Collin CARES

With the CARES Act relief funds, the Collin County Commissioners Court funded:

COVID-19 testing for Collin County families$1,078,487

COVID-19 PPE supplies for Collin County families$2,382,084

Relief for small businesses$17,555,567

Emergency housing relief for families$18,359,239

Support for local food pantries$11,089,833

Relief for local cities$50,112,257

Support for municipal law enforcement$28,639,067

Support for county law enforcement & health care workers$33,841,335

Other county COVID-19 expenses$9,970,671

Total$173,028,540

With American Rescue Plan Act relief funds, the Commissioners Court voted for:

Specific county infrastructure projects that support public health and mitigate the spread of COVID-19. These projects represent a holistic public health approach to supporting high-risk individuals across the entire county by building community capacity, while also serving people with barriers to services, including people of color, people with low incomes, limited English proficiency populations and other traditionally underserved groups. Read the Collin County Recovery Plan. The goal of these projects is to increase the community public health capacity within the county's three public health facilities:

County Healthcare Services facility$54,841,679

Adult Detention center infirmary$134,108,429

Medical Examiner facility$12,034,064

Total$200,984,172

Emergency Rental Assistance

Collin County received $17,440,494.80 of direct federal funding from the new Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP). Plano and Frisco also received funds directly from the U.S. Treasury Department. Collin County's program, which includes inter-local agreements with Allen and McKinney, has distributed $8.2 Million to qualified applicants as of Dec. 31, 2021. To find out if you're eligible -- and which program covers where you live -- go here.

Homeowner Assistance Fund

The Texas Homeowners Assistance Fund Program (TXHAF) provides financial assistance to qualified Texas homeowners who have fallen behind on their mortgage and related expenses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. TXHAF is administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) with $842.2 million in funds provided by the Homeowner Assistance Fund under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Eligible expenses under this program include past due mortgage payments, property taxes, insurance and HOA fees. Eligibility requirements and more are listed here.

This new program will be open to Texas Homeowners for applications soon.

Collin CARES: Economic Recovery and Assistance

Reports on spending for Collin CARES assistance programs, which ended in December 2020:

Overall CARES Act Spending Update (Updated Jan. 15, 2021)
Small Business Grant Program (Updated Jan. 25, 2021)
Housing & Living Assistance Program (updated Jan. 19, 2021)
Food Pantry Funding:By Pantry / Monthly payout (Dec. 28, 2020)

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With the CARES Act relief funds, the Collin County Commissioners Court funded:

With American Rescue Plan Act relief funds, the Commissioners Court voted for:

Collin County Recovery Plan