INDIANAPOLIS (WTVA) _ A nonprofit organization that helps Americans benefit from higher education will provide some financial help
to college students whose education plans were adversely affected by tornado outbreaks this spring.
USA Funds announced it was awarded $387 thousand to 30 postsecondary schools in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee.
The schools will use the money to help lower-income students who suffered financial hardships as a result of the tornado outbreaks in April and May.
The grants support supplemental financial aid up to $1,000 per student to help them with education-related expenses.
The Disaster Relief Fund for Postsecondary Education Students was created to help college students affected by Hurricane Katrina and three other major hurricanes that year.
The following colleges and universities were awarded grants under the program.
Alabama Agricultural & Mechanical University | Alabama | $15,000 |
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| Athens State University | Alabama | $10,000 |
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| Calhoun State Community College | Alabama | $21,000 |
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| Gadsden State Community College | Alabama | $15,000 |
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| Northeast Alabama Community College | Alabama | $10,000 |
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| Northwest-Shoals Community College | Alabama | $10,000 |
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| Samford University | Alabama | $10,000 |
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| Shelton State Community College | Alabama | $15,000 |
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| Snead State Community College | Alabama | $10,000 |
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| Southeastern Bible College | Alabama | $ 3,000 |
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| Stillman College | Alabama | $10,000 |
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| University of Alabama | Alabama | $30,000 |
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| University of Alabama at Birmingham | Alabama | $30,000 |
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| University of North Alabama | Alabama | $15,000 |
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| University of West Alabama | Alabama | $15,000 |
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| Wallace State Community College | Alabama | $15,000 |
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| Covenant College | Georgia | $ 5,000 |
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| Gordon College | Georgia | $15,000 |
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| Crowder College | Missouri | $15,000 |
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| Missouri Southern State University | Missouri | $15,000 |
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| New Dimensions School of Hair Design | Missouri | $ 5,000 |
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| Ozark Christian College | Missouri | $ 5,000 |
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| Vatterott College | Missouri | $ 5,000 |
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| Jackson State University | Mississippi | $15,000 |
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| Bryan College | Tennessee | $10,000 |
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| Chattanooga State Community College | Tennessee | $30,000 |
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| Pentecostal Theological Seminary | Tennessee | $ 5,000 |
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| Tusculum College | Tennessee | $10,000 |
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| University of Tennessee at Chattanooga | Tennessee | $ 8,000 |
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| Walters State Community College-Greeneville | Tennessee | $10,000 |
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