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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 08/21/2020 | University of Washington | $1,903,699 | Support continued operations, and emergency support funds. | Allocation of federal CARES Act funds to University of Washington | |
| 08/19/2020 | 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 | $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 | |
| 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 | $11,820,000 | 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 | |
| 06/15/2020 | 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 | |
| 05/28/2020 | 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 | |
| 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 |
