About

The Emergency Hardship Program (EHP) provides assistance for University of Michigan Staff and Faculty members who are experiencing an immediate, severe and temporary financial situation due to an emergency.

The program provides resource recommendations and, potentially, one-time emergency financial assistance (up to a maximum of $800) to eligible staff based on need and a set of eligibility criteria. The hardship must be temporary – an employee with long-standing financial challenges will not meet the temporary hardship requirement.

Beginning as a pilot program in May 2007, the EHP was established on a trial basis with the generous support of the University of Michigan Credit Union and matching funds from the donations of University faculty and staff. Nine grants were made in the first three months of the trial program, which was informally announced in four areas of the University.

Emergency Hardship Finance Committee

John Balbach
Eileen Brussolo
Leslie DePietro
Donna Dotson
Catherine Lilly
Chris Miller
David Reid
Lindsey Rossow-Rood
Karen Semenuk
Tom Waldecker

For More Information, Call 936-8660.

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