Help Terps in Need

The UMD Student Crisis Fund was established to provide compassionate aid to students who face unanticipated emergencies. In the spirit of caring for our students, the Student Crisis Fund enables us to award Economic Crisis Response Grants when a verified crisis has negatively impacted a student's health, safety, wellbeing, and their ability to continue their education. Our goal is to alleviate the hardships that some of our students encounter and ensure their academic experience remains uninterrupted.

Types of expenses supported by the Student Crisis Fund include, but are not limited to:

• Emergency medical, dental, and mental health expenses, including prescriptions, not covered by insurance; 
• Emergency or temporary housing and/or food assistance; 
• Temporary support costs for a student in a dangerous situation due to threats or acts of violence; 
• Transportation issues (e.g., emergency car repair not covered by insurance); 
• Replacement of essential personal belongings due to burglary, fire, flood, or other disaster; 
• Emergency dependent care; 
• Cost to travel home unexpectedly for a family emergency (death, illness, disaster, etc.).

Your Giving Tuesday gift to the UMD Student Crisis Fund will help provide emergency resources to students in need. Many more requests are expected, and raising funds for this quick response program is essential. Thank you for your generosity.

Gifts in support of the University of Maryland are accepted and managed by the University of Maryland College Park Foundation, Inc., an affiliated 501(c)(3) organization authorized by the Board of Regents.   Contributions to the University of Maryland are tax deductible as allowed by law.   Please see your tax advisor for details.