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Escambia Family Cares Grant Program Closes; About 1,400 Waiting For Checks
December 11, 2020
The Escambia County Family CARES Grant program application and verification process has officially closed, but not all of the approved applicants have a check in hand just yet.
In its four-day application window that began September 25, the county received a higher than anticipated volume of applications with 9,558 households submitting information. The county approved 5,500 of those applicants for the $3,000 grants.
As of Thursday, the Escambia County Clerk and Comptroller’s Office had released over 4,100 of the 5,500 payments. The remainder of the checks will be disbursed by the end of the year.
Applicants may check their the application portal to find their status:
- If the status is listed as “complete,” the application has been summited to the Clerk and Comptroller’s office for final review and payment.
- If the status is listed as “application under review,” and additional federal funding is allocated in the future then these will be reviewed.
- An application listed as “denied” will not receive the grant due to eligibility requirements.
The county has a list of all Family CARES Grant payments made on its website. If checks were returned to the county due to an insufficient address or unable to forward, the county is no longer able to provide further assistance. Residents should allow time for the check to be processed and mailed.
“We are pleased to be completed with the certification process for this grant, which is so helpful to the citizens of our county,” said Clara Long, director of Neighborhood and Human Services Department. “At this time, we’ve approved 5,500 grants, and we have officially closed the application and approval process for the Family CARES Grant Program. Our staff took the time to work with residents who needed assistance in completing the application correctly, and due to federal funding deadlines, we are no longer accepting additional information.”
The Escambia County Family CARES Grant program is part of a larger federally funded stimulus package. In total, there is a $57.3 million allocation for Escambia County, which is required to be spent by the December 30. 2020 deadline.
“Our staff has been working hard to ensure that this money gets in the hands of our citizens quickly, but we also worked diligently to make sure that only the individuals who qualified were on the receiving end of this allocation,” Long added.
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35 Responses to “Escambia Family Cares Grant Program Closes; About 1,400 Waiting For Checks”
Hello I applied in sept when the application open and I’m under review.. how long will it be to receive the grant. I just did a emergency move. And really need the funds
*how dare you say eating is a privilege not a right
Okay I am done. For now. What a joke of a county.
If the address is incomplete or it can’t be forwarded, and it gets returned there is nothing that can be done? We are in the middle of a financial crisis people, folks have moved since September.. You have their phone numbers, their social, their name, why would you not call them? Where does the money go? This makes no sense. I know someone who was forced to move, I was forced to move, so if the people who live in my old home decide to write return to sender on the mail and it gets sent back, that’s it? It’s over? Sincerely, Confused. What the hell kind of public service is this? You refuse to interact with the public. Just because someone was displaced should not disqualify them from receiving assistance. This program was poorly ran from start to finish and everyone knows it. My Christmas Wish is that everyone who worked on this higher up to get investigated. Seems a little weird that we have millions of dollars but can’t figure out what to do if someone moves? What a joke. And then they have the audacity to say stop complaining, this is a privilege not a right? Sounds like someone who can afford to feed their family, sounds like someone who isn’t sick, someone who isn’t worried about bills. How dare you say that eating is a right not
I want to know if theres any help out there for a burn out victim. Im a family of three, we’ve experience house fire in july. In which we lost everything. Covid -19 in which i got laid off on march 27, 2020 was the last day i worked.Then Hurrican Sally , that our city was declared a disaster area. If anyone have need of this cares act funding would be mh family. Unfortunately i didn’t know about this cares act funding. Is there any funding out there for my famiily please help.
How can I claim this grant before December 30 2020 can I have a number or site I can goto I was incarcerated and who can I talk too!!!?!????!???
To look at the names of the folks who got the $3000 makes you wonder who was deciding what applications made it and what apps DIDNT make it…..
I applied as soon as the application window opened. I submitted all required documents, and within the 3 weeks no County Representative contacted me to notify me of the status of my application. I called and sent a few emails hoping that someone would answer or reply, so I can be certain I didn’t make the slightest mistake. But 3 months later my application still says “Application Submitted”. Now, all processing of applications for the Grant Program has closed. All applicants have been made aware of their status through the application portal. Since, the status of application for my household states “Application Submitted”, does it mean it was obviously submitted but not accepted? If so, it would be nice to know why my household wasn’t eligible instead of being ignored and basically left hanging; because we were negatively impacted by the pandemic. I was not able to work from March to May. My husband’s work hours were also reduced around that time. We were living off credit cards. When I finally got my unemployment checks, they were only enough to cover the bills. Also, I know people who were approved and got their checks from the Family Emergency Grant and their 2019 income were higher than my household’s. So how come they were approved and my family wasn’t? I called a couple more times and left voicemails, sent several emails, but no success. I need to know if my application was even seen by someone at all… I’m happy for the families who got approved and received their checks, but I can’t help to feel disappointed because I don’t even know what happened to my application. My family was really counting on getting the Grant.
Keep the faith
I’m looking to apply for grant funds
I applied in September and my status says complete i just want to know when will i be expecting my check. If possible can someone please e-mail with some info thank you…
Case number 31237 never got a call back from a clerk. Still say application in progress.
Told me I did not qualify
I finished the application and was kicked off the site only to loose all my info I put down. So I redid the application and just before finishing got booted off site again loosing all info again.Well next day I couldn’t get the application to come up at all. What gives with that? So I missed the deadline and not too happy about that. My husband is disabled and I’m retired and we really need help with our rent.
I have been approved wks. I don’t know why the funds are still not available. Please respond soon. I really need the money. I actually had Covid and lost a lot of time off work.
I applied on 9/20 that Thursday which was the last day at Brownsville church .since then every time I go on the app it says the filings period is over like I never applied no one answer’s the phone or replys to your email ..This is government money& alot of needy hard working people never received any of it !!!! So please tell me where did it all go to ????
Need help with bills
I was approved. Didn’t receive check yet.
Is it to late to get help in escambia county
I’am disable my fridge went out hot water heater gone out..2 weeks out for 3 weeks I was approved on October 20th help me to understand thanks
I need the money to pay some bills I’m behind
I’ve been trying to call email and not getting nowhere..please help! Not understanding how a teenager get help and I’m in a whole house with elderly ppl and gets nnnooooo help
I applied for assistance and did not receive form until the deadline time it not fair to some people
Need help with light bill Christmas Furniture beds me and my kids lost everything in September through October they just put us in another apartment until they get done finished with our apartment we don’t have anything in there we lost everything and I gained all that stuff from leaving my ex-husband due to domestic violence and I don’t know where to start cuz now I got to get everything that over again I just need some help
We need government, but it is a dangerous thing to depend on.
Need help paying rent Bill’s Christmas
I applied back in September still no email or anything about my application. I just don’t understand
Hi i applied for the grant and i havent heard from anyone about my application. I did my application back in September and here it is December can someone give me a call back at 4973984
Case #36166 . Could Someone please have the decency of a response. I have emailed y’all a few times .
I don’t understand I had turned everything in on the first day , it’s said it was under review . And now it’s closed . I have a special needs child and emailed yall and no one had responded.
What if it says application in progress? Mine has said that since sept. I filled out my application 5 min after the window opened and the status has never changed
i have been approved for months yet i still dont have my funds…
I applied for assistance a couple of months ago and my application says approve and completed, I just want to know the actual day I will receive the check.
I am very upset with this process. I recieved a approved on my application. Weeks later it then said denied When trying to reach out to Leroy Williams i got no call back. This os ridiculous. When you try and call the main number to get any information THAT lady answering the phone is the rudest lady. It that how you treat people? Then they had nobody following up calling PEOPLE about the applications like they said they would. My son application stills sitting and he can’t not get any assistance.Someone need to call Lumon because they really DUPED THE PEOPLE ON THIS ONE. I DON’T THINK PEOPLE GOT A FAIR SHAKE NOR THE ASSISTANCE THAT WAS PROMISED WITH THE APPLICATIONS
I filled out application online in September. I never heard from anyone. I was very disappointed. I really did not know what to do. I called two times but was told the same thing both times. Check the register. I was left confused.
They said one thing and when i turned in all the info and asked the person helping is this all i needed i was told yes. Then later get a email that said different.