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?