Here's how the state will spend $2.2B in federal pandemic aid
OLYMPIA — Administer vaccines. Resume classroom instruction. Reopen shuttered businesses. Assist those who can’t make rent.
Those are the largest targets of $2.2 billion in federal money lawmakers will soon disperse across the state to fund the ongoing response to the pandemic and to restore a semblance of normalcy to public life.
But there also are sums earmarked to provide food to needy families, help homeowners avoid foreclosure, aid child care providers and assist people ineligible for federal stimulus payments or unemployment benefits due to their immigration status.
The blueprint for all this spending, House Bill 1368, is heading to a final vote in the state Senate this week after clearing the House on Feb. 1. Gov. Jay Inslee will move swiftly to sign it, likely before the end of the week.
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