Shawnee County is now accepting applications for coronavirus-relief funding meant to support community-based programs. According to a news release from the Shawnee County SPARK Committee — which was tasked with allocating the roughly $36.7 million the county received from the state for COVID-19 response efforts — $5.5 million has been dedicated to community-based programs that are helping to address needs of community residents during the ongoing pandemic. “The results of regional employment loss, restrictions on social interactions, and disruptions to supportive services focused on mental health, job training, food distribution and sheltering has impacted the county,” the committee said in the release. “The community based program is to help support providers and businesses within the community with addressing this critical need during the public health emergency.”
Source: Local News | Topeka Capital-Journal
