To: Board of Supervisors
From: Monica Nino, County Administrator
Report Title: FY 2024/25 1st QUARTER UPDATE - AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT (ARPA) & INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT (IIJA)
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. ACCEPT the fiscal year 2024/25 1st Quarter report on American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and Infrastructure, Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) funding to Contra Costa County.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No fiscal impact, this item is informational only.
American Rescue Plan Act: As of September 30, 2024, the County has identified $343.9 million of known ARPA revenue allocations across 20 unique grant programs. Of that amount, the County has received $337.7 million or 98.2%, and has spent $323.8 million, or 94.1%. A full accounting of the above figures, by unique grant program, is included in the "American Rescue Plan - Quarterly Report Worksheet," included as Attachment B to this staff report.
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: As of September 30, 2024, the County has applied for $261.3 million in federal IIJA funded grants, including a required County match of $33.5 million, across 49 unique grant programs. Of that amount, the County has been awarded $102.2 million of federally funded grants, including a required County match of $12.9 million, among 21 unique grant programs. A full accounting of the above figures, by unique grant program, is included in the "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act - Quarterly Report Worksheet," included as Attachment C to this staff report.
BACKGROUND:
The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) was signed into law on March 11, 2021 by President Biden. The ARPA is a broad and far-reaching funding package totaling $1.9 trillion, which provided direct stimulus to taxpayers, advances on child tax credit payments, direct allocations to State and Local governments as well as a myriad of competitive grant programs administered by federal agencies. A summary of the...
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