Contact Jordan LaPier Director (202) 495-3320 jlapier@ourpublicservice.org Federal rescue plan bestows $15 billion windfall in direct aid for region’s state and local governments March 22, 2021 Our region’s state and local governments are getting a windfall totaling more than $15 billion in direct aid from the newly passed federal coronavirus relief plan, which will go a long way to help them repair damage from the pandemic-induced recession.