Use funds to assist students affected by covid-19 pandemic as well as making institutional changes to assist students

The Board of Trustees of Community College District #508 Inc., doing business as Kennedy-King College, received a $628,131 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Education Stabilization Fund federal grant program. The grant funds will be used to assist students affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and make institutional changes to support students. As the parent organization, the Board of Trustees of Community College District NO. 508, doing business as City Colleges of Chicago, will oversee delivery of services through Kennedy-King College. The grant period is July 13, 2022 through July 12, 2023. Funds will support products and services that prevent, prepare for, and respond to the ongoing impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on students and operations at the community college level, in line with the goals of the Education Stabilization Fund program.