Melissa Watkins

The CARES Act provides $30,750,000,000 for the Education Stabilization Fund of which approximately $14,237,250,000 is set aside for the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund. • Most higher education institutions will...more The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act provides over $2 trillion of economic stimulus and contains several items that benefit the nonprofit sector. There are significant appropriations provided to...more LOAN ASSISTANCE PROVISIONS - Express Bridge Loan Pilot Program: Unilateral pronouncement of the SBA- • While not part of the CARES legislation, the SBA announced as a response to COVID19, small businesses that...more In carrying out the mandate of the Public Health Service Act and in an effort to address the country’s drug crisis, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) has made $350 million available for grant funding to...more