Saat pandemi Covid-19 hadir di Indonesia, ruang gerak masyarakat menjadi terbatas dan mengubah banyak aspek kehidupan. Sektor perekonomian serta sektor kesehatan menjadi sektor yang paling terdampak akibat adanya pandemi Covid-19 di Indonesia. Adanya pembatasan sosial berkontribusi pada melemahnya perekonomian, baik dari tingkat nasional, bahkan hingga ke individu masyarakat. Hal tersebut tentu juga berimbas pada Kabupaten Kebumen. Terlebih, selama beberapa tahun berturut-turut Kebumen ditetapkan sebagai kota termiskin di Jawa Tengah. Namun di tengah kondisi perekonomian yang sedang melemah, salah satu desa di Kebumen, kabupaten termiskin di Jawa Tengah, Desa Karangsari mampu mendapatkan gelar pelopor Kampung Tangguh Nusantara Candi, sebuah penghargaan yang diberikan oleh Polisi Daerah (Polda) Jawa Tengah kepada desa yang mampu menjaga kestabilan pangan, keamanan, dan kesehatan dalam kondisi Covid-19 serta memiliki penanganan Covid-19 terbaik. Dana desa digunakan untuk menjaga kesehatan sampai ke tingkat desa. Dalam mengatasi kondisi pandemi Covid-19, pemerintah merilis kebijakan refocusing dana desa dalam rangka percepatan penanganan kasus Covid-19. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk melihat gambaran implementasi kebijakan pemanfaatan dana desa untuk penanganan Covid-19 di Desa Karangsari pada tahun 2020-2021. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian studi kasus dengan pendekatan kualitatif. Subjek penelitian ini adalah stakeholder di tingkat Pemerintah Kabupaten hingga Pemerintah Desa yang dipilih berdasarkan kesesuaian informasi yang dibutuhkan. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa pemanfaatan dana desa untuk penanganan Covid-19 baik dari sisi komunikasi, struktur birokrasi, disposisi, sumber daya, serta kondisi sosial politik di Desa Karangsari yang sudah berjalan cukup baik walau masih ada beberapa hal yang perlu diperbaiki. Walaupun masih belum memenuhi target pemanfaatan dana desa yang sebesar 7 persen dari target 8 persen, peran dan dukungan pelaksana kebijakan di sektor kesehatan memberikan kontribusi yang baik sehingga Desa Karangsari mendapatkan penghargaan Kampung Tangguh Nusantara Candi.

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When the Covid-19 pandemic arrived in Indonesia, people's space for movement became limited and changed many aspects of life. The economic sector and the health sector are the sectors most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia. The existence of social restrictions contributed to a weakening of the economy, both at the national level and even down to the individual community. This of course also has an impact on Kebumen Regency. Moreover, for several years in a row Kebumen has been designated as the poorest city in Central Java. However, in the midst of a weakening economic condition, one of the villages in Kebumen, the poorest district in Central Java, Karangsari Village was able to get the title of pioneer of Kampung Tangguh Nusantara Candi, an award given by the Central Java Regional Police (Polda) to villages that are able to maintain stability. food, safety and health in Covid-19 conditions and has the best handling of Covid-19. Village funds are used to maintain health down to the village level. In overcoming the conditions of the Covid-19 pandemic, the government released a policy of refocusing village funds in order to accelerate the handling of the Covid-19 case. The purpose of this research is to see an overview of the implementation of the policy of utilizing village funds for handling Covid-19 in Karangsari Village in 2020-2021. This research is a case study research with a qualitative approach. The subjects of this study were stakeholders at the District Government to Village Government levels who were selected based on the appropriateness of the information needed. The results of the study show that the use of village funds for handling Covid-19 both in terms of communication, bureaucratic structure, disposition, resources, and socio-political conditions in Karangsari Village has been going quite well although there are still some things that need to be improved. Although it still has not met the village fund utilization target of 7 percent of the 8 percent target, the role and support of policy implementers in the health sector made a good contribution so that Karangsari Village won the Kampung Tangguh Nusantara Candi award.