INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — The $31.3 million the county expects in federal COVID-19 recovery assistance will go toward affordable housing, expansion of broadband services and to nonprofits and businesses hurt by the pandemic.
Half of the money expected from the American Recovery Act — about $15.6 million — will be spent within the year, County Administrator Jason Brown told county commissioners Tuesday.
About $500,000 will be earmarked to help nonprofits that have been unable to get the same COVID-19 assistance as small businesses to keep their doors open. Commissioners had been reluctant to create a fund without set criteria to avoid appearing to favor some nonprofits over others, or using public money to support groups some may religiously or politically oppose.