{"id":249928,"date":"2021-04-16T21:42:54","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T21:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nyspffa.org\/main\/?p=249928"},"modified":"2021-04-17T12:58:21","modified_gmt":"2021-04-17T12:58:21","slug":"governor-cuomo-announces-29-million-available-to-support-essential-workers-and-first-responders-through-the-empire-pandemic-grant-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nyspffa.org\/main\/nyspffa_news\/governor-cuomo-announces-29-million-available-to-support-essential-workers-and-first-responders-through-the-empire-pandemic-grant-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Application is now available. GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES $29 MILLION AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS THROUGH THE EMPIRE PANDEMIC GRANT PROGRAM."},"content":{"rendered":"

GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES $29 MILLION AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS THROUGH THE EMPIRE PANDEMIC GRANT PROGRAM<\/span><\/b><\/span>
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\nProgram Was Designed to Assist Essential Workers and First Responders with Urgent Economic Needs Amidst Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Up to $1,000 Available per Household from Funding\u00a0Made Possible Through Private Donations<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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See link below for all the details, first come first serve.<\/span><\/h4>\n

https:\/\/ocfs.ny.gov\/main\/news\/COVID-relief\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced $29 million is available to support essential workers and first responders through the Empire Pandemic Response Reimbursement Fund program coordinated by the Office of Children and Family Services. The program is designed to reimburse out-of-pocket childcare, transportation, lodging and other qualifying expenses that enabled workers to perform their duties. The funding comes from private donations from individuals, charitable trusts\u00a0and businesses\u00a0made during the COVID crisis.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"From the early, dark days of this pandemic, our essential workers have been on the front lines risking their health and safety every day to keep this state running,\"\u00a0Governor Cuomo said.<\/b>\u00a0\"They took care of us and it is now time for us to take care of them. This grant program will provide critical funding to those individuals and families still struggling from the pandemic and help them get back on their feet as we continue our transition to a new normal.\"<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Qualifying applicants include first responders, health care, and many multi-industry workers. Up to $1,000 is available per household. Workers should be referred by employers, unions or social service providers who can verify employment during the COVID emergency.\u00a0Families who earn up to\u00a0500 percent\u00a0of the federal poverty level - or $125,470 for a family of four - are eligible to apply for the funds\u00a0to cover expenses.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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OCFS Commissioner Sheila J. Poole\u00a0said,\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span>\"We at OCFS are proud and honored to assist our first responder and essential worker neighbors by getting relief to those who\u00a0honorably\u00a0and tirelessly responded\u00a0to the COVID-19 crisis.\u00a0All New Yorkers owe a debt of gratitude to these everyday heroes who\u00a0bravely served\u00a0so others could stay safely at home\u00a0and\u00a0to the health care workers who\u00a0courageously\u00a0saved\u00a0so many\u00a0lives.\"<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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About the Empire Pandemic Response Reimbursement Fund<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The Empire Pandemic Response Reimbursement Fund is a non-competitive application.\u00a0 Applicants who meet the eligibility criteria set forth below and who submit the required supporting documentation for eligible expenses will be awarded funds to reimburse out-of-pocket expenses they incurred to respond to COVID-19 that have not been reimbursed by another source.\u00a0 Awards will be made to eligible applicants for eligible expenditures on a first come, first served basis until funding is exhausted as stated below.\u00a0 The maximum reimbursement amount is\u00a0$1,000\u00a0per household.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

See link below for all the details, first come first serve.<\/span><\/h4>\n

https:\/\/ocfs.ny.gov\/main\/news\/COVID-relief\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES $29 MILLION AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS THROUGH THE EMPIRE PANDEMIC GRANT PROGRAM \u00a0 Program Was Designed to Assist Essential Workers and First Responders with Urgent Economic Needs Amidst Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic Up to $1,000 Available per Household from Funding\u00a0Made Possible Through Private Donations See link below for all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-249928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nyspffa_news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2MTL9-1316","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyspffa.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyspffa.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyspffa.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyspffa.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyspffa.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249928"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyspffa.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":250014,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyspffa.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249928\/revisions\/250014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyspffa.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyspffa.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyspffa.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}