How Has Ohio Spent Its COVID-19 Funds?

A new report details how Ohio has spent its federal COVID-19 relief funds.

Most of the $2.6 billion from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act — about $509 million — went toward provider relief payments, with the next largest sum of $441 million going to schools and broadband. Counties, cities, and townships received the remaining $1.9 billion.

The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) provided the State of Ohio another $5.4 billion — with counties, municipalities, and townships receiving an additional $5.3 billion. Of the state’s funds, about $3.5 billion has already been appropriated, including $1.4 billion to repay a federal loan for the exhausted unemployment fund — action that was strongly supported by the OMA. 8/24/2022