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City and County of Honolulu
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and
Economic Security Act (CARES Act)
Economic Assistance and Revitalization Committee
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
May 13, 2020MAYOR'S MESSAGE 59EAR
CARES Act
Overview
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was
signed into law on March 27, 2020
The CARES ACT established a $150 billion Coronavirus Relief Fund
State allocation $1.25 billion
Honolulu allocation $387 million (received April 23, 2020)
CARES Act Funding Preliminary Estimates
Fund Name TypeAmount
(Estimated)Description
Coronavirus Relief Fund* Government $387,000,000
Based on minimum allocation (Please see Slide 8 )
Transit Infrastructure Grants* Transportation $90,815,591
Funds may be used for the operating expenses of transit agencies related to the
response to coronavirus, including reimbursement for operating costs to maintain
service, lost revue, the purchase of PPE, and paying the admin leave of operations
personnel due to reductions in service.
Housing Opportunities For
With Persons Aids (HOPWA)*Housing $95,143
Funds are intended to provide additional funds to maintain operations and for
rental assistance, supportive services, and other necessary actions, in order to
prevent, prepare for, and respond to Coronavirus.
State Estimate: $450,926.00
Spend by 9/30/2021
Emergency Solutions Grants Housing$2,429,569
Funding is intended to support additional homeless assistance, prevention, and
eviction prevision assistance.
State Estimate: $3,997,266
Spend by 9/30/2022
Community Development
Block Grant (CDBG)*
Community
Development$4,872,982
The funding is directed to be used “to prevent, prepare for, or respond to
coronavirus. Additionally, the bill lifts the statutory percent limitation for the use of
funds on public service activities related to the coronavirus response.
Phase 1, State Estimate: $7,933,117
Byrne-Justice Assistance
Grants*
Criminal
Justice$1,890,000
To assist state, local, and tribal officers in responding to coronavirus. These funds
will go directly to state and local governments, with no match required, and will
support criminal justice needs related to Coronavirus, including overtime for state,
local, and tribal officers: PPE, and supplies; and medical needs and other
supplies.
Total $487,103,285 Coronavirus Relief Fund: $387,000,000
Other: $100,103,285 (estimated)
Coronavirus Relief Fund
Coronavirus Relief Fund –
Preliminary Estimates
Project Department Amount (est.)Percent
(est.)Description
Community Services DCS, HOU, OED $166,000,000 43%Grants for Households, Small Businesses
and Childcare
Public Safety HPD, HFD, HESD $126,000,000 32%Recruitment, PPE, Equipment, Sanitation
supplies, Rapid response vehicles
Property Acquisition DLM $38,000,000 10% Shelter overflow and quarantine
Oahu Recovery Initiative MDO $19,000,000 5%Recovery planning and processing –
staff, rent, equipment, incentives
Administrative Costs All Departments $19,000,000 5% Overtime and Personnel Costs
Equipment/Construction
BWS, CSD, DCS,
DDC, DES, DEM,
DFM, DIT, DPP, DPR,
DTS, ENV, OED, RHB
$19,000,000 5%
Computer equipment, program
licenses, PPE, sanitizing machines and
supplies, testing facilities, social
distancing renovations
Total $387,000,000
Use of Funds
The CARES Act requires that the payments from the Coronavirus Relief
Fund only be used to cover expenses that:
“Are necessary expenditures incurred due to the public health
emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19)”
“Were not accounted for in the budget most recently approved as of
March 27, 2020 (the date of enactment of the CARES Act)”
“Were incurred during the period that begins on March 1, 2020, and
ends on December 30, 2020”
Timeline
Funds must be applied to expenditures incurred between March 1,
2020 and December 30, 2020
Note: “If a government has not used funds it has received to cover
costs that were incurred by December 30, 2020, as required by the
statute, those funds must be returned to the Department of the
Treasury.”
Department
Submits Request
BFS Reviews
& Processes
Request
Purchase Order
or Contract
Process and Internal Audit
PROCESS
INTERNAL AUDIT
City will hire a third party auditor to do an internal audit
Response
Department of Community Services
Grant in Aid ~ amend contracts
Section 8 ~ rent recalculation
Elderly Affairs ~ senior meal delivery
WorkHawaii ~ employment services, early release detainees
Community Based Development ~ HUD funding availability
CARES ACT
HUD ~ ESG-CV & CDBG-CV
$2.4 Million ~ Emergency Solutions Grant
Shelters, homeless prevention, rapid re-housing, and
support services
$4.9 Million ~ Community Development Block Grant
Homeless prevention, food security, mobile testing,
eviction prevention, acquisition for homeless clinic,
financial hardship relief
CARES ACT
HUD ~ HOPWA-CV
$95,143 ~ Housing for Persons with AIDS
Mortgage and utilities assistance, tenant-based rental
assistance, and support services
Grantees ~ AUW, Catholic Charities, Family Promise,
Gregory House, Hawaii Health & Harm Reduction, IHS,
PACT Ohia, Project Vision, Salvation Army, Waianae
Coast Comp Ctr, Hawaii HomeOwnership Center
CARES ACT
Coronavirus relief fund
Food Security ~ HI Foodbank, Aloha Harvest, Salvation Army
Individual Relief ~ COVID related financial hardship, 100% AMI
At-risk Groups ~ domestic violence, drug treatment
Support Services ~ childcare, homelessness, mobile hygiene
Displaced Workers ~ job fair, training
$8M FOOD Security
Aloha Harvest, Hawaii Foodbank
Malama Meals, The Salvation Army
Kupuna meals ~ home delivery
$25M Financial Hardship
COVID nexus required
$1,000 Rent, mortgage, utilities, insurance
$500 Childcare
Reapply monthly ~ reevaluate hardship
Six month limit
$20M at risk groups
Domestic violence, drug treatment
Youth homelessness, mobile hygiene
Early release detainees
Childcare
Dislocated workers
DOL grant ~ DLIR and WorkHawaii
Job fairs & educational opportunities
Training ~ new skill set
Employee & employer support
Recovery
Office of Economic Development
Small Business Relief and Recovery Fund (Grants)
<30 employees; < $1million revenues
Up to $10,000 single payment for Relief and Recovery
$25 Million Initial Fund
Distribution through collaboration with Credit Unions
Department of Emergency Management
Sustaining Emergency Operations
Modified Emergency Operations due to COVID-19
Public Education & Information
Community Health Center support & COVID-19 testing
Office of Climate Change, Sustainability
and Resiliency
Community Engagement and Outreach
O‘ahu Economic Recovery and Resilience Initiative
Testing and Health Capacity to Protect Open Economy
Public Safety
Honolulu Emergency Services Department
Emergency Medical Services Division
Primary pre-hospital emergency medical provider to the citizens of the City and County of Honolulu
Ocean Safety and Lifeguard Services Division
Primary responder to all emergencies that arise on the beaches and in the near shore waters of the City and County Of Honolulu
Health Services Branch
Occupational Medical Clinic that services all prospective and current City and County Of Honolulu employees, including Employee Assistance Services
Honolulu Emergency Services Department
o Personal Protective Equipment and Supplies (PPE’s)
o Decontamination equipment and supplies (DECON)
o Medical Equipment and Supplies to minimize health and rescue response provider’s exposure during medical interventions
o Response and transport vehicles to support Department surge and continuity of operations for EMS, Ocean Safety
o Isolation ambulances for CV-19 patient transport
o Response and utility vehicles for Ocean Safety operations
Honolulu Fire Department
PPEs, Sanitizing supplies and equipment
Video conferencing equipment
Facility renovations: Dispatch, Aircraft Hangar, Kalihi Station, Aikahi Station
OT: Station Staffing, Dispatch, Helicopter Pilots, Incident Management
Teams
Future Spending: Recruit Training, Rapid Response Vehicles, Training for
Rescue and HazMat Teams, Facility Renovations
Honolulu Police Department
Personnel: Police Service Officers
Overtime: Covid-19 response, Special Court, POST activity
Supplies: PPE, haz mat suits, SCBA equipment
Decontamination Systems: Electrostatic space decon systems and decon
cabinets
IT: Secure video conferencing equipment and telework products
Social Distancing: Service counter and work station protective barriers
Equipment: Isolation prisoner transport vans, hazmat decon truck, Rapid
Deployment Force response trucks
QUESTIONS?
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