WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE COVID-19 RESOURCES
Build Back Better Act Resources:
Summary of Ways and Means Contributions to the Build Back Better Act (as of 11/19/21): LINK
One-Pager on Paid Family and Medical Leave: LINK
Summary of Health-Related Provisions: LINK
Summary of Worker Investments: LINK
Summary of Provisions to Expand Opportunity Through the Tax Code: LINK
Summary of Green Energy Provisions: LINK
Summary of the Build Back Better Act's Revenue Sources: LINK
American Rescue Plan (as passed by the House on 2/27/21) Resources:
Ways and Means Contributions to the American Rescue Plan: LINK
Summary of Health-Related Provisions: LINK
Fact Sheet on Expanding Health Care Coverage and Improving Affordability for Millions of Americans: LINK
Child Care for Workers Section-by-Section: LINK
Crisis Support for Unemployed Workers Section-by-Section: LINK
Elder Justice and Support Guarantee Section-by-Section: LINK
Emergency Assistance to Children and Families Section-by-Section: LINK
Emergency Assistance to Families through Home Visiting Section-by-Section: LINK
Promoting Economic Security Section-by-Section: LINK
Economic Impact Payments FAQs: LINK
One-Pager on Protecting Multiemployer Pension Plans: LINK
One-Pager on Support to Skilled Nursing Facilities: LINK
One-Pager on Stimulus Payments and Unemployment Compensation Tax Relief: LINK
Report Regarding Affordable Care Act and Unemployment Insurance Policy: LINK
CRS Report on Elder Justice Act: LINK
Chairman Neal Opening Statement at Markup of COVID-19 Relief Legislation: LINK
Full Committee Markup of COVID-19 Relief Measures: LINK
Families First Coronavirus Response Act Resources:
IRS Guidance:
- Economic Impact Payment Information Center
- Economic impact payments web tool for non-filers
- Coronavirus Tax Relief
- IRS Operations During COVID-19: Mission-critical functions continue
- Filing and Payment Deadlines Questions and Answers
- Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration webpage for coronavirus scam reporting
- DOL guidance on expanded eligibility for unemployment compensation
- DOL guidance on Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation
- Guidance to states on implementation of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (attachment 1 shows each state's share of the emergency administrative grants)
- DOL guidance on 13 additional weeks of unemployment compensation benefits
- DOL guidance with further technical assistance for states in the administration of CARES Act provisions, including the interaction between UI and the Paycheck Protection Program
- CDC recommends that children between the ages six months to five years old should receive the COVID-19 vaccine (6/27/22)
- Office of Child Support Enforcement COVID-19: Frequently Asked Questions
- Letter to child welfare professionals containing information on funding and guidance (3/12/20)
- Letter to child welfare leaders regarding dormitory closings (3/12/20)
- Letter to child welfare leaders on operational adjustments during the COVID-19 crisis (3/18/20)
- Program Instruction for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program during the COVID-19 crisis (3/24/20)
- Letter to child welfare legal and judicial leaders regarding judicial proceedings during the COVID-19 crisis (3/27/20)
- Letter to state and tribal child welfare leaders on grant flexibility (4/1/20)
- Office of Child Support Enforcement: Guidance on Economic Impact Payments under the CARES Act (4/13/20)
- Letter to governors regarding state child welfare organizations during the COVID-19 crisis (4/17/20)
- Letter to child welfare leaders regarding the COVID-19 crisis (4/17/20)
- Office of Child Support Enforcement COVID-19 FAQs (4/22/20)
- Children's Bureau Letter on Title IV-E Flexibility (4/27/20)
- Letter to state and tribal child welfare agencies regarding CCDF funding under the CARES Act (4/29/20)
- Tip Sheet for Tribes: Using CCDF Amendments and Waiver Flexibilities to Meet the Child Care Needs as a Result of COVID-19 (4/29/20)
- Children's Bureau CFSR/CQI Processes During the COVID-19 Pandemic (May 2020)
- Program Instruction for Title IV-E Flexibility (5/8/20)
- Cross-program human services collaboration during the pandemic (5/28/20)
- Guidance Regarding Extended Foster Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic (5/28/20)
- Letter Regarding Flexibilities for State and Tribal Child Support Agencies (5/28/20)
- Pandemic Guidance for MIECHV home visiting grantees (6/8/20)
- Program Instruction for child welfare funding provided under the CARES Act (6/9/20)
- Letter to state and tribal child welfare leaders on termination of parental rights and adoption assistance (6/23/20)
- Program Instruction on Tribal TANF during the COVID-19 Pandemic (7/22/20)
- Letter to Child Welfare Leaders: IV-E Prevention Program Stafford Act flexibilities (11/20/20)
- Lessons From the COVID-19 Pandemic: Supporting Families Through More Just, Equitable, Proactive, and Integrated Approaches (1/12/21)
- Guidance Regarding the Administration of Titles IV-E and IV-B of the Social Security Act (1/13/21)
- Temporary Flexibilities for Participating in the Title IV-E Kinship Navigator Program (3/9/21)
- Guidance and instruction related to the Supporting Foster Youth and Families through the Pandemic Act (3/9/21)
- Fiscal Year 2021 Supplemental Allotments to States and Territories (3/12/21)
- Pandemic Emergency Assistance Fund Allotment - States (3/22/21)
- OFA publishes guidance on the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for the TANF program (3/24/21)
- Pandemic Emergency Assistance Fund Fact Sheet (4/1/21)
- Tribal TANF guidance for the Pandemic Emergency Assistance Fund (4/15/21)
- Children's Bureau's letter to state child welfare officials concerning COVID vaccinations (6/7/21)
- Pandemic Emergency Assistance Fund state allocation tables (6/16/21)