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How to find award data by pandemic legislation.
As pandemic legislation was passed, starting with the CARES Act in March 2020, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) assigned a code to identify each of the six laws. These codes, known as Disaster Emergency Fund Codes (DEFC), are used to track the spending funded under each legislation. Many of the codes were further refined through the description of the code, as "Emergency" or "Non-emergency."
Update: Three rounds of stimulus checks. See how many went out and for how much.
While you may have heard them referred to as stimulus checks, the Economic Impact Payments were, for the most part, direct deposited into bank accounts or sent out as bank cards. More than 476 million payments totaling $814 billion in financial relief went to households impacted by the pandemic. The Internal Revenue Service based the amounts that individuals received on income, tax filing status, and number of children (or qualifying dependents, like a relative).
CARES Act One Year Later
One year has passed since the CARES Act was enacted, introducing $2.1 trillion in taxpayer dollars to help people, businesses and the economy recover from the pandemic. We hosted a virtual event on the one-year anniversary of the CARES Act and of pandemic response, featuring panels on the economic impact of the $5T in pandemic funding and the successes and challenges in overseeing the spending. If you missed the event, we invite you to watch the recording.
Pandemic Response: Housing Insights
In the last of a three-part series where experts share perspectives on pandemic relief legislation, panelists who are experts in housing issues share their recommendations.
Pandemic Response: Perspectives from the Banking Industry
The first in a series of virtual panels with banking and financial services experts, this panel included speakers from lenders and financial institutions that administer programs established or expanded through pandemic relief legislation. Panelists represented a variety of views ranging from community banks, minority depository institutions, and large financial institutions. Learn more and view the video.
Pandemic Response: Perspectives from Small Business Borrowers
Speakers representing the perspective of small business borrowers share their experiences with programs like the Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loan and give recommendations to improve pandemic response programs.