||| FROM GOV. JAY INSLEE’S OFFICE |||
Over the past nine months, Washington state has distributed more than $2.1 billion to orchestrate ongoing, significant relief efforts across multiple sectors during the COVID-19 pandemic — a public health crisis affecting more aspects of life than most people have ever experienced.
This funding was Washington’s share of the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES). It is just a portion of the roughly $7.6 billion the federal government has sent to help the state respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and recover from the economic fallout. The federal government has provided grants directly to state and local governments, hospitals, nursing homes and other long-term care providers, health care providers, colleges and universities, food assistance programs and many other programs.
“Families, businesses and communities have and will continue to benefit from state and federal dollars that bolster economic and financial relief for millions. We know more is coming from the federal government which is great news and I am pleased that our state agencies worked so hard to get this money into communities throughout Washington,” Gov. Jay Inslee said. “This funding has buoyed businesses and supported those whose finances and health have been deeply impacted by this virus. We know the need is great and will continue well into the coming year, but these funds are helping right now.”
State agencies have used the funds to provide support services that include housing, food, grants, business assistance and medical needs across Washington. Inslee’s budget office worked with legislative leaders to decide how to best distribute the state’s CARES Act funding.
Read the rest of the story and about the breakdown of some of the largest distributions on the governor’s Medium page.
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I’m hoping, praying, that a responsible portion was or is being held for some of the significant shortfalls that are building with the major tax payers affected by some of the short sighted programs Inslee Instated. One large one that will surely have huge repercussions will be all the owners and lending institutions that have been dealing with (none-payments) with the exception of the renters clause of no evictions. The no evictions, with no ability for recourse with local and State officials is an upcoming class action suite waiting to happen.
I’m not effected, being a commercial retail building owner (our place of which 60 percent has only been shut down for 10 months and counting) but my hart goes out to all the Mom and Pop owners that own small duplexs and Apartment buildings. They are crumbling with this reshuffle of rules with no get out of jail card.. I’m sure things will work out somehow but the EXTRA stress to those individuals is unnecessary a d heartless.
I’m not beating up Inslee, but God help me, I cant wait to better understand the wisdom envisioned with such short sightedness.
So I’ll wait and see the soundness of this program to its fruition, I am hoping he has a plan just as exciting as forgiving a Dept…. and not by burning down the store.
Why is any government body obliged to dole out unemployment benefits any time, except that we have come to expect it; and we still work under a free enterprise system Thanks FDR. We owe you one.
Stay Calm, and dance with the Tao:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2UYch2JnO4&feature=emb_logo
Blessings.