Ocean County Receiving $25M COVID Funding; Hear How It May Be Spent
TOMS RIVER, NJ — The Ocean County Board of Commissioners has set a hearing for Tuesday on its plans for spending more than $25 million in funds the county received through the American Rescue Plan.
The hearing, at 11 a.m. Feb. 7, is set to be held in Room 119 of the Ocean County Administration Building, Hooper Avenue.
The county is proposing to spend about $9.5 million of the funding, which it received from the federal government to combat the negative economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, on a program to assist those facing homelessness.