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The Greene County Commission has approved the remaining balance of the $34.4 million in CARES Act Relief Funds made available to the County for local distribution. These awards represent the final CARES grants and all funds are now allocated.
To help make the funding allocations as equitable as possible, the Commission initially divided distributions by category:
Tax Supported Entities-$6.5 million
Small Business-$6.5 million
Health Care-$8 million
A 10 percent reserve contingency for possible emergencies or other needs.
The final allocations from the Commission vote include, $1,120 granted from the Small Business category to Aquelia Storlazzi with Innovations Salon for business interruption and approximately $1.5 million from the Reserve category to Greene County and its partner agencies for multiple COVID-related expenses and needs such as PPE, technology and vaccine roll out. The Commission elected to consider Greene County n