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2020-04-23St. Mary's C.A.R.E.S
Many students from the start of the pandemic have had to turn to governmental assistance from the CARES act to help pay for their tuition or college-related expenses. This item showcases one of the most prominent government relief programs that were available to STMu students and college students nationwide. This funding was essential for many college-aged students who may not have qualified for the stimulus package or unemployment but who were facing the negative financial effects of the pandemic. -
2020-10-06
South Dakota and Covid-19
It shows that many states are going into lock downs with heavy restrictions, but South Dakota is being more free. -
2020-08-22‘We don't turn anyone away’: As virus forces some nonprofits to cut hours and services, refugee aid group works overtime
by Jessica Myers for the Luce Foundation: Southwest Stories Fellowship -
2020-08-05Many Navajos face pandemic without running water, tribal members urged to ‘lift each other up’
By McKenzie Allen-Charmley/Luce Foundation: Southwest Stories Fellowship -
2020-08-13Given history of discrimination, can community help Black-owned businesses survive COVID-19?
Vandana Ravikumar/Luce Foundation: Southwest Stories Fellowship -
2020-04-02Cultural Insights: Interviews in the Creative Sector #14 … Emily Gartner, ArtThreads Studio
In response to COVID-19, the Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science launched the mini-series, "Cultural Insights: Interviews in the Creative Sector," to highlight colleagues and professionals working in the same or similar field of museum professionals. -
2020-05-11"Lankford Announces Continued Financial Support for Oklahoma Tribes Amid COVID-19 Pandemic"
"Senator James Lankford (R-OK) issued details after US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced a path forward for Coronavirus Relief Funds to Oklahoma Tribal nations. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act provided $8 billion to respond to the coronavirus preparedness, response, and recovery for American Indians and Alaska Natives. Lankford spoke with the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Tara Sweeney about the allocations provided to the Bureau of Indian Affairs through the CARES Act to Oklahoma tribes today. Lankford plans to continue conversations with Secretary Mnuchin this week on the status of disbursements and the impacts of the Coronavirus Tribal Relief Fund dollars." -
2020-08-03Non-Profit "Local First Arizona" provides necessary financial support to rural small businesses in need
Sarandon Raboin/Luce Foundation: Southwest Stories Fellowship The COVID-19 Pandemic has hit rural small businesses especially hard. Owners are struggling to pay their bills, and even survive. These owners don't necessarily get the same financial support from the federal government as owners in metropolitan areas. The non-profit "Local First Arizona" started providing financial grants to small businesses, especially focusing on those in rural areas of Arizona. These grants have been the saving grace of some rural small business owners. Reporter Sarandon Raboin spoke with some of the owners who were helped by "Local First Arizona". -
2020-07-02"Coronavirus Relief Fund Reporting and Record Retention Requirements"
"Title VI of the Social Security Act, as amended by Title V of Division A of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 115-136), provides that the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) Office of Inspector General (OIG) is responsible for monitoring and oversight of the receipt, disbursement, and use of Coronavirus Relief Fund payments. Treasury OIG also has authority to recover funds in the event that it is determined a recipient of a Coronavirus Relief Fund payment failed to comply with requirements of subsection 601(d) of the Social Security Act, as amended, (42 U.S.C. 801(d))." -
2020-06-16"COVID-19: Our Response"
"The health and safety of our associates, tribal members, visitors and guests is the top priority for Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO). Following review of key health indicators with our health and emergency management professionals, CNO leadership determined to move into Phase III of the CNO Recovery Plan beginning Friday, June 12." -
2020-07-01"COVID Task Force releases project details for CARES Act funding"
"The Osage Nation received its third and final payment of funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act on June 26. In total, the Nation received, $44,879,813. The 16-person COVID Task Force, made up of ON employees, has released a narrative and final implementation plan for the money. Housing Director James Weigant, the task force’s coordinator, said it was important to focus on COVID response since the funding has strict guidelines." -
2020-06-30Funding Received
Announcement by the West End Museum in Boston that they have received funding from the National Endowment of the Humanities through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020. The post discusses what the museum hopes to do with these funds, and how the funds will support them and their staff during the pandemic. As museums struggle to remain financially solvent through closures, grants and other funds have become a vital lifeline. This is especially true for small institutions that lack the large funds of major institutions. -
2020-05-23Caddo Tribal Chairman Addresses Community About the Status of CARES Act Funding
“The CARES Act funding may be utilized for documented needs that fall between the dates of March 1 - Dec. 31, 2020. The Caddo Nation Council has deemed a $1,000 cap per household, for each enrolled Caddo Nation head of household. The topic of allowing each individual tribal member to receive a "stimulus" or "per capita" payment had been mentioned but based on the CARES Act distribution guidelines, through the U.S. Treasury Department, the tribe would be liable to repayment of the funds to the U.S. Treasury Department based on negligent use should this method be considered.” -
2020-04-29
A Letter From the President
Received in early May, the letter, bearing the president's stamp, informs the recipient of their stimulus payment made possible by the CARES Act; an act of Congress that pumped over $2 trillion into a once robust US economy now crippled by the coronavirus and the states' subsequent lockdowns. Furthermore, this artifact reflects the virus's growing politicization during a contentious campaign year, with the incumbent president attempting to revive the US economy despite the grave threat posed by COVID-19's onslaught. Letters, such as this, that were "signed" by the president angered many within the US, as they viewed this as a politically-motivated stunt, thus reflecting the festering political divide that has only been made worse as COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc across the world. Northeastern JOTPY -
2020-05-02Amid Pandemic, Winnebago Tribe Prioritizes Resources
“The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, like all the other tribes across the na-tion, has been affected by the corona-virus. Social distancing restrictions has caused many changes within the community including the temporary closing of the Winnavegas Casino, the main resource for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. Inevitably, this also forced the tribe to temporary furlough certain tribally funded positions…Unfortunately, the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, a government agency, is not eligible for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) “a loan designed to pro-vide a direct incentive for small busi-nesses to keep their workers on payroll” (sba.gov). Staying optimistic and proac-tive, the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska has been taking steps to take care of the tribal members, community and its employees to the best of its ability…The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska is waiting for a distribution from the US Department of Treasury. The Coronavi-rus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was passed by Congress and signed by President Trump which included an $8 billion allocation for all tribes to fund COVID-19 prevention, preparedness and response.” -
2020-05-18Arbitrary and capricious': Study casts doubt on Trump administration's COVID-19 payments to tribes
"As tribes continue to fight for the $8 billion in coronavirus relief they were promised more than seven weeks ago, new research is casting doubt on the accuracy and fairness of the Trump administration's handling of the fund." -
2020-05-19Native Sun News Today: Pandemic consolation prize: View from Indian Country
"Delays and underpayments were not uncommon due to what The Washington Post termed “glitches” in the filing and collection methods used by both the bureaucracy and private tax consulting firms. After all, they were sorting their way through a maze of accounting steps as novel as the pandemic coronavirus itself." -
05/14/2020
Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians Forms COVID-19 Task Force to Ensure Financial Compliance with the CARES Act Funds
“The task force will ensure the Sault Tribe’s Coronavirus Relief Fund monies are spent in compliance with the CARES Act and the tribe’s priorities dealing with the ongoing pandemic. Sault Tribe received $37.2 million from the Coronavirus Relief Fund. According to the CARES Act language, tribes may use the money for "necessary" expenses caused by the public health emergency from March 1 to Dec. 30, 2020. The Sault Tribe established a unified approach that prioritized paying team members and recouping any losses that have occurred.” #IndigenousStories -
2020-04-06Treatment of Essential Workers: Proposed Student Loan Bill
This project aims to document the treatment and reactions to the treatment of the essential workers during this pandemic. This is the headline of an article describing A new proposed bill in which healthcare workers would have their student loans forgiven -
2020-05-04Refund
This took place earlier this week as the Cares Act refunded college students a certain dollar amount based on the amount of class we missed due to Covid-19. This was was especially great for me as money is tight and this will be put to good use to pay off student loans starting in the fall. *Belmont Abbey (my college) Financial Aid -
2020-04-29
Tribes Were Supposed To Get $8 Billion In COVID-19 Aid, but Received $0
"Tribal governments were supposed to get $8 billion in direct emergecy relief from the CARES Act, the $2 trillion COVID-19 stimulus bill that became law on March 27. More than a month later, they haven't gotten any of it." #IndigenousStories -
2020-04-06The National Congress of American Indians' Response to CARES Act
With the passage of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, attention is drawn to the advocates across Indian Country who "worked tirelessly to ensure that the bill included these and other resources to enable tribal nations and commmunities to respond to and recover from the effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic." #IndigenousStories -
2020-04-18Southern Ute Tribe Demands Investigation into Unlawfully Leaked Information for CARES Act Funds
"The history of relations between the United States and tribal nations is replete with broken promises," which is why the unlawful release of tribal information provided to the Department of Treasury by tribes applying to receive funds from CARES Act has raised alarms. "The Southern Ute Indian Tribe has taken steps to make sure that its bank account is secure." #IndigenousStories -
2020-04-13Corporate Financial Response for C2 Education due to Continuing Pandemic Difficulties
Fellow Associates, In my emails to you over the past few weeks, I have thanked and applauded the whole C2 Team on how we have adapted so fast into Virtual, while I have also been writing that we might need to adjust as we learn more about the situation and the economy. I had hoped that we would not need to make adjustments. We have held off as long as we could and frankly longer than many companies. However, the environment has further deteriorated and so the time is now. I want to share with you some critical adjustments we now need to make in the face of these challenging unprecedented times. First, I want to reinforce how proud I am of the C2 Team in how we have responded to shutting down our centers with skillful, innovative and hard work by so many. C2 Virtual was developed and launched in an extraordinary fast timeline. We already have about 60% of the sessions per day as we had before we shut our centers, and about 40% of our students in February have already been in a Virtual session. Our surveys are now showing high satisfaction with Virtual by our students and parents. Thank you to every single one of our 2,000 associates for embracing the change with Virtual. However, these times are so uncertain for so many of C2 potential customers and many are just not willing to decide to spend money on our type of services right now. This results in our revenue being only about 25% of a normal level. By continuing to serve our students with our teachers, we are spending money to pay teachers but with only 25% of the revenue coming in. That means we are losing cash and that is not sustainable. Over the past 3 weeks the leadership team has been trying to secure funding to make up for these losses. Our main shareholder and investor, Serent Capital, is being very supportive with extra capital and we are trying to get a loan from the SBA and the Cares Act. However, those efforts will not be sufficient to weather the current storm. We now need to temporarily adjust the numbers of our associates to enable C2 to get financially through this COVID -19 period. These are planned to be temporary COVID-19 adjustments and to be in place for the next 3 months. I will refer to “furloughs" and I want to first explain a furlough. Someone who is on furlough has their pay suspended temporarily but can keep benefits such as health. Importantly they are still employees of the company. They are NOT “Laid off”. They can be asked to come back into the workplace again at any time. While on furlough one can get unemployment benefits including the higher amounts from the two trillion dollar Cares Act. These adjustment plans have been carefully worked on by the ESC leadership team and the RVPs. We have had two overriding goals: - to be sure we continue to serve our existing students and are as well positioned as possible to regain momentum once the centers can open and the environment improves. - to take care of our employees as much as possible. So we are adjusting with furloughs rather than layoffs, enabling the continuation of everyone’s C2 benefits. Here are the broad details. -The ESC will reduce costs by 60% with half of the associates being furloughed, and with salary cuts for all the remaining ESC associates and RVPs in amounts ranging depending on salary... starting with myself at 50% and then down in percentage tiers from that. -We will keep all our centers open in the Virtual world. Some centers will move into combined lobbies, but with no changes in experience for our students or teachers. -We will have to operate with many less associates spread across the virtual centers. -For District Managers, half will be going on furlough or changing their duties. -For our Center Directors and Education Coordinators, 40% will be going on furlough. -Our teachers will continue as per the student schedules. Even after these cuts, we will be losing cash each month and this cash loss difference will be supported by our investors until we come out of this period when we can re-build with our re-opened centers and returning associates. Over the next few hours, the leadership team will be sharing with each one of you how this impacts you. These adjustments will be effective at the end of tomorrow. The rest of today and all of tomorrow will be considered Hand Off Days to ensure we can continue to serve our students. To minimize the impact on our students and their families, I trust we will all act as One Team over these two days with a high level of professionalism no matter how we are each impacted. In all my years as a leader, I could never have imagined that I would encounter such a situation in such unprecedented times. It’s never easy making changes like furloughs but it is especially difficult personally in such a great engaging, inspiring, values-driven and growing company as C2, and when it is of this magnitude, being in response to something that is entirely out of everyone’s control. C2 is so personal to us all. This really hurts all our hearts. It is all of our hope that once the centers can open we will be able to ramp up our business and bring associates back to engage again in C2. As the environment and confidence improves, families will find ways to pay for C2’s great services. I know the next days and months will be very tough. I wish all those going on furlough well and I thank those who remain and who will often take on a different scope of responsibilities. As we go though our different journeys, drawing on courage and resilience, I wish that you and your families stay healthy. In closing, whether on furlough or still working at C2, we are all connected in the C2 spirit. It runs through our veins. In spirit, we are still ONE TEAM with ONE PURPOSE. Best, -
03/27/2020Cornavirus (COVID-19): Small Business Guidance & Loan Resources
Resources for small businesses during the COVID-19 Crisis #HIST5241