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Coronavirus Relief Fund Highlights: Alabama
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The Coronavirus Relief Fund was a $150 billion state and local government bailout fund authorized by the CARES Act under President Trump. The state of Alabama recieved $1.96 billion from the relief program, and here are some of the ways the state allocated the funds:

 

$122 million for Improving Telework Capabilities of Public Employees

Roughly 150 grant recipients. Top recipients of relief funds for Improving Telework Capabilities of Public Employees:

1) Auburn University - $10,432,058

2) Charter Communications - $8,117,319

3) Intermark Group, Inc - $7,295,620

4) ConvergeOne, Inc - $6,947,686

5) Adani Systems, Inc - $5,201,127

 

$159 million to "Facilitate Distance Learning"

Grants to roughly 170 recipients were used for training, broadband voucher programs, equipment, and services to expand distance learning.

Top Recipients for this category:

1) Alabama Community College System - $31,480,025

2) Jefferson County Board of Education - $9,286,229

3) Charter Communications - $5,523,070

4) Mobile County Board of School Commissioners - $5,237,857

5)  AT&T Mobility - $3,946,817

 

$84 million for Administrative Expenses

Grants to roughly 170 recipients.

Top Recipients:

1) Samford University - $6,709,854

2) University of Alabama (Birmingham) - $5,012,270

3) Information Transport Solutions - $4,743,660

4) Montgomery County Sheriff's Office - $4,099,200

5) CSRA State and Local Solutions, LLC - $2,675,510

 

$22.5 million for Personal Protective Equipment

Roughly 60 recipients for this category. 

Top Recipients:

1) Homtex, Inc - $8,795,460

2) Alabama Hospital Association - $4,773,135

3) W.L. Petrey Wholesale Company, Inc - $1,216,760

4) Cintas Corporation - $1,072,470

5) Boostr, LLC - $927,951

 

$130 million for "Public Health Expenses"

Some notable entries include:

$199,116 for Balch and Bingham law firm, a multi-state corporate law firm with over 200 attorneys 

$393,888 for Stivers Ford Dealership

$245,487 for RR Partners, LLC, a business consulting firm in Florida

 

$110 million for COVID-19 Testing and Contact Tracing

Top Recipients:

1) University of Alabama at Birmingham - $39,722,760

2) Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama - $38,975,597

3) ANHA - Education Foundation - $18,270,000

4) Local Government Health Insurance Board - $7,837,413

5) OptumRx, Inc - $1,725,584

 

$160 million for Payroll for Public Health and Safety Employees

Top Recipients:

1) County of Madison - $9,431,154

2) City of Huntsville - $ 9,319,283

3) City of Birmingham - $9,029,329

4) Alabama Hospital Association - $7,497,785

5) Montgomery, City of - $7,292,901

 

$7 million for Small Business Assistance/Economic support

Including:

$158,995 for REV Birmingham, a progressive urban development non-profit with representatives from numerous big banks and Balch and Bingham law firm on their board

 

$6.4 million for Food Programs

$974,000 for Witt O'Brien's Consulting services on external grant management

$91,989 for Swagit Productions LLC

Funds were for streaming services for Jefferson County AL Public information meetings, press conferences, and public review

 

$2.6 million for rental and utility assistance programs

$120 million for "Medical Expenses"

Medical Expenses grants include PPE purchases and other expenses including:

- $3,442,500 for Mark Boswell

- $3,394,220 for CJH Inc, a "motion picture industry" company with five employees

- $2,855,093 for Alabama Interactive LLC, a foreign software LLC

- $2,262,614 for Sleep Management, LLC

- $1,895,733 for Conservation and Natural Resources

- $1,513,800 for Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc

- $1,110,000 for Integrated Graphics LLC