The City of Oakland received $36.9 million in CARES Act Funding allocated from the State of California. Funds were used to provide financial and technical assistance to Oaklanders and address the City’s ongoing public health and safety impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
CARES Act funds provided direct financial assistance to Oakland renters, homeowners, small businesses, artists, nonprofits, and home-based entrepreneurs through intermediaries with expertise in grant giving. Additional funds were used to provide technical assistance and support programs, enhanced food security, advanced health initiatives, supported displaced workers and addressed the City's ongoing public health and public safety impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Distributed more than $4M in direct financial support to Oakland-based small businesses.
Provides a safe haven & job training to "upwardly mobile", unhoused young adults.
Distributed gift cards worth $250 to residents in neighborhoods with high COVID rates.
Provided over 289,000 meals to 1,700 seniors.
Provides free internet to Oaklanders to help close the digital divide.
Supported the pivot from in-person performances to online engagements.
Delivered 800 starter Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Kits for small businesses.
Grants of $2,000 to $4,000 to home-based, for-profit businesses.
Grants to support individual artists and arts nonprofit organizations.
Grant to Beautification Council to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in encampments.
Provided $4,315,000 in funding directly to renters and homeowners.
Grant support for AKOMA Market to provide food distribution and education.
Provided legal. marketing and technical assistance for Oakland small businesses.
Provided aid to street vendors to secure permits, equipment and supplies.
Provided City-sanctioned space for vendors to sell and market their hand-made products.
Provided linguistically and culturally appropriate business outreach and support.
Provided employment support services to Oaklanders impacted by COVID-19.
Grant to Oakland Frontline Healer's to provide food and shelter services to Oaklanders.
Provided grants to Oakland-based community-serving nonprofit organizations.
Provided funding to community service programs.
Provided grants to organizations operating City owned property.
Provides safe access to services & enhanced COVID prevention protocols at City facilities.
$1.425 in CARES Act Funds Available to Support Oakland’s Arts Ecosystem
The City of Oakland was awarded $4,532,841 in Community Development Block Grant CARES Act (CDBG-CV) funding by the United States Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD). The funds will provide housing service support to prepare for, prevent, and respond to the impacts that the Coronavirus pandemic have had and continue to have on low- to moderate-income renters and homeowners of Oakland.
The City of Oakland received $36.9 million in CARES Act Funding allocated from the State of California. All funds were required to be spent by December 30, 2020. City staff worked quickly to stand up new programs to help Oakland renters, homeowners, small businesses, nonprofits, artists, displaced workers and others.
To quickly provide support to Oakland’s most vulnerable communities, the City used trusted intermediary community organizations to administer grant programs and provide technical support for Displacement Prevention, Enhanced Access & Resiliency Improvements, Food Security & Health, and Workforce Support, where possible.