Last week, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act, which includes $1.9 trillion in relief to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
To answer any questions you may have about the bill, Sen. Murphy's office has published a FAQ document on their website with more information about major sections of the bill including state and local aid, education funding, direct payments, and unemployment insurance. In addition, the following resources are a helpful breakdown of what is in the bill:
Notably, Connecticut will receive the following funding:
- Fairfield Specific Funding: $23- $24 million total
- $8 million will be received by May
- $2.8 million for Board of Education
- State and Local Aid: $4.351 billion in aids to towns and cities.
- Child Care: $277,000,000 to support child care providers through Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG). In addition, Connecticut received nearly $67 million to support child care providers through the end of year spending package.
- Rental Assistance: $187,000,000 in rental assistance. This is in addition to the $237 million provided through the spending package that passed in December.
- LIHEAP: $166,000,000 for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).
- Direct Payments: Finally, Connecticut workers and families will also receive assistance. An estimated 1,561,605 people will get economic impact payments totaling approximately $3.9 billion. This comes on top of the $1.6 billion in economic impact payments that were provided to Connecticut in December.
I have received this data courtesy of our federal delegation. |
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