CARNEGIE — Relief comes in many forms.
For the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, news that $19.5 million in COVID-19 relief money is on the way offers a sigh of relief.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Treasury began distributing coronavirus relief funding under the CARES Act 2020 to the nation’s 574 federally recognized tribes. The relief funding is earmarked to help tribes respond and recover from the coronavirus.
Of the $2.2 trillion rescue package available under the Act, approximately $8 billion was set aside