The funds, approved by Governor Mike Dunleavy, will help address additional expenses residential congregate care facilities – such as assisted living homes, skilled nursing facilities, or mental health and substance use disorder treatment programs – incurred as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Facilities can use the money to purchase personal protective equipment; make minor environmental modifications; pay wages of employees who test positive for COVID-19 while they stay home to isolate; and pay relief workers to cover for those employees while they are unable to work.
