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Federal Register/Vol. 87, No. 18/Thursday, January 27, 2022/Rules and Regulations 4359
<br /> Summary of Interim Final Rule and which households and communities are Enumerated Eligible Uses for Impacted
<br /> Final Rule Structure presumed eligible for services; and how Households
<br /> Summary:The interim final rule to identify eligible households and The interim final rule included
<br /> provided anon-exhaustive list of communities beyond those presumed several enumerated eligible uses to
<br /> enumerated eligible uses to respond to eligible, see section General Provisions: provide assistance to households or
<br /> the negative economic impacts of the Structure and Standards. populations facing negative economic
<br /> pandemic through assistance to Reorganizations and Cross- impacts due to COVID-19.Enumerated
<br /> households,as well as a standard for References:The final rule reorganizes eligible uses included: Food assistance;
<br /> assessing whether uses of funds beyond all enumerated eligible uses for rent,mortgage, or utility assistance;
<br /> those enumerated are eligible. impacted and disproportionately counseling and legal aid to prevent
<br /> The interim final rule described impacted households into the section eviction or homelessness; emergency
<br /> enumerated eligible uses for assistance Assistance to Households,with the assistance for burials,home repairs,
<br /> to households in several categories: (1) exception that expenses to improve the weatherization, or other needs; internet
<br /> Assistance to unemployed workers, (2) efficacy of economic relief has been re- access or digital literacy assistance; cash
<br /> state Unemployment Insurance Trust categorized into a different section of assistance; or job training to address
<br /> Funds, (3) assistance to households,and the final rule for increased clarity;for negative economic or public health
<br /> (4) expenses to improve the efficacy of discussion of that use category, see impacts experienced due to a worker's
<br /> economic relief. Note that the interim section General Provisions: Other. occupation or level of training. It also
<br /> final rule posed several questions to the Note that in conducting this posed a question as to what other types
<br /> public on enumerated eligible uses for reorganization,and based on further of services or costs Treasury should
<br /> assistance to households;comments on analysis and in response to comments, consider as eligible uses to respond to
<br /> these questions are addressed in the Treasury has determined that several the negative economic impacts of
<br /> relevant subject matter section below. enumerated uses included in the COVID-19.
<br /> In addition,in recognition that pre- interim final rule for disproportionately This section addresses each of these
<br /> existing health, economic,and social impacted communities are directly enumerated eligible uses in turn,with
<br /> disparities contributed to responsive to negative economic the exception of job training,which has
<br /> disproportionate pandemic impacts in impacts experienced by impacted been re-categorized for increased clarity
<br /> certain communities,the interim final households. In the final rule,these uses to the eligible use for"assistance to
<br /> rule also provided a broader list of have been moved from unemployed and underemployed
<br /> enumerated eligible uses to respond to "disproportionately impacted"to
<br /> the pandemic in disproportionately "impacted"households accordingly, workers.,� In general, commenters
<br /> impacted communities,specifically: (1) making these services available to both supported inclusion of these
<br /> enumerated eligible uses to address key
<br /> Building stronger communities through disproportionately impacted and economic needs among households due
<br /> investments in housing and impacted households. These uses to the pandemic,and Treasury is
<br /> neighborhoods, (2)addressing include assistance applying for public maintaining these eligible uses in the
<br /> educational disparities,and(3) benefits or services;programs or final rule,in line with commenters'
<br /> promoting healthy childhood services that address or mitigate the recommendations.
<br /> environments. In the interim final rule, impacts of the COVID-19 public health 1.Food assistance. The interim final
<br /> under the Public Health section, emergency on childhood health or rule included an enumerated eligible
<br /> recipients could also provide services to welfare,including childcare, early use for food assistance. Some
<br /> address health disparities and increase learning services,programs to provide commenters expressed support for this
<br /> access to health and social services; home visits,and services for families eligible use and emphasized the
<br /> these eligible uses have been re- involved in the child welfare system importance of aid to address food
<br /> organized into the Assistance to and foster youth;programs to address insecurity. Some commenters raised
<br /> Households section to consolidate the impacts of lost instructional time for questions as to whether food assistance
<br /> responses in disproportionately students;112 and programs or services funds could be used to augment services
<br /> impacted communities and enhance that address housing insecurity,lack of provided through organizations like
<br /> clarity. affordable housing, or homelessness. food banks, churches,and other food
<br /> This section addresses enumerated The following activities remain delivery services, or generally be sub-
<br /> eligible uses in the final rule to respond enumerated eligible uses for awarded to these organizations.
<br /> to negative economic impacts to disproportionately impacted Treasury Response:Treasury is
<br /> households. As a reminder,recipients households:Remediation of lead paint maintaining this enumerated eligible
<br /> may presume that a household or or other lead hazards;housing vouchers use without change.Recipients may,as
<br /> population that experienced and assistance relocating to was the case under the interim final
<br /> unemployment, experienced increased neighborhoods with higher levels of rule,administer programs through a
<br /> food or housing insecurity, or is low or economic opportunity; and programs or wide range of entities,including
<br /> moderate income experienced negative services that address educational nonprofit and for-profit entities,to carry
<br /> economic impacts resulting from the disparities,including assistance to high- out eligible uses on behalf of the
<br /> pandemic,and recipients may provide poverty school districts to advance recipient government(see section
<br /> services to them that respond to these equitable funding across districts and Distinguishing Subrecipients versus
<br /> impacts,including these enumerated geographies and evidence-based Beneficiaries). Further,Treasury is
<br /> eligible uses. services to address the academic, social, clarifying that capital expenditures
<br /> For guidance on how to determine emotional,and mental health needs of related to food banks and other facilities
<br /> whether a particular use,beyond those students.
<br /> enumerated,is eligible; further detail on primarily dedicated to addressing food
<br /> insecurity are eligible;recipients
<br /> 112 For which recipients may presume that any seeking to use funds for capital
<br /> www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/the- student who did not have access to in-person
<br /> implications-of-covid-19 for-mental-health-and- instruction for a significant period of time was expenditures should refer to the section
<br /> substance-use/. impacted by the pandemic. Capital Expenditures in General
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