School Department granted funding from CARES Act; pursues further grants from FEMA, other emergency agencies

At the June 9, 2020 School Board regular business meeting, Business Manager Marcia Weeks announced that the Cape Elizabeth School Department was awarded $23,098.80 from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act via the Maine State Department of Education.  The CARES Act provides emergency federal funding to states for COVID-19 related impacts to education. Cape schools applied for the grant in late April and recently received final confirmation. Superintendent Donna Wolfrom indicated that the Administrative team was actively determining how to utilize the funds as much as possible.

The School Department has also submitted applications for additional Federal Emergency Management Agency funding through the Maine Emergency Management Agency and has been notified of preliminary approval to be considered for a public assistance grant in the amount of $3,500. This approval also allows consideration of additional funding from the Cumberland County Emergency Management Agency. Wolfrom explained hat should these grants be awarded, they would go directly to the Nutrition Services Department, which has encumbered a budgetary deficit due to COVID-19 related expenses. [news article]

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