WA Recovery Watch

Programs to address students’ social-emotional needs rely on continued access to the funds, superintendents say.

Washington cities and counties claimed more than $750 million of federal relief as ‘revenue replacement’ – and they don’t have to say where it’s going.

Administrative lags keep more than 80 small organizations waiting on $2.2 million in federal funding from American Rescue Plan Act programs.

Officials say staffing and spending deadlines impacted their ability to comply with federal aid monitoring rules.

The final stretch of North Spokane Corridor construction reopens old wounds in East Central — and sparks a pilot program to address historical damage.

A new statewide plan would use federal dollars to build chargers every 50 miles, upgrading rural utilities and combating 'range anxiety.'

As the county considers extending the pandemic-era emergency rent relief program, advocates hope poor communication and red tape are a thing of the past.

Federal recovery dollars 'saved' some critical access hospitals — but many small facilities still struggle with staffing and rising costs.

Universal free school meals, child tax credits and food assistance aid are sunsetting as relief funding dries up.

Yakima was the only Washington county to have rent assistance funds forcibly reallocated under the federal 'use it or lose it' approach.

Justice reform advocates have been disappointed by choices to spend flexible federal recovery funds on items such as tasers and new police cruisers.

Federal relief money often requires complex reporting and upfront costs that disproportionately strain rural or BIPOC-led organizations.

Find publicly available data on which agencies, businesses and nonprofits have received recovery funds in Washington.

Evidence suggests fraud in federal rent relief programs is rare. But in some states, fraud fears have kept tenants from getting help.

The Small Business Administration doled out $918 million statewide, but the largest awards went to Puget Sound eateries.