CARES Act allocations
This is a list of federal funds allocated by OFM from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act between 2020 and 2021.
Funds from other federal legislation, like the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act, are not included here as they were appropriated directly by the state Legislature.
| Date | Recipient | Amount |
Purpose |
Memo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/08/2020 | Dept. of Children, Youth, and Families | $45,131,000 | For Working Connections Child Care enrollment expenses incurred in response to the coronavirus pandemic in fiscal year 2020. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Dept. of Children, Youth, and Families | |
| 04/19/2021 | Employment Security Dept. | -$7,643,188 | Funds not needed to accomplish the stated purpose. | Revision of previous allocation of Coronavirus Relief Funds to Employment Security Dept. | |
| 11/06/2020 | Dept. of Social and Health Services | N/A | In addition to increased rates for residential and in-home providers, the purpose of the Oct. 27 allocation now includes the purchase and storage of personal protective equipment through Dec. 30, 2020. | Correcting purpose of Oct. 27 allocation to DSHS | |
| 11/05/2020 | Dept. of Social and Health Services | N/A | In addition to the purpose in the original allocation, approval for up to $1M for purchase of N95 masks for adult family home providers. | Amendment of previous Oct. 27 allocation of funds to Dept. of Social and Health Services | |
| 08/05/2020 | Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction | $8.8 million | Internet access contracts and connectivity needs. | Allocation of federal CARES Act Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund funds to school districts and OSPI | |
| 08/21/2020 | Office of the Governor | $175,000 (CRF) + $225,000 (DRA-Fed) | Reimbursement of expenditures associated with COVID-19 costs, including communication services, management of our state's health system response and other response resources and supports. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to the Office of the Governor | |
| 09/08/2020 | Dept. of Agriculture | -$11,411,000 | Rescinded for the reason it is more appropriate for the Dept. of Agricuture to apply for expedited FEMA-Public Assistance reimbursement from the Military Department. | Rescinding DRA-Federal allocation to the Department of Agriculture | |
| 09/08/2020 | Office of the Governor | -$225,000 (Disaster Response Account-Federal) | Rescinded for the reason it is more appropriate for the Office of the Governor to apply for expedited FEMA-Public Assistance reimbursement from the Military Department. | Rescinding DRA-Federal allocation to Office of the Governor | |
| 09/04/2020 | Office of Financial Management | -$225,000 (Disaster Response Account-Federal) | Rescinded for the reason it is more appropriate for the Office of the Governor to receive these funds and apply for expedited FEMA-Public Assistance reimbursement. | Rescinding DRA-Federal allocation to Office of Financial Management | |
| 09/08/2020 | University of Washington | -$1,866,000 | Rescinded for the reason it is more appropriate for the University of Washington to apply for expedited FEMA-Public Assistance reimbursement from the Military Department. | Rescinding DRA-Federal allocation to University of Washington | |
| 11/20/2020 | Dept. of Social and Health Services | N/A | Revises the previous allocation to include up to $1M of the original allocation for N95 mask fit testing. | Amendment of previous Oct. 27 allocation of funds to Dept. of Social and Health Services | |
| 08/21/2020 | Washington State University | $1,329,228 | Support continued operations, and emergency support funds. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Washington State University | |
| 08/21/2020 | Evergreen State College | $1,119,809 | Support continued operations, and emergency support funds. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to the Evergreen State College | |
| 08/21/2020 | Western Washington University | $5,456,837 | Support continued operations, and emergency support funds. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Western Washington University | |
| 08/21/2020 | Eastern Washington University | $2,596,703 | Support continued operations, and emergency support funds. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Eastern Washington University | |
| 08/21/2020 | University of Washington | $1,903,699 | Support continued operations, and emergency support funds. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to University of Washington | |
| 08/21/2020 | State Board for Community and Technical Colleges | $44,027,389 | Support continued operations, emergency support funds, and restart professional technical programs. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to State Board for Community and Technical Colleges | |
| 08/21/2020 | Central Washington University | $335,598 | Support continued operations, emergency support funds. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Central Washington University | |
| 11/18/2020 | Dept. of Social and Health Services | +$13,900,000 CRF (federal), -$13,900,000 DRA (state) | TANF extension and sanction reduction, Disaster Cash Assistance Program, Food Assistance Program. | CARES Act allocation and DRA reduction for Dept. of Social and Health Services | |
| 05/20/2021 | Dept. of Children, Youth, and Families | -$31,548,000 | The 2021 supplemental budget includes a reduction to the CRF allocation made on 9/21/2020 | Revision of previous Sept. 21, 2020 allocation of funds to Dept. of Children, Youth, and Families | |
| 01/22/2021 | Health Care Authority | N/A | The allocation for transitioning Medicaid clients out of acute care hospitals into appropriate nursing home settings is extended from 12/30/20 to 6/30/21. | Amendment of previous Dec 14, 2020 allocation of funds to Health Care Authority | |
| 08/27/2021 | Dept. of Health | N/A | The original purpose of the allocation was to pay for disaster response activities that included required staffing, increased travel, equipment, and grants to local health jurisdictions and tribes. The allocation is amended so that it may also be used to manage hospital capacity issues that have arisen due to the pandemic. | Revision of 6/29/2020 allocation of Coronavirus Relief Funds to Dept. of Health | |
| 06/29/2020 | Office of Civil Legal Aid | $2.3 million | The purpose of the allocation is to enable OCLA to provide a comprehensive response to the problems and corresponding civil legal needs of families and individuals in four core areas of primary need during the COVID-19 pandemic: employment, shelter preservation, individual and family safety and security, and economic security. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to the Office of Civil Legal Aid | |
| 06/30/2020 | Office of Financial Management | $39,775,000 (CRF) + $225,000 (DRA-Fed) | The purpose of these allocations is to assist state agencies in closing out the 2020 fiscal year by covering the cost of their COVID-19 response activities and to expand the Disaster Cash Assistance Program for individuals who face an emergency and do not have the money to meet their basic needs. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds and Disaster Response Account funds to the Office of Financial Management | |
| 05/14/2020 | University of Washington | $25 million | The purpose of this allocation is for testing equipment, staff and supplies associated with the state’s response to the coronavirus outbreak. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to University of Washington | |
| 06/29/2020 | Administrative Office of the Courts | $11,820,000 | The purpose of this allocation is to assist trial courts with limited audio and video technology purchases, pay for costs related to access to Supreme Court and Court of Appeals oral arguments, and provide staff support for video capabilities; and to ensure that Washington courts can continue to meet their constitutional obligations by paying for unavoidable court administration costs directly associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to the Administrative Office of the Courts | |
| 06/29/2020 | Dept. of Agriculture | $15.2 million | The purpose of this allocation is to increase the capacity of the state’s Emergency Food Assistance Program and to purchase food, PPE and supplies for distribution to non-profit food banks and food pantries. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds and Disaster Response Account to Dept. of Agriculture | |
| 06/29/2020 | Dept. of Health | $45 million | The purpose of this allocation is to pay for disaster response activities including required staffing, increased travel, equipment, and grants to local health jurisdictions and tribes; and to fund testing and contact tracing activities in the state, beginning in Yakima. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Dept. of Health | |
| 05/20/2020 | Dept. of Social and Health Services | $15.27 million | The purpose of this allocation is to pay for nursing home beds to isolate residents who have tested positive for COVID-19. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Dept. of Social and Health Services | |
| 06/29/2020 | University of Washington | $25.8 million | The purpose of this allocation is to pay for testing expenditures, including test development, triage and testing sites, and public health partnerships for contact tracing; pay for COVID-related cleaning services; to pay for increased training for epidemiology students to support local virus response; increased PPE; capital upgrades to improve patient safety; required field learning for nursing, dental, and social work students; and virtual training costs for dental and medical students; and to pay for increased training for epidemiology students to support local virus response; increased PPE; capital upgrades to improve patient safety; required field learning for nursing, dental, and social work students; and virtual training costs for dental and medical students. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds and Disaster Response Account funds to the University of Washington | |
| 05/14/2020 | Dept. of Commerce | $297 million | The purpose of this allocation is to provide assistance to local governments for eligible expenses under the CARES Act. (Listed above and not included in the $1.87 billion.) | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Dept of Commerce | |
| 06/15/2020 | Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction | $195.2 million (ESSER funds) | The purpose of this allocation is to provide emergency relief funds to local education agencies to address the impact of COVID-19 on elementary and secondary schools. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction | |
| 06/29/2020 | Dept. of Children, Youth and Families | $61.4 million | The purpose of this allocation is to provide one-time grants to licensed child care providers and Family, Friend and Neighbor providers for rent, utilities, personnel, food and supplies; to maintain Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program support services for July and August; and for the policy changes in the Working Connections Child Care program to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic: waiver of the parent co-pay, automatic reauthorization from part-day to full-day care for school-age children, and changes to reauthorization requirements. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to the Dept. of Children, Youth and Families | |
| 05/28/2020 | Dept. of Agriculture | $51 million | The purpose of this allocation is to purchase food and food distribution supplies for food banks and other non-profit organizations. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Dept. of Agriculture | |
| 06/29/2020 | Dept. of Commerce | $163 million | The purpose of this allocation is to support more than 11,000 households with foreclosure, credit counseling and legal assistance; to provide emergency operations grants to nonprofits across the state who are helping address inequity and disparities exacerbated by the COVID crisis; to assist low-income renters experiencing hardship related to COVID-19 for up to three months; and to provide business support grants to help small businesses navigate the immediate hurdles to reopening. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Dept. of Commerce | |
| 11/18/2020 | Office of the Attorney General | +$500,000 CRF (federal), -$500,000 DRA (state) | To address the backlog of cases related to the eviction moratorium. | CARES Act allocation and DRA reduction for Office of the Attorney General | |
| 11/17/2020 | Dept. of Health | $4,762,500 | To aid the Tacoma/Pierce County local health jurisdiction with eligible expenses. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Dept. of Health for Tacoma-Pierce County local health jurisdictions | |
| 12/18/2020 | Office of Financial Management | -$17,257,120 ($39,775,000 reduced to $22,517,880) | To assist state agencies in closing out the 2020 fiscal year by covering the cost of their COVID-19 response activities and to expand the Disaster Cash Assistance Program for individuals who face an emergency and do not have the money to meet their basic needs. | Amended allocation of federal CARES Act funds to the Office of Financial Management | |
| 08/19/2020 | Dept. of Health | $10,211,000 | To assist with expenditures beyond appropriated levels for coronavirus response activities related to contact tracing efforts for local health jurisdictions. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Dept. of Health for contact tracing by local health jurisdictions | |
| 08/19/2020 | Dept. of Health | $62,777,000 | To assist with expenditures beyond appropriated levels for coronavirus response activities related to testing and contact tracing efforts. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Dept. of Health for testing and contact tracing |
