American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)

ARPA funds are required to be used to respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency and its economic impacts through four categories of uses:

• To respond to the public health emergency
• Addressing its negative economic impacts
• Serving the hardest hit
• Improving access to water, sewer or broadband infrastructure

ARPA funds may NOT be used to:

• Offset a tax cut
• Deposit in pension funds
• Bolster rainy day funds
• Pay debt service

• Road improvements, sustaining our scheduled levels by filling gaps in state aid funding caused by economic impacts of the pandemic
• Expansion of broadband access to rural communities 
• Construction, technology, and broadband access to improve county road maintenance and transfer station facilities
• Needed upgrades to community water systems 
• Customer-experience improvements at high-traffic county facilities

     

• Improvements to the County's landfill to capture and treat pollutants, including Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) 

                       

• Coordination with local school districts to reverse the impacts of the pandemic on learning & attendance through Check & Connect program
• Improvements to local school buildings
• Enhancements to youth recreation facilities across the county
• Investments towards maintaining and expanding childcare 

       

• Construction & Rehabilitation of shelters for people experiencing homelessness
• Construction of new transitional housing
• Construction & rehabilitation of permanent, affordable housing

• Support to non-profits positively impacting the community
• Support to county fair associations & fairgrounds
• Support to community- minded businesses

• COVID-19 Public Health response costs
• County operational costs directly related to the COVID-19 Pandemic