American Rescue Plan Act - Funding Priorities

About The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA )

The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) included $350 billion in pandemic-related aid for state and local governments.

Vermont is receiving more than $1.25 billion of Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funding from ARPA. While the legislature and the Governor will determine how more than $1 billion of that funding will be spent, Congress directed nearly $200 million of that funding directly to Vermont’s cities, towns, and villages.

Jericho is directly receiving $1,493,000.

How May Jericho Spend the Funding?

ARPA funds have broad criteria outlining eligible uses. This is a non-exhaustive list of potential uses:

• To respond to the public health emergency or its negative economic impacts, including assistance to households, small businesses, and nonprofits, or aid to impacted industries such as tourism, travel, and hospitality.
• To respond to workers performing essential work during the COVID-19 public health emergency by providing premium pay to eligible workers.
• For the provision of government services to the extent of the reduction in revenue due to the COVID–19 public health emergency relative to revenues collected in the most recent full fiscal year prior to the emergency.
• To make necessary investments in water, sewer, or broadband infrastructure.
• Affordable housing
• Improvement to municipal business operations: Cybersecurity measures, hybrid meeting equipment, digitizing records, capital improvements, etc.
• Community revitalization efforts: investments to support affordable housing, outdoor recreation, child care, etc.

We want to hear from YOU!

The Town received input on how this money should be spent to benefit Jericho residents. This was the first step in the decision-making process. We conducted a survey to start the conversation that closed On October 31, 2021. Below is a quick snapshot of the results.

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For a more in depth analysis of your responses, Click on the image below.

There town conducted a second survey to help further refine Jericho resident's spending priorities.

We also have set up two discussion tools ("Post Your Ideas" and "Let's Discuss Affordable Housing"). We hope you will jump in on, have your say, listen to your neighbors, and together discuss Jericho's ARPA funding possibilities.