United Way gets $1.3 million for COVID-19 relief

United Way of Greater Lafayette is getting more than a million dollars to distribute to help the community respond to coronavirus.

Than a million dollars to distribute to help the community respond to coronavirus.

The money will go into the covid-19 response fund.

This fund is currently helping with critical services like food and childcare.

The 1- point- 3 million dollar grant came from the association of indiana united ways.

The association is distributing several grants, thanks to a 30- million dollar gift from the lilly endowment.

More than a dozen local businesses already contributed to the response fund.

This has allowed them to distribute about 130- thousand dollars already.

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