{"id":1899,"date":"2020-12-22T14:51:45","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T22:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.venturacounty.gov\/?p=1899"},"modified":"2022-02-24T14:57:15","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T22:57:15","slug":"county-of-ventura-providing-91-of-cares-funding-to-community-congressional-relief-bill-to-provide-badly-needed-unemployment-and-business-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.venturacounty.gov\/en\/county-of-ventura-providing-91-of-cares-funding-to-community-congressional-relief-bill-to-provide-badly-needed-unemployment-and-business-support\/","title":{"rendered":"County of Ventura Providing 91% of CARES Funding to Community. Congressional Relief Bill to provide badly needed unemployment and business support"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1899\" class=\"elementor elementor-1899\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fe6e3da elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fe6e3da\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-343d25b\" data-id=\"343d25b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a817acc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a817acc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 11px;\">Ventura, CA \u2013The COVID-19 pandemic has caused severe economic and health impacts in our community. Local revenues have dropped while, at the same time, there has been an increased need for health, social and business services. Over the past ten months of response the County of Ventura has been committed to providing local assistance directly to the community. $120 million has been provided in local assistance. This support will continue into the new year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur community members and businesses continue to struggle from the impacts of the pandemic. Our Board has been committed to supporting our community throughout the response efforts and will continue to come along side to meet the needs into the new year,\u201d said County Executive Officer Mike Powers. \u201cThe new Congressional COVID Relief Bill provides badly needed support for unemployment and businesses. Though the bill lacks funding for local government, the County has budgeted to allow business and rental support programs to continue to be developed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vcportal.ventura.org\/CEO\/VCNC\/2020-12-22_vcnc_pr_CountyCaresFunding.pptx\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 662px; height: 373px;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2020-12-22_vcnc_pr_CountyCaresFunding.jpg\" alt=\"COVID Spending Plan thru March 31 2021\" \/><\/a><br \/>Click image to view PowerPoint Presentation<\/p>\n<p>The County of Ventura\u2019s COVID-19 Response Spending Plan thru March 31, 2021 is $206 million. This includes funding for the following areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Local Assistance $120 million: Business Assistance (additional $20 million assistance program), Rental Assistance, Homeless Support, Food Support, Farmworker Assistance, Hospital Assistance, City Assistance, Senior Support<\/li>\n<li>Testing $58 million<\/li>\n<li>Vaccine Distribution, PPE, Supplies and Equipment $9 million<\/li>\n<li>County Operations $19 million<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThe County of Ventura\u2019s strong fiscal position allowed us to act quickly to provide significant services and supplies in response to the pandemic. Available reserves were used to quickly ramp up supportive programs such as providing housing and meals to at risk populations, testing and tracing resources and PPE and hospital surge capacity preparation,\u201d said County Chief Financial Officer Kaye Mand.<\/p>\n<p>Local assistance has included funding for Project Roomkey and Project Homekey, senior nutrition and food delivery programs, rental assistance program, business assistance program, city support, Food Share support, Farmworker Assistance and support for local non-profit hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>Congress has passed $900 billion coronavirus relief plan that includes $300 weekly unemployment supplement, $600 direct payments, nearly $300 billion in Paycheck Protection Program loans and $69 billion for testing and vaccine distribution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Download<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vcportal.ventura.org\/CEO\/VCNC\/2020-12-22_vcnc_pr_CountyCaresFunding.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Press Release\">Press Release<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/vcportal.ventura.org\/CEO\/VCNC\/2020-12-22_vcnc_pr_CountyCaresFunding_sp.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Press Release\">En espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vcportal.ventura.org\/CEO\/VCNC\/2020-12-22_vcnc_pr_CountyCaresFunding.pptx\" title=\"Spending Plan (PowerPoint format)\">Spending Plan (PowerPoint format)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.venturacountyrecovers.org\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"vcrecovers.org\">www.venturacountyrecovers.org<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ventura, CA \u2013The COVID-19 pandemic has caused severe economic and health impacts in our community. 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