Eligible residents of Johnson County, Iowa, who did not receive a check from the county's direct assistance program are expected to get one soon.
Some 319 applications who were left out of the initial batch of checks for the county's Direct Assistance Program despite being eligible are slated to get a $1,400 payment after local officials reached an agreement, the Iowa Press-Citizen reported.
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"The funds that we're spending are the city of Iowa City's funds. We're going to do it at this point because we know the needs, and we are willing to do what we can to meet the needs," Iowa City Mayor Bruce Teague said, per the outlet. "We're going to backfill residents that were rightfully paid by the county."
So far, over 1,900 residents have received their checks, the Gazette reported. After the outstanding payments go out, at least 2,238 residents will have gotten a check, bringing the program's cost to $3.1 million, per the Iowa Press-Citizen.
Iowa City lawmakers and Johnson County had been at odds over how to finance the outstanding checks, but the city ultimately agreed to foot $446,600, adding to the $660,000 it had spent on the program thus far, the news outlet reported. The city will assist in administering the checks alongside the county.
Other funding for the program came from federal, county, and city funds, according to the report. The city had designated its funding to go to its residents, which is reportedly one of the reasons the 319 Johnson County residents were left out of the initial round.
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The payments are intended for lower-income residents who could prove that they were negatively affected by the pandemic. Many residents who did not receive COVID-19 relief funding were reportedly included in the program.
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