Jaime Foster

The federal House of Representatives is currently considering the  American Rescue Plan , a COVID relief package that, if passed, will send much-needed aid to towns throughout the country.  U.S. Congressman Joe Courtney has provided a town-by-town breakdown of his Congressional District. If implemented, the town of Ellington is set to receive $3,620,231. 

These estimates reflect the current version of the bill and will likely fluctuate as it moves through Congress.  

Below are a few additional highlights of the bill:

• Mount a national vaccination program, contain COVID-19, and safely reopen schools, including by setting up community vaccination sites nationwide, scaling up testing and tracing, eliminating supply shortage problems, investing in high-quality treatments, providing paid sick leave to contain spread of the virus, addressing health disparities, and making the necessary investments to meet the president’s goal of safely reopening a majority of K-8 schools in the first 100 days.
• Deliver immediate relief to working families bearing the brunt of this crisis by sending $1,400 per-person checks to households across America, providing direct housing and nutrition assistance, expanding access to safe and reliable childcare and affordable healthcare, increasing the minimum wage, extending unemployment insurance, and giving families with kids and childless workers an emergency boost this year.
• Support communities that are struggling in the wake of COVID-19 by providing support for the hardest-hit small businesses, especially small businesses owned by entrepreneurs of color, and protecting the jobs of the first responders, transit workers, and other essential workers we depend on.

If you would like to learn more about the prospective bill, click here.