaminade University $4,623,260\n\n\u00b7 University of Hawai\u2018i \u2013 M\u0101noa $31,293,770\n\n\u00b7 Honolulu Community College $4,478,579\n\n\u00b7 Kapi\u2018olani Community College $7,638,010\n\n\u00b7 Leeward Community College $8,139,775\n\n\u00b7 UH West O\u2018ahu $5,188,409\n\n\u00b7 Pacific Rim Christian University $467,480\n\n\u00b7 Hawai\u2018i Pacific University $6,104,148\n\nNote: also receiving funding: Brigham Young University, University of Hawai\u2018i \u2013 Hilo, Kaua\u2018i Community College, University of Hawai\u2018i \u2013 Maui College, Windward Community College and Hawai\u2018i Community College in Hilo. These are schools in Hawai\u2018i\u2019s Second Congressional District.\n\nCase said students at these institutions should contact their administrators for more information about how they can apply for an emergency grant.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:49:40Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://case.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=563"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.4928608909249306, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}