Coronavirus Relief Fund in Massachusetts

Massachusetts CRF as a single USAspending award

CFDA 21.019 is titled CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND. Filtered to Massachusetts place of performance, obligations sum to $1,336,305,112.42 on 1 award. The national Coronavirus Relief Fund hub includes every state. Massachusetts's spending hub includes every program. This tie is the intersection. $1,336,305,112.42 is an obligation aggregate from USAspending.gov, not an outlay and not a count of pandemic programs, localities, or households in Boston, Worcester, or Springfield.

CRF state allocations often post as a single large prime award to the designated state recipient. The join does not name recipients, split Greater Boston and the Pioneer Valley, or count pandemic programs, localities, or households. Packet facts stop at $1,336,305,112.42, 1 award, MA, and 21.019. Correlation is not causation.

21.019 is not SLFRF in Massachusetts

Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (CFDA 21.027) sit on other Catalog numbers. Mixing those dollars into $1,336,305,112.42 would invent a broader total than this 21.019 × MA cell contains. Facts available: Massachusetts, CFDA 21.019, $1,336,305,112.42, 1 award. Recipient names, subawards, and pandemic program, locality, or household counts are not in the facts.

The catalog title names Coronavirus Relief Fund, not a ranking of Massachusetts outcomes. With one award, the implied mean equals $1,336,305,112.42. Unique recipients are unpublished. 1 is not a count of pandemic programs, localities, or households.

Questions

How much Coronavirus Relief Fund money is obligated in Massachusetts?

USAspending.gov shows $1,336,305,112.42 in CFDA 21.019 obligations coded to Massachusetts across 1 award. The join uses the program number and Massachusetts place of performance. The total is obligations, not outlays. Keep Coronavirus Relief Fund and Massachusetts together when citing $1,336,305,112.42.

Is the Coronavirus Relief Fund the same as SLFRF in Massachusetts?

No. This cell is CFDA 21.019 only. Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (CFDA 21.027) are other catalogs. Mixing those numbers would invent a total larger than $1,336,305,112.42. 1 is a record count, not a pandemic program, locality, or household census.

Why is there only 1 award for this total?

1 is a USAspending award-record count, not a pandemic program, locality, or household census. The implied mean is $1,336,305,112.42 per award. Unique recipients are unpublished. Obligations of $1,336,305,112.42 are not outlays. Keep Coronavirus Relief Fund and Massachusetts together when citing $1,336,305,112.42. The overlay remains the live 21.019 × MA table on USAspending.gov.

Is $1.34 billion Massachusetts's full federal COVID-era spend?

No. $1,336,305,112.42 is only the 21.019 × Massachusetts cell. Other CFDA programs with Massachusetts place of performance sit on the statewide hub. Nationwide 21.019 is not limited to Massachusetts. Obligations of $1,336,305,112.42 are not outlays.