State Actions on Coronavirus Relief Funds
American Rescue Plan Overview
On March 10, 2021, Congress passed President Biden’s stimulus and COVID-19 relief package, the American Rescue Plan (ARP). The $1.9 trillion package provides additional funding for vaccination efforts, COVID-19 testing, state and local governments, stimulus checks, unemployment assistance, rental assistance, education, child care, and small businesses.
On May 10, 2021 the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the launch of the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, established by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, to provide $350 billion in emergency funding for eligible state, local, territorial, and Tribal governments. Treasury also released details on how these funds can be used to respond to acute pandemic response needs, fill revenue shortfalls among these governments, and support the communities and populations hardest-hit by the COVID-19 crisis. With the launch of the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, eligible jurisdictions will be able to access this funding to address these needs.
Resources
- Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds: Five Things Governments Need to Know
- Assistance for State, Local and Tribal Governments
- Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
- Guidance on State Broadband Spending
- Federal Grant Opportunities
Economic and Community Development Implementation
Recent News
- Roanoke American Rescue Plan Act projects identified
- States Dole Out Cash to College Kids, Theaters in $200 Billion Experiment
- A Transparent Look at How Governments Are Spending the $350B in ARPA Funds
- Roanoke mayor calls for transformational change with relief funds
- Chesterfield County to spend most of its $68.5 million American Rescue Plan funding on infrastructure
- Rescue funds available for businesses in places long left behind, official says
- Mayor Levar Stoney seeks input on how Richmond should use $77 million in federal COVID aid
- Fairfax county readies PIVOT funds for hotels, arts groups, historical sites and more
- Stream cleanups, hotels, affordable housing: How Rescue Plan funds are being spent in Northern Virginia
Local Government Implementation Proposals and Plans
- Alexandria, VA — Plan | Proposals
- Cumberland County, NC
- Fairfax County, VA
- Loudoun County, VA
- Peoria, IL — City of Peoria Seeks Community Input on Coronavirus Relief Funding
- Prince William County, VA
State Government Implementation Proposals and Plans
- California
- Illinois
- Maryland — Grant Program | Tax Credits
- Montana — HHS Plans
- North Carolina
- Virginia — ARPA Budget Proposal
