Portland's $114M pandemic relief program overwhelmingly helped Black residents, other people of color [oregonlive.com]

Karen Clemmer 8/9/215:32 PM

By Shane Dixon Kavanaugh, Oregon Live, July 28, 2021

A city of Portland drive to spend $114 million in federal coronavirus aid to help struggling residents last year overwhelmingly assisted Black Portlanders as well as other communities of color, according to an analysis released Tuesday.

The sweeping set of initiatives approved by the Portland City Council included providing everything from Chromebooks to those with limited digital resources to food boxes and direct cash payments to families to grants to businesses and artists that had fallen on hard times.

City officials said it was essential that programs created with Portland’s share of federal CARES Act money prioritize historically marginalized groups such as communities of color, immigrants and people with disabilities.

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