Coronavirus Relief Fund in Pennsylvania

One CRF award on a Pennsylvania USAspending tag

CFDA 21.019 is titled CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND. Filtered to Pennsylvania place of performance, obligations sum to $2,481,928,757.09 on 1 award. The national Coronavirus Relief Fund hub includes every state. Pennsylvania's spending hub includes every program. This tie is the intersection. $2,481,928,757.09 is an obligation aggregate from USAspending.gov, not an outlay and not a count of pandemic programs, localities, or households in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, or Harrisburg.

CRF state allocations often post as a single large prime award to the designated state recipient. The join does not name recipients, split the southeast and the Alleghenies, or count pandemic programs, localities, or households. Packet facts stop at $2,481,928,757.09, 1 award, PA, and 21.019. Correlation is not causation.

21.019 is not SLFRF in Pennsylvania

Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (CFDA 21.027) sit on other Catalog numbers. Mixing those dollars into $2,481,928,757.09 would invent a broader total than this 21.019 × PA cell contains. Facts available: Pennsylvania, CFDA 21.019, $2,481,928,757.09, 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 Pennsylvania outcomes. With one award, the implied mean equals $2,481,928,757.09. Unique recipients are unpublished. 1 is not a count of pandemic programs, localities, or households.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 Pennsylvania?

USAspending.gov shows $2,481,928,757.09 in CFDA 21.019 obligations coded to Pennsylvania across 1 award. The join uses the program number and Pennsylvania place of performance. The total is obligations, not outlays. Keep Coronavirus Relief Fund and Pennsylvania together when citing $2,481,928,757.09.

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

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 $2,481,928,757.09. 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 $2,481,928,757.09 per award. Unique recipients are unpublished. Obligations of $2,481,928,757.09 are not outlays. Keep Coronavirus Relief Fund and Pennsylvania together when citing $2,481,928,757.09. The overlay remains the live 21.019 × PA table on USAspending.gov.

Is $2.48 billion Pennsylvania's full federal COVID-era spend?

No. $2,481,928,757.09 is only the 21.019 × Pennsylvania cell. Other CFDA programs with Pennsylvania place of performance sit on the statewide hub. Nationwide 21.019 is not limited to Pennsylvania. Obligations of $2,481,928,757.09 are not outlays.