Government Benefits Law: COVID Stimulus

First round of stimulus checks.Those initial payments issued earlier in 2020 were $1,200 per person, or $2,400 for those filing jointly, plus $500 per qualifying childthe maximum income levels to receive a payment were also larger:
$99,000 for single taxpayers
$136,500 for taxpayers filing as head of household
$198,000 for married couples filing jointly

Second round of stimulus checks. Those payments typically totaled $600 per person, or $1,200 for married individuals, plus $600 for each qualifying child. Taxpayers were ineligible for any payment, unless they had a qualifying child, above the following income levels:
$87,000 for single taxpayers
$124,500 for taxpayers filing as head of household
$174,000 for married couples filing jointly

Third of round of stimulus checks. Eligible individuals received a payment of $1,400 ($2,800 for married couples), plus an additional $1,400 per eligible child. However, those payments phase out quickly for incomes above $75,000 for single taxpayers, above $112,500 for taxpayers filing as head of household, and above $150,000 for married couples filing jointly.
The plan also included $350 billion in emergency funding for state, local and territorial and tribal governments, known as the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds.

The National Conference of State Legislatures created a database detailing the ways states are utilizing their Fiscal Recovery Fund allocations.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York 2022

State Scoop 5/26/23. This is pandemic relief money.

ProPublica 12/30/22

Researchers with the Ohio Poverty Law Center and Advocates for Ohio’s Future have built an online tool to track how state and local governments are spending COVID relief dollars.

10/25/22 Court News Ohio.gov, including $425,000 to Franklin County Municipal Court to expand pretrial services staff and/or to increase the use of contract interpreters.

Cleveland.com 6/18/24

Vox 9/29/23

Ohio Capital Journal 11/23/22. One of these cities is Toledo.

Peter G. Peterson Foundation, 3/15/21

A partnership between Bloomberg Philanthropies and the U.S. Conference of Mayors, gives cities free access to a searchable database of questions and answers about the rules and regulations governing the use of federal coronavirus relief dollars.

US Treasury, regulations on reports that State, territorial, metropolitan city, county, Tribal governments, and Non-Entitlement Units that receive funding from the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Programs are required to meet

FR 1/27/22

Extends deadline to Dec. 31, 2026 state and local covid expenditures for administrative and legal costs, such as compliance costs and internal control requirements.

5/16/22 Arbitrator denied Ohio Civil Service Employees Association hazard pay for working during COVID.