This week, the U.S. Department of Treasury released an
interim report of costs by category incurred by state and
local Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) recipients through June 30,
2020. The new report compiles information provided by prime
recipients on CRF spending categories like including payroll
support, medical and public health expenses, and transfers to
other governments. While the 10 categories used to track spending
are broad, it does paint a clearer picture on the needs of
counties than a report Treasury
released earlier this month, which only shows the total
amount of costs incurred by CRF recipients.
The state of California used nearly $1.8 billion, of the $9.5
billion it was allocated, of CRF funding on
government-to-government transfers. This includes money given to
counties who did not qualify to receive federal funds directly.
These counties will be required to report their spending to the
state by September 4. As the prime recipient the state will then
submit their full report to the U.S. Department of Treasury.
