As the nation marks a year of hardship from the coronavirus pandemic, Hamilton County has launched a new website meant to get COVID-19 relief into the hands of area residents.
The county’s Board of Commissioners launched 513Relief.org on March 10 as a way to gather multiple relief efforts from around the area into one place, a press release explains. The website lists the City of Cincinnati, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, and Hamilton County Job and Family Services among its partners.
The website includes immediate and long-term resources for housing, food assistance, employment, health, small businesses and more.
In 2020, Hamilton County received $142.6 million in federal CARES Act funding to address ongoing needs related to the pandemic. County commissioners created a plan in June to prioritize funds, a press release says.
“Our partnerships on the federal and local level have been absolutely critical as we work to directly address the needs in our community,” Commissioner Denise Driehaus says in the release. “Whether it is rent assistance, food assistance, small business relief, or supporting testing and vaccine sites, we can now point to one place for immediate help for families, workers and business owners.”
For more information, visit 513Relief.org.
This article appears in Best Of Cincinnati 2021.
