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. The Washington state Office of Financial Management webpage, linked below, provides further details about distribution of CARES funding.

The U.S. government has taken unprecedented action to address the public health threat posed by this new coronavirus. To accelerate response efforts, CDC received supplemental funds through five congressional acts: the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020; Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act; Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act; Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021; and American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. CDC is actively funding state, tribal, local, and territorial public health organizations to meet the challenges of this fast-moving public health threat.

,The bipartisan CARES Act and the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act provided $175 billion in relief funds to hospitals and other healthcare providers on the front lines of the coronavirus response. The Department of Health and Human Services through the Health Resources and Services Administration is distributing two rounds of payments to hospitals in High Impact areas for positive COVID-19 admissions. In the first round of the High Impact Allocation, $12 billion was distributed to nearly 400 hospitals who provided inpatient care for 100 or more COVID-19 patients through April 10, 2020. $2 billion of these payments was distributed to these hospitals based on their Medicare disproportionate share and uncompensated care payments. In the second round of funding, $10 billion will be distributed to hospitals having over 161 COVID-19 admissions between January 1 and June 10, 2020.,

The U.S. Department of the Treasury through the Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund provided a critical source of relief for smaller local governments, many of which have not received direct fiscal assistance from the federal government since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Non-entitlement units of local government (NEUs) are cities serving populations less than 50,000. The State of Iowa is responsible for distributing these funds to NEUs within Iowa. Award amounts are based on the population of the NEU. Distributions from the Local Fiscal Recovery Fund to state, then subsequently NEUs are being done in two tranches. The first tranche payments were sent out in 2021 after the state received its payment on July 23, 2021. The second tranche payment to be made no earlier than July 23, 2022, following U.S. Department of Treasury requirements, which is 12 months after the date on which the first tranche payment was paid to the state.

Congress has passed three appropriations bills since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic to provide stimulus relief and emergency funding to the economy, including the transportation industry

The U.S. Department of the Treasury through Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund provided a critical source of relief for smaller local governments, many of which have not received direct fiscal assistance from the federal government since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Non-entitlement units of local government (NEUs) are cities serving populations less than 50,000. The State of Iowa is responsible for distributing these funds to NEUs within Iowa. Award amounts are based on the population of the NEU. Distributions from the Local Fiscal Recovery Fund to state, then subsequently NEUs are being done in two tranches. The first tranche was done in 2021, and the second in 2022.

Grants provided in Fiscal Year 2021 to businesses, hospitals, tenants/landlords, public municipalities, and community organizations to deliver various forms of relief to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Funding for these programs comes from federal and state allocations. Business Oregon continues to update pandemic related materials on its site. Most information can generally be found at https://www.oregon.gov/biz/Covid19ResponseandResources