Town Hall Held To Review How St. Louis County Spent CARES Act Funding

St. Louis MO

23 June, 2021

9:22 AM

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CBS St. Louis June 23, 2021 Hundreds of millions of federal tax dollars were divvied up in St. Louis County as part of the COVID-19 relief bill. There will be a town hall to review how the county the pandemic and spent $170 million of federal tax money from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Wednesday night inside the St. Louis County Council Chambers.The 104-page report outlines how it was spent: $49 million was for public health including awareness campaigns, enforcing social distancing, and allocating testing.$47 million went to local municipalities.$30 million for humanitarian aid like food and housing.$26 million for economic recovery.$20 million was earmarked for St. Louis County response which was used to upgrade county operations to keep county employees safe. With $190 million on the way, the county council is still deciding how to spend that second chunk. The town hall is open to the public and it will be live-streamed on the county's youtube page.