{"id":22404,"date":"2020-04-14T11:14:41","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T17:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/?p=64201"},"modified":"2020-04-14T11:14:41","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T17:14:41","slug":"congressman-neguse-writes-bill-to-bring-250-billion-in-aid-to-small-communities-that-were-left-out-of-the-cares-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/local-news\/congressman-neguse-writes-bill-to-bring-250-billion-in-aid-to-small-communities-that-were-left-out-of-the-cares-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Congressman Neguse writes bill to bring $250 billion in aid to small communities that were left out of the CARES Act"},"content":{"rendered":"

DILLON \u2014 On Tuesday, April 7, members of the U.S. House of Representatives \u2014 including Rep. Joe Neguse, of Colorado\u2019s 2nd Congressional District \u2014 introduced the Coronavirus Community Relief Act, which aims to provide $250 billion for communities affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. <\/p>\n

While the CARES Act<\/a><\/i> was signed into law March 27, it excludes communities with populations under 500,000 from receiving direct support. Those smaller communities can receive stimulus aid only from the state. <\/p>\n

\u201cIn my view, that model is just not reflective of the realities on the ground in terms of the real significant costs that the counties and cities have been incurring,\u201d Neguse said. \u201cWe\u2019ve been hard at work the last 10 days or so since the bill\u2019s passage working on an alternative proposal for this next bill so that we can make sure that Summit County and the other counties that I represent get their fair share.\u201d<\/p>\n

The proposed bill, which was originally written by Neguse, seeks to target smaller communities like Summit County and Eagle County as well as midsized municipalities like Boulder. In Summit County, funding from the bill is proposed to be given to the town and county governments. Neguse said towns and counties would be given broad scope on using the funds. How much funding each town is given depends on a population formula, but there is no minimum population that a community must have to receive funding.<\/p>\n

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