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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/18/2020 | Dept. of Enterprise Services | +$360,000 CRF (federal), -$360,000 DRA (state) | To translate COVID-19 documents into 37 languages for 40 state agencies. | CARES Act allocation and DRA reduction for Dept of Enterprise Services | |
| 12/23/2020 | Dept. of Social and Health Services | $600,000 | To transition 150 Medicaid clients out of acute care hospitals into appropriate nursing home settings. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Dept. of Social and Health Services | |
| 11/18/2020 | Employment Security Dept. | $25,000,000 | To the COVID-19 Unemployment Account. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Employment Security Department for administrative expenses associated with LWA program | |
| 12/14/2020 | Office of the Secretary of State | $325,000 | To support TVW, which has experienced an unprecedented number of individuals accessing pandemic-related content. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Office of the Secretary of State | |
| 10/16/2020 | Dept. of Commerce | $3,000,000 | To serve American Indian/Alaska Native individuals living in urban areas who have been excluded from federal Coronavirus Relief Funds provided to tribal governments. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Dept. of Commerce | |
| 11/02/2020 | Office of Public Defense | $1,500,000 | To reimburse public defense attorneys and contractors for COVID-19-related expenses. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Office of Public Defense | |
| 12/21/2020 | Dept. of Children, Youth and Families | -$16,877,000 ($61,355,000 reduced to $44,478,000) | To provide one-time grants to licensed child care providers and Family, Friend and Neighbor providers for rent, utilities, personnel, food and supplies; implement the policy changes in the Working Connections Child Care program to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic; and maintain Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program support services. | Amended allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Dept. of Children, Youth and Families | |
| 12/18/2020 | Office of the Governor | -$371,000 ($401,000 reduced to $30,000) | To provide funds to the Washington State Equity Office for its coronavirus efforts. | Amendment of previous Oct. 16 allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Office of the Governor | |
| 10/16/2020 | Office of the Governor | $401,000 | To provide funds to the Washington State Equity Office for its coronavirus efforts, | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to the Office of the Governor | |
| 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 | |
| 08/31/2020 | 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 | |
| 12/14/2020 | Dept. of Commerce | $8 million | To provide assistance to a greater number of low-income households in Washington who are impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and cannot pay their energy bills. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Dept. of Commerce | |
| 11/18/2020 | Health Care Authority | +$260,000 CRF (federal), -$260,000 DRA (state) | To pay the sales tax portion of the Washington State Hospital Association’s (WSHA) purchase of personal protection equipment for hospitals, long-term care facilities, and other providers of services to vulnerable populations. | CARES Act allocation and DRA reduction for Health Care Authority | |
| Dept. of Social and Health Services | -$18,429,000 ($222,143,000 reduced to $204,714,000) | To pay for state general fund expenses incurred in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, provider rates for the Aging and Long-Term Support Administration and Developmental Disabilities Administration, and coronavirus response activities in the Economic Services Administration. | Amended allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Dept. of Social and Health Services | ||
| 12/18/2020 | Dept. of Social and Health Services | -$18,429,000 ($222,143,000 reduced to $204,714,000) | To pay for state general fund expenses incurred in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, provider rates for the Aging and Long-Term Support Administration and Developmental Disabilities Administration, and coronavirus response activities in the Economic Services Administration. | Amended allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Dept. of Social and Health Services | |
| 12/18/2020 | Dept. of Social and Health Services | -$10,971,000 ($15,271,000 reduced to $4,300,000) | To pay for nursing home beds to isolate residents who have tested positive for COVID-19. | Amended allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Dept. of Social and Health Services | |
| 11/18/2020 | Dept. of Health | +$35,600,000 CRF (federal), -$35,600,000 DRA (state) | To pay for costs associated with the state and local government response to the coronavirus outbreak. | CARES Act allocation and DRA reduction for Dept. of Health | |
| 11/18/2020 | Dept. of Social and Health Services | +$19,500,000 CRF (federal), -$19,500,000 DRA (state) | To pay for costs associated with moving patients from hospitals to long-term care settings and purchasing a long-term care facility. | CARES Act allocation and DRA reduction for Dept. of Social and Health Services for long-term care costs | |
| 11/18/2020 | Dept. of Commerce | +$250,000 CRF (federal), -$250,000 DRA (state) | To install infrastructure hardware for drive-in WiFi locations at schools and libraries. | CARES Act allocation and DRA reduction for Dept. of Commerce for drive-in WiFi locations | |
| 10/27/2020 | Dept. of Social and Health Services | $247,017,000 | To increase rates associated with residential and in-home providers between July – Dec. 2020. Also for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) caseload impacts, and required match for the Food Assistance Program (FAP) to mirror the maximum Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit amount per a federal waiver. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Dept. of Social and Health Services | |
| 12/18/2020 | Dept. of Commerce | -$2 million ($3 million reduced to $1 million) | To fund the Washington COVID-19 Food Production Paid Leave Program to offer temporary financial protection to our state’s food production system. | Amended allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Dept. of Commerce | |
| 11/02/2020 | Dept. of Health | $3,000,000 | To fund the ongoing media campaign related to prevention of the spread of COVID-19. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Dept. of Health for COVID-19 media campaign | |
| 11/04/2020 | Administrative Office of the Courts | $976,000 | To establish and operate a pilot Eviction Resolution Program (ERP) in seven counties. The ERP will resolve disputes involving non-payment of rent due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Corrects allocation letter dated 11/2/20 that had incorrect amount. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Administrative Office of the Courts | |
| 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 | |
| 08/17/2020 | 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 | |
| 10/16/2020 | Office of the Attorney General | $652,000 | To continue to enforce Governor Proclamation 20-19: COVID-19 Moratorium on Evictions. Funding may be used for the cost of retaining contract attorneys, as well as assistant attorney general and other support staff costs. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Office of the Attorney General to enforce eviction moratorium | |
| 11/18/2020 | Dept. of Commerce | +$5,000,000 CRF (federal), -$5,000,000 DRA (state) | To continue the Working Washington Small Business Grant program. These grants of up to $10,000 are available to businesses that have up to 10 employees and have been in business for at least one year. | CARES Act allocation and DRA reduction for Dept. of Commerce | |
| 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 | |
| 12/18/2020 | Dept. of Commerce | -$10 million ($20 million reduced to $10 million) | To augment prior funding to assist low-income renters experiencing hardship related to COVID-19 with up to three months of rental assistance. | Amended allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Dept. of Commerce | |
| 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 | |
| 08/19/2020 | 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 | |
| 08/19/2020 | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 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 | |
| 06/15/2020 | 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 | |
| 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 |
