CRF Recipient Success Stories
CRF Recipient Success Stories
Tab/Accordion Items
| Session Law | S.L. 2020-4 |
|---|---|
| Section | 3.3 (1) |
| Item | Enhanced Personal Safety Equipment and Sanitation Supplies |
| Administering Department | OSBM |
| Committee/Area | Statewide |
| CRF Allocation | $50,000,000 |
| A Brief Description of Uses of Funds | Funds were used to purchase masks, gowns, gloves, and other PPE as well as health and safety equipment. |
| Success Story | North Carolina Healthcare Foundation |
| Session Law | S.L. 2020-4 |
|---|---|
| Section | 3.3 (2) |
| Item | Local Government Assistance |
| Administering Department | OSBM |
| Committee/Area | Statewide |
| CRF Allocation | $300,000,000 |
| A Brief Description of Uses of Funds | County and local governments used these funds in many ways, including: supporting public health and safety personnel, equipment for health departments, grants for small businesses and non-profits, and economic support to individuals. |
| Success Story | Alamance County - City of Burlington |
| Alamance County - City of Graham | |
| Alamance County - City of Mebane | |
| Alamance County - Town of Elon | |
| Alamance County - Town of Gibsonville | |
| Alamance County - Town of Green Level | |
| Alamance County - Town of Haw River | |
| Alexander County | |
| Beaufort County | |
| Brunswick County | |
| Burke County | |
| Davidson County - City of Thomasville | |
| Stanly County - City of Albemarle | |
| Surry County - Town of Dobson | |
| Vance County | |
| Watauga County & Towns | |
| Wilson County - Town of Sims |
| Session Law | S.L. 2020-4, 32, 97 |
|---|---|
| Section | 3.3 (3) |
| Item | State Government Operations |
| Administering Department | OSBM |
| Committee/Area | Statewide |
| CRF Allocation | $237,500,000 |
| A Brief Description of Uses of Funds | OSBM used these funds to support agency operations, small business grant programs, distance learning initiatives, and a housing support program. |
| Success Story | North Carolina Secretary of State |
| MURR Program |
| Session Law | S.L. 2020-4 |
|---|---|
| Section | 3.3 (6) |
| Item | School Nutrition |
| Administering Department | Public Instruction |
| Committee/Area | Education |
| CRF Allocation | $75,000,000 |
| A Brief Description of Uses of Funds | Funds supported school nutrition programs including increased staffing, food safety and transportation equipment, and food supplies |
| Success Story | Department of Public Instruction and School Nutrition |
| Session Law | S.L. 2020-4 |
|---|---|
| Section | 3.3 (19) |
| Item | NCCCS Flexible Funds |
| Administering Department | NC Community College System Office |
| Committee/Area | Education |
| CRF Allocation | $25,000,000 |
| A Brief Description of Uses of Funds | Funds were used for: PPE, expanded counseling services, additional support to small businesses through Small Business Centers, facilitating distance learning |
| Success Story | Fayetteville Technical Community College |
| Session Law | S.L. 2020-4, 97 |
|---|---|
| Section | 3.3 (21) |
| Item | Funds for Private, Postsecondary Institutions |
| Administering Department | UNC Board of Governors/NC State Education Assistance Authority |
| Committee/Area | Education |
| CRF Allocation | $25,000,000 |
| A Brief Description of Uses of Funds | Funds were used for facilitating distance learning, PPE, COVID-19 testing |
| Success Story | Gardner-Webb University |
| Session Law | S.L. 2020-4 |
|---|---|
| Section | 3.3 (23) |
| Item | NC Policy Collaboratory |
| Administering Department | UNC Chapel Hill |
| Committee/Area | Education |
| CRF Allocation | $29,000,000 |
| A Brief Description of Uses of Funds | Funds were used for a variety of COVID-19 related research projects |
| Success Story | UNCP Participating in COVID-19 Research Through NC Policy Collaboratory Partnership |
| NC Policy Collaboratory COVID-19 Research Initiative |
| Session Law | S.L. 2020-4 |
|---|---|
| Section | 3.3 (39) |
| Item | Rural Hospitals |
| Administering Department | OSBM |
| Committee/Area | Statewide |
| CRF Allocation | $65,000,000 |
| A Brief Description of Uses of Funds | Funds were used to offset costs of patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| Success Story | Vidant Health |
| Session Law | S.L. 2020-4, 97 |
|---|---|
| Section | 3.3 (41) |
| Item | General Hospital Relief Fund |
| Administering Department | OSBM |
| Committee/Area | Statewide |
| CRF Allocation | $15,000,000 |
| A Brief Description of Uses of Funds | Funds were used to offset costs of patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some hospitals declined funds. |
| Success Story | Novant Health |
| Session Law | S.L. 2020-4, 80, 97 |
|---|---|
| Section | 3.3 (44) |
| Item | Visit NC Marketing |
| Administering Department | NC Department of Commerce |
| Committee/Area | AgNER |
| CRF Allocation | $15,000,000 |
| A Brief Description of Uses of Funds | Funds were used to create a marketing program communicating ways to safely travel in NC during the coronavirus pandemic ("Count on Me NC") |
| Success Story | Count On Me NC Program Website |
| Count On Me NC Program Reel |
| Session Law | S.L. 2020-80 |
|---|---|
| Section | 3.3 (59) |
| Item | High Point International Home Furnishings Market Authority Corporation |
| Administering Department | NC Department of Commerce |
| Committee/Area | AgNER |
| CRF Allocation | $725,000 |
| A Brief Description of Uses of Funds | Funds were used to safely hold an in-person Market in Fall 2020, including increased staffing, additional space, PPE, health and safety equipment, transportation, and communication about COVID-19 safety |
| Success Story | High Point Market Authority |
| Session Law | S.L. 2020-80 |
|---|---|
| Section | 3.3 (60) |
| Item | Department of Commerce - Targeted grants for areas most dependent on travel and tourism |
| Administering Department | NC Department of Commerce |
| Committee/Area | AgNER |
| CRF Allocation | $1,500,000 |
| A Brief Description of Uses of Funds | Funds were used by grantees to advertise safe travel and COVID-19 measures |
| Success Story | Greenville-Pitt County Convention and Visitors Bureau |
| Session Law | S.L. 2020-80 |
|---|---|
| Section | 3.3 (66) |
| Item | UNC Pembroke Department of Nursing |
| Administering Department | UNC Pembroke |
| Committee/Area | Education |
| CRF Allocation | $2,000,000 |
| A Brief Description of Uses of Funds | Funds were used to purchase equipment and provide training and education on COVID-19 specific care; provide testing services to American Indian Tribes who have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19; purchase mobile medical units to reach rural American Indian Tribes |
| Success Story | UNC Pembroke Mobile Clinics |
| Session Law | S.L. 2020-97 |
|---|---|
| Section | 3.3 (77) |
| Item | Farmers Market Grants |
| Administering Department | NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services |
| Committee/Area | AgNER |
| CRF Allocation | $750,000 |
| A Brief Description of Uses of Funds | Funds were distributed to Farmers markets across the state to assist with COVID-19 related staff needs, PPE, contactless transction ability and eligible marketing. |
| Success Story | NCDACS Farmers Market Grants |
| Session Law | S.L. 2020-97 |
|---|---|
| Section | 3.3 (78a) |
| Item | NC Association of Agricultural Fairs |
| Administering Department | NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services |
| Committee/Area | AgNER |
| CRF Allocation | $1,000,000 |
| A Brief Description of Uses of Funds | Funds were used to install pathogen reducing air equipment at Fair facilities. |
| Success Story | NCDACS Fair Facilities |
| Session Law | S.L. 2020-97 |
|---|---|
| Section | 3.3 (82) |
| Item | Steve Smith Foundation |
| Administering Department | OSBM |
| Committee/Area | Statewide |
| CRF Allocation | $150,000 |
| A Brief Description of Uses of Funds | Funds were used to pay for tutors and PPE to assist student learning for at risk youth. |
| Success Story | Steve Smith Foundation |
| Session Law | S.L. 2020-97 |
|---|---|
| Section | 3.3 (103a) |
| Item | YMCAs, Parks and Recreations, and Boys and Girls Clubs |
| Administering Department | OSBM |
| Committee/Area | Statewide |
| CRF Allocation | $19,850,000 |
| A Brief Description of Uses of Funds | Funds were used to help with remote learning efforts of school aged children. |
| Success Story | Boys and Girls Club |
| Session Law | Section | Item | Administering Department | Committee/Area | CRF Allocation | A Brief Description of Uses of Funds | Success Story |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.L. 2020-4 | 3.3 (27) | Enhanced Public Health Capacity | DHHS | DHHS | $20,000,000 | Funds were used to support local health departments | DHHS CRF Update |
| S.L. 2020-4, 97 | 3.3 (28) | Food Banks | DHHS | DHHS | $12,000,000 | Funds were given to food banks to reduce food insecurity caused by the coronavirus emergency | |
| S.L. 2020-4 | 3.3 (29) | LINKS Programs Funds | DHHS | DHHS | $290,000 | Funds were used to support the LINKS program for transitional housing and living services for children in foster care | |
| S.L. 2020-4 | 3.3 (30) | Financial Assistance for Special Assistance Facilities | DHHS | DHHS | $25,000,000 | Funds were used to provide payments to residential facilties to offset increased costs of care | |
| S.L. 2020-4, 97 | 3.3 (30a) | Financial Assistance for Special Assistance Facilities | DHHS | DHHS | $20,000,000 | Funds were used to provide payments to residential facilties to offset increased costs of care | |
| S.L. 2020-4 | 3.3 (31) | Rural and Underserved Communities | DHHS | DHHS | $50,000,000 | Funds were used for health provider grants, telehealth services, and other support for rural communities | |
| S.L. 2020-4, 97 | 3.3 (33) | NC MedAssist | DHHS | DHHS | $6,500,000 | Funds were used to provide prescription assistance services for indigent and uninsured people | |
| S.L. 2020-4 | 3.3 (35) | Testing Tracing and Trends | DHHS | DHHS | $25,000,000 | Funds were used for COVID-19 testing, contact tracing, and analysis | |
| S.L. 2020-4 | 3.3 (36) | Enhanced Behavioral Health | DHHS | DHHS | $20,000,000 | Funds were used for diversion programs and provided to LME/MCOs to support specific care facilities | |
| S.L. 2020-4, 97 | 3.3 (37) | Food, Safety, Shelter and Child Care | DHHS | DHHS | $20,000,000 | Funds were used to provide funding for food banks, isolation housing supports, shelter assistance, and a direct food benefit program | |
| S.L. 2020-80 | 3.3 (67) | Group Home funding | DHHS | DHHS | $5,000,000 | Funds were used to provide support to group homes for individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities to implement recommended preventative measures against COVID-19 |