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ARPA Stakeholder Funding Requests
The City of New Rochelle has received aid from the Federal Government to help our community recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The plan is called the American Rescue Plan Act (“ARPA”), and includes money for, among other things, to combat negative economic imacts sustained.
If you are an eligible stakeholder who sustained a negative financial impact during the COVID-19 public health emergency and your organization has a specific ARPA-eligible funding need that aligns with the areas of funding support outlined on this site and wish to be considered for City ARPA funds, please complete select, complete and submit the appropriate online application below.
Funding Requests –
From below, select, complete and submit the appropriate online application.
Remember, ARPA Funds May Only Be Used For Eligible Purposes (As Specified By The U.S. Treasury)
Click Below To Learn More About The U.S. Treasury’s Six (6) Primary Eligible Purposes:
Provision of Government Services
ARPA allows recipients to use funds to replace lost revenue in order to avoid cuts to governmental services, or to return services to their pre-pandemic level. The Interim Final Rule prescribes a formula and requires that the revenue loss be calculated at the entity-wide level, and specifies which revenues are allowable and which are excluded.
ADDRESS NEGATIVE ECONOMIC IMPACTS
ARPA aims to respond to the negative economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Interim Final Rule outlines that ARPA resources can be used for assistance to households, small businesses, and nonprofits, as well as to offer aid to impacted industries such as tourism, travel, and hospitality.
SUPPORT PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE
The ARPA aid may be utilized by municipalities to mitigate the public health crisis stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, to decrease the spread of COVID-19 and to bring the pandemic under control.
BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE
ARPA also recognizes the need for improved broadband infrastructure and faster speeds, especially to underserved households and businesses.
ESSENTIAL WORKER HAZARD PAY
Fiscal Recovery Funds payments may be used by recipients to provide premium pay to eligible workers performing essential work during the COVID-19 public health emergency or to provide grants to third-party employers with eligible workers performing essential work. These are workers who have been and continue to be relied on to maintain continuity of operations of essential critical infrastructure sectors, including those who are critical to protecting the health and wellbeing of their communities.
WATER & SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE
The Interim Final Rule issued by the Treasury aligned eligible Water and Sewer Infrastructure projects with the eligibility requirements of the EPA’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) or Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF). CWSRF includes projects that “construct, improve, or repair wastewater treatment plants, control non-point sources of pollution, improve resiliency of infrastructure to severe weather events, create green infrastructure, and protect waterbodies from pollution.