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.

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

Use this if you haven't gotten one of your stimulus checks.

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

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.

5/21 - Treasury Dept

US Dept of Education website