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households, as well as a standard for assessing whether uses of funds beyond those enumerated are eligible. The interim final rule described enumerated eligible uses for assistance to households in several categories: 1) assistance to unemployed workers, 2) state Unemployment Insurance Trust Funds, 3) assistance to households, and 4) expenses to improve the efficacy of economic relief. Note that the interim final rule posed several questions to the public on enumerated eligible uses for assistance to households; comments on these questions are addressed in the relevant subject matter section below. In addition, in recognition that pre-existing health, economic, and social disparities contributed to disproportionate pandemic impacts in certain communities, the interim final rule also provided a broader list of enumerated eligible uses to respond to the pandemic in disproportionately impacted communities, specifically: 1) building stronger communities through investments in housing and neighborhoods, 2) addressing educational disparities, and 3) promoting healthy childhood environments. In the interim final rule, under the Public Health section, recipients could also provide services to address health disparities and increase access to health and social services; these eligible uses have been re -organized into the Assistance to Households section to consolidate responses in disproportionately impacted communities and enhance clarity. This section addresses enumerated eligible uses in the final rule to respond to negative economic impacts to households. As a reminder, recipients may presume that a household or population that experienced unemployment, experienced increased food or housing insecurity, or is low or moderate income experienced negative economic impacts resulting from the pandemic, 78