It really depends on the benefit. That is very true for the regional relief and recovery fund. That one, for whatever reason, has been taking months to actually get feedback.
Others are much quicker. We have found that it really depends on the program. CRA's actually been pretty good once they have gotten the programs up and running. There has usually been a bit of messy time at the beginning when they have started the programs, but once they have gotten things moving, the programs have worked relatively well.
It's less so with some of the others, but there are definitely some programs for which it can take quite a while to get feedback.