PRESS RELEASE
Treasurer Fitzpatrick Announces First CARES Act Payments to Local Governments Processed
Jefferson City, MO – Missouri State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick
today announced the first CARES Act payments to local governments have been
processed. The money should be available to local governments by Wednesday. 106 local governments submitted
complete certification
forms and have had their payments processed, totaling almost $468 million.
Counties who have not submitted their forms are encouraged to do so
expeditiously. Last week, Governor Parson approved the recommendation of the
CARES Act Funding working group regarding the amount of money each local
government would receive. Information about those amounts can be found here.
“The
top priority of the working group has always been to work with Governor Parson
to get CARES Act money distributed to Missouri’s local governments as
efficiently as possible,” Treasurer Fitzpatrick said. “Now our counties must
work with cities and other political subdivisions to ensure that this money
reaches those on the front lines—our health departments, healthcare workers, and
first responders—to ensure they have the necessary resources to adequately
respond to COVID-19.” “We
greatly appreciate the federal funds from the CARES Act and the work of
Governor Parson and Treasurer Fitzpatrick to get this money distributed so
quickly,” Dick Burke, Executive Director of the Missouri Association of
Counties, said. “It is vitally important that our state’s local governments
have these resources as soon as possible, and we thank the Governor and Treasurer
for the confidence they have shown in our local elected officials.” “States have been working
diligently to process CARES Act funding payments to their local governments to
help with the response to the COVID-19 pandemic,” Shaun Snyder, Executive
Director of the National Association of State Treasurers, said. “I commend the
quick work done by Missouri to establish a certification form and interpret the
guidelines set forth in state legislation so that essential workers can get the
resources they need as soon as possible.” On
April 10, 2020, Governor Parson formed an informal 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 as well as identifying best practices and procedures to apply
that relief. Information
about the CARES Act and the working group can be found at treasurer.mo.gov/COVID. ### Follow the Treasurer’s Office on Twitter, Facebook,
and Instagram @motreasurer.
