Coronavirus Relief Fund
CARES Act
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act
Coronavirus Relief Fund
Under the CARES Act, the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) is to be used to make payments for specified uses to states and local governments. The total CRF funding allocated to the state of Texas is approximately $11 billion. The U.S. Treasury managed the initial distribution of these funds to states and jurisdictions with populations above 500,000. These 18 Texas jurisdictions (Austin, Bexar County, Collin County, Dallas County, Dallas, Denton County, El Paso County, El Paso, Fort Bend County, Fort Worth, Harris County, Hidalgo County, Houston, Montgomery County, San Antonio, Tarrant County, Travis County and Williamson County) received their allocation of the $11 billion directly from the Treasury. For more information on CRF please click the following link TDEM. Additionally, GFOA has created dashboards to provide one location for local government finance officers to easily access an up-to-date array of data/trends/indices to help them forecast revenue, expenditures, debt issuance, employment and other short- and long-run economic factors impacting their constituents. To access the GFOA Dashboard please click the following link GFOA Economic Indicator Dashboard.
Categories for Eligible Expenditures
1) Medical expenses
2) Public health expenses
3) Payroll expenses for public safety, public health, health care, human services, and similar employees whose services are substantially dedicated to mitigating or responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency.
4) Expenses of actions to facilitate compliance with COVID-19 related public health measures.
5) Expenses associated with the provision of economic support in connection with the COVID-19 public health emergency.
6) Any other COVID-19 – related expenses reasonably necessary to the function of government that satisfy the fund’s eligibility criteria.
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TO START THE PROCESS BY WHICH YOU RECEIVE YOUR INITIAL PAYMENT, THE COUNTY JUDGE OR MAYOR OF THE JURSIDICTION MUST REVIEW, AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND SIGN THE CERTIFICATION FORM. THIS SIGNED DOCUMENTATION MUST BE EMAILED TO CRF@TDEM.TEXAS.GOV OR UPLOADED BACK TO THIS WEBSITE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE EMAIL CRF@TDEM.TEXAS.GOV.