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 |
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| 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 | |
| 12/14/2020 | Dept. of Social and Health Services | $3.48 million | For nursing home transition, long-term care staffing, and personal protective equipment (PPE) fit testing for individual providers. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Dept. of Social and Health Services | |
| 10/30/2020 | Dept. of Social and Health Services | $13,200,000 | For increased testing in nursing homes per guidance from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which requires testing of all staff and residents every 3-7 days until no new cases are found for 14 days. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Dept. of Social and Health Services for nursing home testing costs | |
| 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 | |
| 08/07/2020 | 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 | |
| 08/17/2020 | 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 | |
| 08/21/2020 | Eastern Washington University | $2,596,703 | Support continued operations, and emergency support funds. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Eastern Washington University | |
| 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 | |
| 10/06/2020 | Employment Security Dept. | $209,713 | For the state’s share of the administrative expenses associated with the federal Lost Wages Assistance program for the sixth week of benefits (Aug. 30 – Sept. 5) | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Employment Security Department | |
| 12/14/2020 | Employment Security Department | $54.63 million | For unemployment insurance benefits for individuals receiving benefits through the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program that expires on December 26, 2020. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Employment Security Department | |
| 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 | |
| 12/23/2020 | Health Care Authority | $13.4 million | For providers with an emphasis on those who treat Medicaid and state-only populations, including: opioid outpatient providers, evaluation and treatment centers and residential treatment facilities, community mental health centers and other licensed behavioral health therapy providers, primary care provides, including internal medicine and family practice providers, and dentists and dental care providers. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Health Care Authority | |
| 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 | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 10/30/2020 | Office of Financial Management and Dept. of Enterprise Services | $24,000,000 | For computer devices to allow K-12 students to learn remotely. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to OFM and DES for K-12 computers | |
| 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 | |
| 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 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 12/14/2020 | Health Care Authority | $40.9 million | For hospital and pediatrician assistance and nursing home transition. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to the Health Care Authority | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 08/21/2020 | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 12/14/2020 | Washington State Arts Commission | $2 million | For the Creative Districts program to help stabilize, recover, and preserve arts and culture organizations during the pandemic. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to the Washington State Arts Commission | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | 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 | Western Washington University | $5,456,837 | Support continued operations, and emergency support funds. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Western Washington University | |
| 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 | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 12/18/2020 | Dept. of Commerce | -$190,000 ($250,000 reduced to $60,000) | For Consolidated Technology Services (WaTech) and Washington State University to install infrastructure hardware for drive-in WiFi locations at schools and libraries. | Amended allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Dept. of Commerce | |
| 12/18/2020 | Dept. of Commerce | -$14,000,000 ($422,900,000 reduced to $408,900,000) | For funding COVID-19 assistance to local governments under interagency agreement #K3134. | Amended allocation of federal CARES Act funds to Dept. of Commerce | |
| 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 |
