CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Fund: The Prime Recipient Perspective

Title V of the CARES Act established the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF). To assess the effectiveness of the fund from the perspective of state and local prime recipients, this report outlines the results of a survey sent to all 50 states and the 171 eligible units of government that were prime recipients of the CRF. This report also features three case studies, Indiana, Seattle, and Travis County, TX, to provide a more detailed assessment of the CRF from the perspective of prime recipients. The results of these studies conclude that Congress needs to provide state and local governments with additional funding, flexibility on the use of CRF funds to include revenue replacement, an extension on the deadline to spend funds, and more organization in the release of future guidance.