Tag: CARES Act
Latest on CARES Act Family Assistance
Escambia County will start accepting applications for the Escambia CARES Family Emergency Financial Assistance Grants beginning Friday, Sept. 25, at 8 a.m. Applications will be…
Few details on Escambia County CARES portal
For months, Escambia County Administrator Janice Gilley and her team have worked on how to set up CARES Act assistance grants for families and small…
Santa Rosa County starts CARES Act for small businesses
While Escambia County is set to release its CARES Act family assistance grants on Friday, Santa Rosa will be accepting applications for its small business…
More CARES Act funds coming to Escambia County
Florida Politics reports Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the second batch of cash on Friday, which will send $255 million to 55 of the state’s 67…
Nothing on family and business assistance grants
A week ago, Deputy Administrator Chips Kirschenfeld told the Escambia County Commission that the county would be ready to take applications for family and small…
CARES dollars for families coming Sept. 18…maybe
On Thursday, Sept. 3, the Escambia County Commission unanimously approved the allocation of the first $14.3 million of its Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security…
More CARES help for families coming in mid-September
Families and small businesses hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic will have to wait until Sept. 15 before they can apply for additional Escambia County’s CARES…
Escambia: The race to help homeowners, renters
“There’s a pandemic. We were going to be required to do more, and staff’s going to be required to do more as well as citizens. 
Escambia CARES Act posted, sort of
Escambia County Administrator Janice Gilley has finally posted her CARES Act plan on the county website–actually its PowerPoint presentation with several blanks and few specifics,…
Escambia lags behind other Florida counties in CARES Act grants
Twelve counties with less than 500,000 residents received over $10 million in the first installment of the CARES Act, including Escambia County, $14.32 million. On…
Still no CARES budget for the public to review
The public still hasn’t seen the Escambia County administration’s plan budget for the $57.3 million of CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) Act funds…
Escambia still has no CARES Act budget
Escambia County has $14.32 million of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES)) Act funds and still the administration hasn’t presented a plan to the…