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The impact pre-existing inequalities have on a household or community's ability to recover is intersectional. Research shows that pre-existing racial and gender disparities exacerbated the disproportionate economic and health impact COVID-19 and the economic downturn had on workers of color, and specifically, women of color.185 Another study found that during the first six months of the pandemic counties that were both high -poverty and majority non -white experienced COVID-19 infection rates eight times higher than high -poverty, majority white counties.186 Many residents in these communities are still coping with the negative health and economic impacts. Summary of the Interim Final Rule and Final Rule Structure As described previously, the interim final rule provided a broader list of enumerated eligible uses to respond to the pandemic in disproportionately impacted communities, in recognition that pre-existing health, economic, and social disparities contributed to disproportionate pandemic impacts in certain communities and that addressing the root causes of those disparities constitutes responding to the public health and negative economic impacts of the pandemic. The interim final rule described eligible uses in disproportionately impacted communities in four categories, spread across public health and negative economic impacts: 1) addressing disparities in public health outcomes, 2) building stronger communities through investments in housing and neighborhoods, 3) addressing educational disparities, and 4) promoting healthy childhood environments. As described above, Treasury has moved eligible uses related to community violence intervention, assistance accessing or applying to public 185 Darrick Hamilton et al., Building an Equitable Recovery: The role of Race, Labor Markets, and Education, The New School's Institute on Race and Political Economy (February 2021). 186 Adhikari S, Pantaleo NP, Feldman JM, Ogedegbe 0, Thorpe L, Troxel AB. Assessment of Community -Level Disparities in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Infections and Deaths in Large US Metropolitan Areas. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3 (7):e201693 8. doi:10.1001 /j amanetworkopen.2020.1693 8. 124