Cowley County has received the first part its of American Rescue Plan funding, county administrator Lucas Goff said Monday afternoon. Goff said $3,390,235 was deposited in a county account on Aug. 9. The county is scheduled to receive a total of $6.67 million directly from the federal government, he said. The funding is part of the American Rescue Plan signed by President Biden in March to provide health and economic recovery funds amid the coronavirus pandemic. On Thursday, Aug. 19, two representatives from Swindoll, Janzen, Hawk and Loyd accounting firm will meet with Goff at the county courthouse to begin planning for distribution of the funds. The same company guided the county through CARES Act funding in 2020 when the county was responsible for dispersing or spending $7.5 million in earlier federal coronavirus relief funds.
Source: Cowley CourierTraveler
