Federal funds distributed for COVID-19 outbreak response
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.
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$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 (includes additional $125.7M allocated Aug. 31) [pdf]
- Local government coronavirus relief funds (Dept. of Commerce)
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$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.
Date |
Recipient | Amount | Purpose | Memo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/21/2020 | Dept. of Children, Youth, and Families | $78,090,000 | For child care relief. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Dept. of Children, Youth, and Families | |
| 09/18/2020 | Employment Security Dept. | $2,811,926 | For the state’s share of the administrative expenses associated with the federal Lost Wages Assistance program. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Employment Security Department | |
| 09/08/2020 | University of Washington | -$1,866,000 | Rescinded for the reason it is more appropriate for the University of Washington to apply for expedited FEMA-Public Assistance reimbursement from the Military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 | |
| 09/08/2020 | Office of the Governor | -$225,000 | Rescinded for the reason it is more appropriate for the Office of the Governor to apply for expedited FEMA-Public Assistance reimbursement from the Military Department.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 | |
| 09/08/2020 | 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 | Dept. of Social and Health Services | $223,143,000 | For state General Fund expenses incurred in response to the coronavirus pandemic in fiscal year 2020 and for March to June 2020 Aging and Long-Term Support Administration and Development Disability Administration provider rates, and to the Economic Services Administration for coronavirus response activities. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Dept. of Social and Health Services | |
| 09/08/2020 | Joint Legislative Services Committee | $883,000 | For state General Fund expenses incurred in response to the coronavirus pandemic in FY 2020. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Joint Legislative Services Committee | |
| 09/08/2020 | Health Care Authority | $8,172,000 | For state General Fund expenses incurred in response to the coronavirus pandemic in fiscal year 2020. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Health Care Authority | |
| 09/08/2020 | Dept. of Ecology | $1,134,000 | For state General Fund expenses incurred in response to the coronavirus pandemic in fiscal year 2020. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Dept. of Ecology | |
| 09/08/2020 | Dept. of Revenue | $1,828,000 | For state General Fund expenses incurred in response to the coronavirus pandemic in fiscal year 2020. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Dept. of Revenue | |
| 09/08/2020 | Dept. of Health | $57,392,000 | For state General Fund expenses incurred in response to the coronavirus pandemic in fiscal year 2020. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Dept. of Health | |
| 09/08/2020 | Dept. of Corrections | $17,216,000 | For state General Fund expenses incurred in response to the coronavirus pandemic in fiscal year 2020. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Dept. of Corrections | |
| 09/08/2020 | Dept. of Natural Resources | $1,126,000 | For state General Fund expenses incurred in response to the coronavirus pandemic in fiscal year 2020. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Dept. of Natural Resources | |
| 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 | |
| 09/08/2020 | Dept. of Commerce | $564,000 | For state General Fund expenses incurred in response to the coronavirus pandemic in fiscal year 2020. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Dept. of Commerce | |
| 09/08/2020 | Office of the Attorney General | $1,180,000 | For state General Fund expenses incurred in response to the coronavirus pandemic in fiscal year 2020. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Office of the Attorney General | |
| 09/04/2020 | Office of Financial Management | -$225,000 | 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 | |
| 08/31/2020 | Dept. of Commerce (for local governments) | $125.9 million | To provide assistance to local governments for eligible expenses under the CARES Act. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Dept. of Commerce for local governments | |
| 08/31/2020 | Dept. of Health (for local health jurisdictions) | $62.15 million | To provide assistance to local health jurisdictions for eligible expenses under the CARES Act. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Dept. of Health for local health jurisdictions | |
| 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 | Office of the Governor | $175,000 | 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 | |
| 08/21/2020 | Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction | $8.1 million | For competitive grants to community-based organizations (CBOs) to support student learning in partnership with school districts. | Allocation of federal CARES Act Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund funds | |
| 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 | 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 | Central Washington University | $335,598 | Support continued operations, emergency support funds. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Central 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 | |
| 08/19/2020 | 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 | |
| 08/17/2020 | Dept. of Social and Health Services | $40 million | To create the COVID-19 Immigrant Relief Fund, in order to assist Washington residents who are unable to access federal stimulus programs due to their immigration status. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to DSHS to create COVID-19 Immigrant Relief Fund | |
| 08/17/2020 | Dept. of Commerce | $3 million | To create the Washington COVID-19 Food Production Paid Leave Program, which offers temporary financial protection to our state’s food production system by providing up to 80 hours of paid sick leave when an employee who works for an employer with 500 or more employees is quarantined and/or experiencing symptoms of COVID-19. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Dept. of Commerce to create COVID-19 Food Production Paid Leave Program | |
| 08/07/2020 | Dept. of Social and Health Services | $10 million | To continue funding the Disaster Cash Assistance Program to support individuals who face an emergency and do not have the money to meet their basic needs. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to DSHS for Disaster Cash Assistance Program | |
| 08/07/2020 | Dept. of Corrections | $3 million | To assist with expenditures beyond appropriated levels for coronavirus response activities, including equipment and supplies, staff positions and overtime costs, and other coronavirus response resources and supports. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to DOC for COVID-19 response activities | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
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