CARES Act Funding Outcomes
The CARES Act Funding Report provides data on how CARES Act funds were deployed in the County's COVID-19 response in 2020.
As of December 30, 2020, Pierce County has allocated and spent its $158 million in CARES Act funding. Expenditures and data included in this dashboard reflect programs and services funded through CARES Act funding only, unless otherwise noted. Pierce County’s COVID-19 response also includes funding from state and federal sources.
CARES Act Interactive Dashboard
Public Health Emergency Response
$65.5 Million Allocated
COVID-19 Testing - $27,954,812
- Community-Based Testing - Countywide Mobile Testing Program - $12,333,920
- Community-Based Mobile Immunization Clinics - Influenza Vaccines - $2,374,564
- Infrastructure for COVID-19 Vaccine - $1,016,328
- COVID-19 Rapid Testing - $12,230,000
Case and Contact Investigations - $5,456,148
- Staffing - $4,070,258
- Facility Lease and Equipment- $1,385,890
Isolation and Quarantine - $1,244,620
- Isolation and Quarantine Resources for Residents- $296,240
- Mobile Sheltering Pods - $948,380
Operation of Pierce County's Temporary Care Center is currently funded through Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds.
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - $10,827,000
- Personal Protective Equipment - $10,715,000
- Personal Protective Equipment Storage Space - $112,000
The measures below reflect PPE that have been purchased through CARES Act funding only.
The measures below reflect PPE that have been received from the state or through donations.
Public Education Programs - $2,606,000
- COVID-19 Public Health Communications and Community Outreach - $435,000
- Public Education with Equity Focus - $150,000
- Marketing Campaign - $740,000
- Anchor Organizations and Health Advocates - $700,000
- Other Public Health Outreach - $581,000
Other Public Health Capacity - $18,911,420
- Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department Staffing for Data Collection, Analysis, Sharing, and Reporting - $1,297,110
- Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department Staffing for COVID-19 Response - $4,319,100
- Elevate Health - $600,000
- RAIN Wastewater COVID-19 Surveillance - $500,000
- Pierce County COVID-19 School Assistance Program - $10,800,000
- Emergency Food Network Infrastructure Needs - $284,400
Economic Stabilization and Recovery
$46.5 Million Allocated
Support Business Readiness to Reopen - $5,240,000
- Adaptation Grant Program - $5,000,000
- Consumer Confidence Video Campaign - $240,000
Support Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Businesses - $30,639,060
- Emergency Small Business Grants - $6,140,000
- Commercial Rent and Mortgage Assistance - $15,250,000
- Restaurant Assistance - $7,500,000
- Business Rollback Relief Grants - $4,000,000
- Agriculture Industry - $749,060
Emergency Small Business Grants
Commercial Rent and Mortgage Assistance
Restaurant Rally
Main Street Rollback Relief Grants
Agriculture Industry Support
COVID-19 Response Kits, Including Personal Protective Devices - $5,620,940
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Businesses - $5,370,940
- Agriculture Specific PPE - $250,000
Workforce Training - $2,000,000
- Bridge Financial Aid for Technical College Students - $1,250,000
- Youth and Young Adult Jobs Program - $500,000
- Pierce County School Districts Career and Technical Education (CTE) - $250,000
Community Response and Resilience
$32.95 Million Allocated
Food and Nutrition - $2,770,500
- Food Bank Support - $4,550,000
- Farmers Market Support - Pierce County Nutrition Assistance Program - $20,500
Housing Stability and Homelessness - $16,824,500
- Emergency Homeless Sheltering and Affordable Housing Support - $4,374,500
- Rental Assistance - $9,250,000
- Mortgage Assistance - $3,200,000
Click here for additional information on CARES Act-funded Human Services projects.
Transportation and Other Services for Disabled and Elderly Populations - $2,685,000
- Senior Center and Senior Program Support - $1,160,000
- Special Needs Transportation - $60,000
- Adaptive Recreation - $325,000
- Metro Parks and Pierce Transit Support - $1,000,000
Veterans Services - $2,275,000
- Veterans Emergency COVID-19 Assistance - $2,144,000
- Human Services Mobile Resource Center - $131,000
Behavioral Health Services - $1,500,000
- Behavioral Health Provider Support - $1,500,000
Child and Family Services - $5,795,000
- Child Care Supports for Families Returning to Work - $5,000,000
- First Responder Childcare Camps - $175,000
- Whole Child Summer Camp - $250,000
- Parks and Recreation Safety Messaging - $120,000
- Supported Employment - $250,000