JeffCo eligible for $2.4 million

Jefferson County is eligible to receive $2.4 million in direct payments over two years as part of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, signed into law in March by President Joe Biden.

The portion of that Plan, the State and Local Coronavirus Fiscal Recovery Funds, includes $65.1 billion in direct aid to every county, parish and borough in the United States. 

Jefferson County Commission Chairman Leonard Wortman said that several categories have been devised on where the money could be used.