To: Board of Supervisors
From: Monica Nino, County Administrator
Report Title: FY 2023/24 2ND QUARTER UPDATE - AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT (ARPA) & INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT (IIJA)
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ACCEPT the fiscal year 2023/24 2nd 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 December 31, 2023, the County has identified $343.9 million of known ARPA revenue allocations across 23 unique grant programs. Of that amount, the County has received $331.7 million or 96.5%, and has spent $273.2 million, or 79.4%. 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 December 31, 2023, the County has applied for $221 million in federal IIJA funded grants, including a required County match of $21.7 million, across 38 unique grant programs. Of that amount, the County has been awarded $97.8 million of federally funded grants, including a required County match of $12.8 million, among 20 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 ARPA, i...
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