COVID-19

Last Updated: 02/07/2024

 January 09, 2024 CDPH COVID Guidelines updated as follows:

  • The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) now recommends the following actions to align with common practices of other respiratory viruses. These actions outline what to do when an individual tests positive for COVID-19 and how to protect others, including the most vulnerable in the community.

    Recommendations for people who test positive

    1.     Stay home if you have COVID-19 symptoms until you have not had a fever for 24 hours without using fever-reducing medication, AND other COVID-19 symptoms are mild and improving.

    o   If you do not have symptoms, you should follow the recommendations below to reduce exposure to others.

    2.     Mask when you are around other people indoors for 10 days* after you become sick or test positive (if no symptoms). You may remove your mask sooner than 10 days if you have two sequential negative tests at least one day apart. Day 0 is the symptom onset date or positive test date.

    3.     Avoid contact with people at higher risk for severe COVID-19 for 10 days*. Higher-risk individuals include the elderly, those who live in congregate care facilities, those who have immunocompromising conditions and that put them at higher risk for serious illness.

    4.     Seek Treatment. If you have symptoms, mainly if you are at higher risk for severe COVID-19, speak with a healthcare provider as soon as you test positive. You may be eligible for antiviral medicines or other treatments for COVID-19. COVID-19 antiviral medicines work best if taken as soon as possible and within 5-7 days from when symptoms start.

    *The potential infectious period is 2 days before the date symptoms began or the positive test date (if no symptoms) through Day 10. (Day 0 is the symptom onset date or positive test date).

    Recommendation for close contacts of cases

    If you have new COVID-19 symptoms, you should test and mask right away.
    If you do not have symptoms, and are at higher risk of severe COVID-19 infection and would benefit from treatment, you should test within 5 days.
    If you do not have symptoms and have contact with people who are at higher risk for severe infection, you should mask indoors when around such people for 10 days. Consider testing within 5 days after the last exposure date (Day 0) and before contact with higher-risk people. For further details, see CDPH COVID-19 testing guidance.

    Definitions

    Isolation:

    Separates those infected with a contagious disease from people who are not infected.

    Confirmed Case:

    A person who has received a positive result of the presence of SARS-CoV-2 virus as confirmed by a COVID-19 viral test or clinical diagnosis.

    Close Contact:

    "Close Contact" means the following:

    1.     In indoor spaces of 400,000 or fewer cubic feet per floor (such as homes, clinic waiting rooms, airplanes, etc.), close contact is defined as sharing the same indoor airspace  for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period (for example, three individual 5-minute exposures for a total of 15 minutes) during a confirmed case's infectious period.

    2.     In large indoor spaces greater than 400,000 cubic feet per floor (such as open-floor-plan offices, warehouses, large retail stores, manufacturing, or food processing facilities), close contact is defined as being within 6 feet of the infected person for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period during the confirmed case's infectious period.

    Spaces that are separated by floor-to-ceiling walls (e.g., offices, suites, rooms, waiting areas, bathrooms, or break or eating areas that are separated by floor-to-ceiling walls) must be considered distinct indoor airspaces.

    Additional considerations and recommendations for those at higher-risk contacts:​

    Higher-risk Contact is someone who:

    May experience severe illness if they become infected with COVID-19.
    May be more likely to transmit the virus to those who are at higher risk for severe COVID-19.
    Contacts with more potential to transmit the virus to others or to transmit to higher risk secondary contacts are recommended to take greater care in following the recommendations to limit spreading the virus to others during the 10 days following their exposure and may consider self-limiting their exposure to others and masking.

    All higher-risk close contacts should get tested at least once and are strongly recommended to follow the testing and mitigation measures outlined in CDPH guidance.

    Masking

    As noted above, those who test positive should mask indoors when around others during the full 10 days following symptom onset date (or positive test date if no symptoms). 

    All persons wearing masks should optimize mask fit and filtration, ideally through use of a respirator (N95, KN95, KF94). CSU Maritime continues to make masks available at the following locations:

    Administration Building Reception desk

    Housing Office

    Library

    Police Station Lobby

    If not available at a location listed above or you have additional questions, please email safety@CSUM.edu, visit CDPH at https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/COVID-19-Isolation-Guidance.aspx., or visit the Student Health Center COVID 19 site at https://www.csum.edu/student-health-center/health-alert.html 

 

Higher Education Institutional Portion Funding

The Funding Certification and Agreement for the Institutional Portion of the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) was signed and returned on April 22, 2020. Pursuant to the agreement, our campus received $488,878. The US Department of Education released additional support funds under the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act 2021 (CRRSAA), otherwise known as HEERF II. On 02/18/2021, our campus received an additional $892,821. In March 2021, additional funding, HEERF III, was authorized under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021(ARP), Public Law.117-2.  Our campus received $1,280,800 on 7/22/2021. The Institutional portion now totals $2,662,499.

Please refer to the Quarterly Budget and Expenditure Reports:

CARES Quarterly Budget and Expenditure Report 09/30/20 (PDF)

CARES Quarterly Budget and Expenditure Report 03/31/21 (PDF)

CARES Quarterly Budget and Expenditure Report 06/30/21 (PDF)

CARES Quarterly Budget and Expenditure Report 09/30/21 (PDF)

CARES Quarterly Budget and Expenditure Report 12/31/21 (PDF)

CARES Quarterly Budget and Expenditure Report 03/31/22 (PDF)

CARES Quarterly Budget and Expenditure Report 06/30/22 (PDF)

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Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund III (HEERF III) Information

California State University, Maritime Academy has received the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund III (HEERF III) as authorized by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021(ARP), Public Law.117-2, signed into law on March 11, 2021.Taken together, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) (Public Law 116-136), the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (CRRSAA) (Public Law. 116-260) and the ARP represent HEERF I, HEERF II and HEERF III, respectively.  

Pursuant to the institution’s Certification and Agreement for Emergency Financial Aid Grants to students, CSU Maritime Academy has received $1,281,187 from the Department of Education in HEERF III funding.

CSU Maritime Academy based its grant policy on the students who were enrolled during the time of CSU Enrollment Census. Students must be admitted to a degree program. There were two types of grants awarded. The first was based on students who were identified are US citizens or U.S Permanent Residents at the time of admission.  All students including those who did not file a current FAFSA were awarded block grants of $350 in Summer 2021 and $200 in Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 for a total of $375,400.

The remaining balance of HEERF III funds in the amount of $905,787 authorized by the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplement Appropriations Act, 20-21 (CRRSAA), was awarded to students based upon financial need.  To be eligible for the CRRSAA funds, students must have submitted a current FAFSA application to verify their Title IV eligibility (Section 484 in Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended) and enrolled in a degree or certificate program.

The need-based grant amounts were determined by using the California Resident Cost of Attendance minus students’ Expected Financial Contribution (EFC) derived from their current FAFSA with equaled “Need.”  The Financial Need was used as an allocation methodology to disburse the remaining grant amount among eligible students. Grants in addition to the block allocations noted above varied based on need ranging from $292 to $2,778 with an average grant amount of $2,049. 

All HEERF I, HEERF II and HEERF III funds have been fully disbursed to students as of June 30, 2022.

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Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund II (HEERF II) Information

California State University, Maritime Academy has received the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund II (HEERF II) as authorized by the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (CRRSAA), Public Law 116-260, signed into law on December 27, 2020.

Pursuant to the institution’s Certification and Agreement for Emergency Financial Aid Grants to students, CSU Maritime Academy has received $488,879 from the Department of Education.

CSU Maritime Academy based its grant policy on the 815 students who were enrolled during the Spring 2021 term at the time of CSU Enrollment Census. Students must be admitted to a degree program. There were two types of grants awarded. The first was based on students who were identified are US citizens or U.S Permanent Residents at the time of admission.  All students including those who did not file a 2020-2021 FAFSA were awarded a block grant of $200 to help with expenses. There were 815 students who met this criteria and the total amount awarded was $163,000.

The remaining balance of HEERF II funds in the amount of $325,879 authorized by the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplement Appropriations Act, 20-21 (CRRSAA), was awarded to students based upon financial need.  To be eligible for the CRRSAA funds, students must have submitted a current FAFSA application to verify their Title IV eligibility (Section 484 in Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended) and enrolled in a degree or certificate program.

These need-based grant amounts were determined by using the California Resident Cost of Attendance minus students’ Expected Financial Contribution (EFC) derived from their 2020-2021 FAFSA with equaled “Need.”  "The Financial Need was used as an allocation methodology to disburse the remaining grant amount of $325,879 among the eligible students. Grants in addition to the $200 allocation noted above varied based on the need ranging from $18 to $1,075 with an average grant amount of $770 for the 629 qualifying students."

All funds have been disbursed to students as of March 24, 2021. Those who were eligible received the HEERF II funds either directly to their bank account or via check to their address on file.

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Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund I    (HEERF I) Information

California State University, Maritime Academy has signed and returned to the Department of Education, the Certification and Agreement as instructed by the United States Secretary of Education to receive funds under Section 18004(a)(1) of the Cares Act. We have used no less than 50% of the funds received to provide Emergency Financial Aid Grants to our students related to the disruption of campus operations due to coronavirus.

Pursuant to the institution’s Certification and Agreement for Emergency Financial Aid Grants to students, CSU Maritime Academy has received $488,879 from the Department of Education.

CSU Maritime Academy based its grant policy on the 872 students who were enrolled full time during the Spring 2020 term at the time of CSU Enrollment Census. Students must be admitted to a degree program and be full time. We do not offer any undergraduate programs through on-line learning. All degree programs are offered “On-ground.” There were two funding processes. The first was based on students who were identified are US citizens or U.S Permanent Residents at the time of Admission. All students including those who did not file a 2019-2020 FAFSA were awarded a block grant of $200 to help with their expenses. There were 872 number of students who fit these criteria and the total amount expended was $174,400.

The remaining amount of CARES Act funds, $314,479 and was awarded to students based on financial need as determined need through the 2019-2020 FAFSA and how much they would receive under Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act is the following: Students who have submitted the 2019-2020 FAFSA application by the first week of March, 2020 who were eligible to receive Title IV funding under Section 484 in Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 with the exception of those students who were enrolled only in Online Courses, per the directive of the United States Secretary of Education were automatically considered to receive Emergency Financial Aid Grant. The remaining funding were determined by using the California Resident Cost of Attendance minus students’ Expected Financial Contribution (EFC) derived from their 2019-2020 FAFSA with equaled “Need”. Grants in addition to the $200 allocation noted above varied based on the need ranging from $14 to $1,159 with an average grant amount of $885 for the 355 qualifying students.

All funds received for Emergency Financial Aid Grants for students have been disbursed as of April 30, 2020. Those students who were eligible received the CARES Act Emergency funds either directly in their bank account or via check to their address on file. Students were notified via email about the CARES Act grants.