American Rescue Plan: COVID-19 Relief & Resources

Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) released the following statement on the first day of the 2023 ACA open enrollment period. Americans must sign up by Dec. 15, 2022, to have coverage beginning Jan. 1, 2023. The open enrollment period ends Jan. 15, 2023: “Open enrollment begins today for the Affordable Care Act marketplace, and I encourage Northeast…

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and Reps. Matt Cartwright and Dwight Evans recently demanded that Postmaster Louis DeJoy address some specific problems in Pennsylvania, and offered a reminder of why the service remains crucial despite the increasing loss of first-class mail volume to the internet.

Congressman Matt Cartwright (PA-08) applauded Tuesday's final Senate passage of the Camp Lejeune Justice Act, bipartisan legislation he sponsored along with Republican Congressman Greg Murphy and Democratic Congressman David Price, both of North Carolina.

Eighth Congressional District, Pennsylvania – Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) announced $7,702,055.67 in American Rescue Plan (ARP) Rural funding allocated to the Eighth Congressional District. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), will be distributing the funds to over 100 providers…

Monroe County, PA – U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) today announced that the Redevelopment Authority of the County of Monroe received an award totaling $220,000 through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Rural Development to repair and rehabilitate housing. The Housing Preservation Grant will support households with health and safety hazards, increase…

Scranton, PA – Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) announced that 209 restaurants in the Eighth Congressional District received a total of $28,123,116.86 through the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) to help keep their doors open and their staff paid during the pandemic, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration. The $28.6 billion Restaurant Revitalization…

Congressman Matt Cartwright visited Pocono Mountain West High School Wednesday to participate in a roundtable discussion with school leaders and legislators on federal funding for schools, including the use of COVID-19 relief funds and the American Rescue Plan.    “A year and a half into this pandemic has weathered a lot of hardship…

Scranton, PA – Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) announced that an estimated 96,000 Child Tax Credit monthly tax cut payments were sent to families in the Eighth Congressional District in August, according to a new report from the Joint Economic Committee. An estimated total of $30.8 million in tax cuts went back into the pockets of hardworking Northeastern Pennsylvania…

Scranton, PA – Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) announced 12 venues in Pennsylvania’s 8th District will receive a total of $10.7 million from the Shuttered Venue Operators Grants (SVOG) program. Rep. Cartwright voted to establish the program through COVID-19 relief compromise passed in December 2020, then enhance it by helping pass the American Rescue Plan. The fund…

Eighth Congressional District, PA – Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) is reminding Northeastern Pennsylvania working families that advance monthly Child Tax Credit payments of up to $300 per month per child will begin landing in their bank accounts on Thursday, July 15, and continue through December 2021. An estimated 90 percent of children in Pennsylvania’s Eighth…