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Gov. Whitmer signs supplemental funding to support COVID-19 recovery plan, additional work now needed to fully utilize federal aid
Funding secured for wage increase for direct care workers, schools, emergency rental assistance, vaccine administration, and testing.
LANSING, Mich. Today Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation that supports the COVID-19 recovery plan she sent to the legislature in January. It includes key provisions of the governor’s MI COVID Recovery Plan, including a $2.25/hour wage increase for direct care workers, $283 million in federal emergency rental assistance to help ensure people can stay in their homes, up to $110 million in federal funding for vaccine administration, and up to $555 million in federal funding for testing and tracing.
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The legislation supports Whitmer’s
COVID-19 recovery plan, including a $2.25 per hour wage increase for direct care workers, $283 million in federal emergency rental assistance, up to $110 million for vaccine administration and up to $555 million for testing and tracing, state officials said.
“I think it’s great news that we’ve been able to get some of the federal funding available to us appropriated, including passing two of my key proposals to provide a wage increase for direct care workers and increased funding to help expand vaccinations for Michiganders who are 50 years old or older,” Whitmer said. “However, the reality is that there is more work to be done and there are still billions of dollars in federal funding that we need to get out the door to help busine
The Democratic governor announced
the proposal during a press conference, setting up a potential high-stakes fight with the GOP-led Legislature, which controls the state s finances and has threatened to use the power to spur Whitmer to lift restrictions on restaurants.
The new plan came four days after financial experts unveiled rosier than previously expected revenue projections for the state. However,
about 90% of the plan will come from the federal government and relief programs approved by Congress. It is vitally important that we immediately take that federal funding that everybody advocated for and get it out to our residents, said Budget Director Dave Massaron, adding the administration planned to send a formal request to the Legislature on Wednesday.
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