The latest COVID-19 stimulus package approved by Congress will send $101 million in federal funds to local governments in Lafayette Parish this spring as part of $1.9 trillion in federal spending.
Estimates released by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform this week show the stimulus package will include funds for Lafayette Consolidated Government, as well as every municipal government in Lafayette Parish.
Local governments can use the funds for a broad variety of purposes, including projects and expenditures that are not directly related to their COVID-19 response, and the funds stand to offer a significant boost to local government revenues that haven t been hit all that hard by the COVID-19 pandemic in Lafayette Parish.