{"id":108016,"date":"2020-03-31T08:52:14","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T12:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=108016"},"modified":"2020-07-01T11:47:28","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T15:47:28","slug":"emergency-relief-for-ucf-students-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/emergency-relief-for-ucf-students-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency Relief for UCF Students, Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As our UCF community navigates a global pandemic and adjusts to a new normal, we know your first priority is the same as ours \u2014 the health and security of those closest to you.<\/p>\n<p>To ensure the health and safety of Knight Nation, UCF has organized an effort to help students and employees who are struggling due to COVID-19.<\/p>\n<div><strong>Ways to Access Financial Relief<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>We are committed to supporting and offering relief resources for our Knights. UCF students who are experiencing a distressing situation that significantly impacts academic or personal success should contact\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/scs.sdes.ucf.edu\/\">Student Care Services<\/a>\u00a0by email at caremanager@ucf.edu. Faculty or staff\u00a0experiencing a distressing situation should contact\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hr.ucf.edu\/\">UCF Human Resources<\/a>\u00a0at askhr@ucf.edu.<\/p>\n<div><strong>Ways to Support<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>If you&#8217;re among those in a position to help UCF students who are struggling due to the COVID-19 pandemic, your support is urgently needed. Without a safety net, someone losing a job or a housing arrangement can face disaster.<\/p>\n<p>In recognition of the unique circumstances in which we are in, UCF has postponed its annual Day of Giving. However, in response to questions and offers of help from alumni and friends, we provide the following information and ways in which you may lend your support, if you wish.<\/p>\n<p>Gifts to the funds listed in this story will provide immediate relief for students or employees who are housing- and food-insecure, or who need emergency funding to get through this stressful experience and time of uncertainty.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Student Emergency Fund <\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">provides funding for students facing hardship or obstacles that make it difficult to continue their education at UCF. Students are selected based on merit and financial need, receiving support for tuition, textbooks, fees and other costs related to education.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0 <strong style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Student Housing Insecurity Fund<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">\u00a0provides hardship support for students experiencing housing insecurity or homelessness.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Employee Relief Fund <\/strong>provides financial assistance to qualifying employees who are particularly hit hard by major events like global pandemics and hurricanes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucffoundation.org\/covid19relief\">ucffoundation.org\/covid19relief<\/a> for more information about this effort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to find resources and support Knights during the coronavirus crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":98,"featured_media":108025,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[15992,5,6,27],"tags":[18250,13271,4886],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-108016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-colleges","category-community","category-student-life","tag-coronavirus","tag-student-care-services","tag-ucf-foundation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Emergency Relief for UCF Students, Employees<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How to find resources and support Knights during the coronavirus crisis.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/emergency-relief-for-ucf-students-employees\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Emergency Relief for UCF Students, Employees\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How to find resources and support Knights during the coronavirus crisis.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/emergency-relief-for-ucf-students-employees\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"University of Central Florida News | UCF Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UCF\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-03-31T12:52:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-07-01T15:47:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/03\/Knightro-love.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jenna Lee\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UCF\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UCF\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jenna Lee\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/emergency-relief-for-ucf-students-employees\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/emergency-relief-for-ucf-students-employees\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jenna Lee\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/bbcb2bbfa580f27936bd841c70479c63\"},\"headline\":\"Emergency Relief for UCF Students, Employees\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-31T12:52:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-07-01T15:47:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/emergency-relief-for-ucf-students-employees\/\"},\"wordCount\":343,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/emergency-relief-for-ucf-students-employees\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/03\/Knightro-love.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Coronavirus\",\"Student Care Services\",\"UCF Foundation\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Alumni\",\"Colleges &amp; 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