Billions in funding coming to Oregon from COVID-19 relief package – KDRV

SALEM, Ore. With the American Rescue Plan now signed into law, Oregon will soon be receiving more than $4.2 billion in coronavirus relief funds. Unlikeprovisions in last year's CARES Act, much of that funding will be going directly to local city and county governments.

President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package last Thursday after it passed both chambers of Congress. While the precise amount of aid that will be doled out to municipalities in the coming days is likely to fluctuate somewhat, the National League of Cities has been working to calculate the approximate amounts that each area will receive.

All told, Oregon is slated to receive more than $4.2 billion $2.6 billion of which will go to the state government to fund agencies impacted by COVID-19, with another $155,000 going to capital projects. Almost $1.5 billion will be split among counties, cities and towns throughout the state.

So what does this mean for governments our area? The NLC came up with these early estimates...

Cities

NOTE: Municipalities receiving less than $1 million have been omitted for brevity in this report, but many of them are eligible for their own funding in the relief package.

Counties

The National League of Cities came to these numbers after using the formulas set out by the bill on how much money each city in the country can get. For municipalities over 50,000 people, population, poverty, and housing instability all contribute to the monetary value given to each local government. Cities with less than 50,000 will get money from the state that will be sub-allocated from funding through a simple per capita formula.

According to the legislation, half of the relief money will be given out this spring and summer and the other half will be given out in 2022.

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Billions in funding coming to Oregon from COVID-19 relief package - KDRV

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