This Emergency Aid toolkit offers tools and resources to help EA practitioners understand the broader context and complexity of situations that lead students to apply for emergency aid.
Emergency aid is aid that is provided for students in one-time emergency situations. Additionally, emergency grants or financial awards provide a way to help support college students quickly; and in a form in which they do not incur more debt.
The tools, and associated resources, offer direction to EA practitioners for limiting prejudicial or biased judgments in the decision-making process. The toolkit includes:
- Tools for Decision-Making: These tools are for use when working with students through the often-challenging EA award decisions.
- Resources for Program Capacity Building: These resources offer guidance on using the Tools for Decision-Making, with the aim to bolster EA program staff capacity through promoting opportunities for shared learning and reflection on program design, practices, and competencies.
