PRESS RELEASE
Treasurer Fitzpatrick Holds CARES Act Funding Working Group Meeting
Jefferson City, MO – Missouri State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick
today held a meeting of the CARES Act Funding Working Group. The meeting
focused on Governor Parson’s Show Me Strong Recovery Plan and how to ensure the
state is prepared for and able to respond to any future COVID-19 outbreaks as
well as working to alleviate the widespread economic impact of the pandemic
felt across Missouri. DHSS
Director Dr. Randall Williams spoke to the group about the state’s future
testing plans and costs associated with it. The group also heard from
representatives from the Missouri Department of Labor & Industrial
Relations regarding the financial status of the state’s unemployment trust fund,
as well as the Missouri Department of Economic Development, the Division of
Tourism, and the Missouri Chamber of Commerce regarding funding possibilities
related to economic recovery. Representatives from the Missouri Department of
Elementary and Secondary Education and the Missouri Department of Higher
Education and Workforce Development also spoke about the state’s preparedness
for remote education and costs to provide connectivity solutions to students
without internet access should it be required in the future. The
information shared during today’s meeting will be used by the group to make
recommendations to the Governor on the use of the funds provided by the CARES
Act. In
April, the working group met to approve the disbursement of federal funds to
each Missouri county, and city not within a county, per the guidelines
established by SS SCS HCS HB 2014. As of today, all Missouri counties and
cities not within a county have received their funds. On
April 10, 2020, Governor Parson formed a working group, led by Treasurer
Fitzpatrick, to make recommendations for the use of federal funding provided
for COVID-19-related costs under the CARES Act. This advisory body is studying
and analyzing the federal relief available to Missouri, its citizens, and
businesses, and identifying best practices and procedures to apply that relief.
Information
about the CARES Act and the working group, including a recording of today’s
meeting, can be found at treasurer.mo.gov/COVID.
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