{"id":26994,"date":"2020-07-21T12:01:20","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T19:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=26994"},"modified":"2020-07-21T12:01:20","modified_gmt":"2020-07-21T19:01:20","slug":"l-a-county-cares-act-spending-plan-provides-1-22-billion-to-fund-broad-range-of-covid-19-services-and-support-for-residents-and-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=26994","title":{"rendered":"L.A. County CARES Act Spending Plan Provides $1.22 Billion to Fund Broad Range of COVID-19 Services and Support for Residents and Businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><strong><em>Funding Allocated to Support Testing, Grants for Small Businesses, and Assistance with Food, Rent\u00a0and Childcare<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The Board of Supervisors has approved a $1.22 billion spending package to fund a broad range of\u00a0essential services and relief measures to assist people and businesses affected by the COVID-19\u00a0crisis.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The plan covers spending in four main areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$656 million for public health measures including testing and contact tracing<\/li>\n<li>$200 million for financial support for residents in the form of assistance for rent relief, food and\u00a0child care<\/li>\n<li>$160 million in grants to support small businesses<\/li>\n<li>$150 million to support the County workforce\u2019s response to the emergency, including disaster\u00a0services workers and personal protective equipment for employees<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\">The plan also includes nearly $55 million to cover contingencies including potential health care\u00a0system surges and other urgent needs that may emerge as the pandemic continues.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The comprehensive spending proposal allocates funding across a wide range of services. Major\u00a0allocations include $226 million for community-based COVID-19 diagnostic testing and $100 million\u00a0for rent relief to assist residents countywide.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Funds were also allocated to programs to assist vulnerable people during the crisis, including $148\u00a0million for Project Roomkey, which provides temporary housing to medically at-risk people\u00a0experiencing homelessness.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Other allocations include $10 million allocated to the L.A. Regional Food Bank for food distribution\u00a0events; $60 million to support other nutritional programs; $15 million for the Great Plates delivery\u00a0program for seniors and medically at-risk adults; and $15 million for child care vouchers for low-income families and essential workers.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\u201cThis funding comes at a critical time for Los Angeles County,\u201d said\u00a0<strong>Supervisor Kathryn Barger,<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Chair of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors<\/strong>. \u201cThis plan addresses our ability to provide\u00a0essential services, expand testing, contract tracing and meet tangible needs for working families and\u00a0small businesses who are struggling and increasing bearing the burden of the COVID-19 pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\u201c$1.22 billion is a lot of money, but it isn\u2019t enough for a County as large as ours. We must maximize\u00a0each precious dollar by investing resources in our communities of color that have been\u00a0disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 due to years of systemic inequities that have left them\u00a0chronically underinvested and underserved,\u201d said\u00a0<strong>Supervisor Hilda L. Solis<\/strong>. \u201cThe CARES Act\u00a0funding plan will ramp up our testing and contact tracing, enhance our food assistance programs, and\u00a0provide much-needed rent relief and eviction defense to vulnerable residents. In addition, we made\u00a0provisions to allocate grants to local small businesses to help them comply with worker protection\u00a0requirements. I will continue advocating that CARES Act funding be directed to our most\u00a0disadvantaged communities that have historically been denied access to resources and services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas<\/strong>\u00a0added, \u201cFrom COVID-19 testing and isolation, to rental subsidies\u00a0and small business assistance, it is imperative that our COVID-19 relief strategies break down the\u00a0racial disparities and longstanding systemic and structural inequities that limit access to health and\u00a0wealth. By doing so, we can help communities not only recover but thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\u201cIt\u2019s extremely important that the County make these commitments to our emergency health\u00a0response, including strengthening our testing and contact tracing efforts, as well as for rent relief\u00a0and to bolster and sustain our food security programs,\u201d said\u00a0<strong>Supervisor Sheila Kuehl<\/strong>. \u201cCOVID-19 has knocked many vulnerable residents to their knees, and these investments will allow us to\u00a0continue to help people as we work to bring the pandemic under control.\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\u201cL.A. County is the ultimate safety net and more people need our help than ever before. This funding\u00a0is going to help residents pay their rent, get food to communities in need, and help small businesses\u00a0keep their doors open,\u201d said\u00a0<strong>Supervisor Janice Hahn<\/strong>. \u201c I have challenged the County to meet this\u00a0moment and I will continue to do so as this crisis continues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">For a full list of program allocations, click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMDA3MjEuMjQ2ODI0MzEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2NvdmlkMTkubGFjb3VudHkuZ292L3dwLWNvbnRlbnQvdXBsb2Fkcy9GQUNULVNIRUVULUwuQS4tQ291bnR5LUNBUkVTLUFjdC1Db3JvbmF2aXJ1cy1SZWxpZWYtRnVuZC1TcGVuZGluZy1QbGFuXzAyLTAwMi5wZGY_dXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX25hbWU9JnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkmdXRtX3Rlcm09In0.Ri9rPPN94_Huyms6LqIi2V4VNFkKKzDDxOP-tWECpwc\/s\/957600798\/br\/81311687086-l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMDA3MjEuMjQ2ODI0MzEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2NvdmlkMTkubGFjb3VudHkuZ292L3dwLWNvbnRlbnQvdXBsb2Fkcy9GQUNULVNIRUVULUwuQS4tQ291bnR5LUNBUkVTLUFjdC1Db3JvbmF2aXJ1cy1SZWxpZWYtRnVuZC1TcGVuZGluZy1QbGFuXzAyLTAwMi5wZGY_dXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX25hbWU9JnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkmdXRtX3Rlcm09In0.Ri9rPPN94_Huyms6LqIi2V4VNFkKKzDDxOP-tWECpwc\/s\/957600798\/br\/81311687086-l&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1595443881508000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFGqbslouyN0HQyXP_Lr8r61jPxiQ\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funding Allocated to Support Testing, Grants&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,6,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-ca-local","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26994"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26995,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26994\/revisions\/26995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}