Health and Social Services

The federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) provided Massachusetts with a total of approximately $2.7 B through the new Coronavirus Relief Fund (CvRF) to use for expenditures related to the COVID-19 public health emergency.

The federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) provided approximately $8.7 billion to Massachusetts through the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds. The Commonwealth received $5.3 billion from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund (CSFRF). Municipalities and functional counties in the Commonwealth received $3.4 billion from the Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (CLFRF). Tribal Governments in the Commonwealth received $25 million from the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds.

Access available resources below such as data reports, and Public Health Council presentations. Learn about the methodology used to calculate flu vaccination rates.

COVID-19 deeply impacted communities across Massachusetts, but communities of color are bearing a higher burden of cases relative to their population size.

COVID-19 deeply impacted communities across Massachusetts, but people of color are bearing a higher burden of cases and deaths relative to their population size.

This page summarizes the total federal awards that the Commonwealth has received in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Federal funds distributed to school districts and other Local Education Agencies to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This page summarizes resources the federal government has provided to Massachusetts cities and towns in response to COVID-19.

The COVID-19 dashboard includes data on city/town COVID-19 activity, confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, confirmed and probable deaths related to COVID-19, and the demographic characteristics of cases and deaths.

Community specific data reports for vaccine administration results, updated weekly, and data from the Public Health (DPH) COVID Community Impact Survey to help target approaches.