The additional $12.9 million will help fund rental assistance, non-congregate shelter for individuals experiencing homelessness, contact tracing, and food assistance programs that have seen increased need amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Indiana's Rental Assistance Portal is accepting applications for a program that provides eligible renters with up to six months in rental assistance to help cover past due and ongoing monthly payments.

Indiana's rental assistance program -- which received more than 30,000 applications in just a month -- ends Wednesday.

The Rental Assistance Program will provide up to $500 a month for four months to people who've lost income during the pandemic. The money can be used to help cover unpaid rent from previous months and to help pay going forward.

A statewide moratorium in place since March, has halted evictions. A new program in Indianapolis aims to connect people with rental assistance as this order ends but there are concerns it wont be enough to help the tenants who need it most.