Pandemic relief funding estimated to range from $33K for Monroe to $5M for Greenfield
Published: 4/8/2021 3:50:11 PM
WARWICK — Estimates for municipal aid allotments for Massachusetts cities and towns through the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan for pandemic relief that President Joe Biden approved last month see Warwick receiving a potential $225,000, while a more densely populated city like Greenfield will receive over $5 million.
Speaking in a recent Selectboard meeting, Warwick Town Coordinator David Young said each town’s share of the more than $2 billion in direct aid provided to Massachusetts under the American Rescue Plan was estimated using an old Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant formula. This formula resulted in cities and towns with populations over 50,000 being eligible for more money than towns that do not exceed this population threshold.