The federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, signed into law on March 27, 2020, appropriated approximately $2.95 billion to state and local governments in Washington state to help fund the response to the COVID-19 outbreak. These funds include:

• $786 million directly to local governments with populations of 500,000 or more: King, Snohomish, Pierce and Spokane counties, and the city of Seattle.
• $297 million to the state that is being passed on to smaller local governments that did not receive direct distributions under the CARES Act. For details, see:
  • Press release: Inslee announces distribution of funding to local governments from federal stimulus package
  • Press release: Local governments poised to receive nearly $300 million in coronavirus relief
  • Specific allocations [pdf]
• $1.87 billion directly to the state, anticipated to go toward the procurement of PPE, lab equipment, testing supplies, isolation and quarantine sites, staffing of public health and emergency management efforts, and more. As these funds are allocated, they will be listed in the table below.

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Date	Recipient	Amount	Purpose	Memo
06/30/2020	Office of Financial Management	$40 million	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
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
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
06/29/2020	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
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
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
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	Administrative Office of the Courts	$11.8 million	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
06/15/2020	Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction	$195.2 million	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
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
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
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
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