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===City of Birmingham===
===City of Birmingham===
Birmingham received $141 million through the American Rescue Plan Act
Birmingham received $141 million through the American Rescue Plan Act. Significant allocations included:
* $17 million for bonuses for city employees, [[Birmingham Public Library]] staff, and [[JCCEO]] youth services staff ($5,000 for full-time employees and $2,500 for part-time employees)
* $14 million to close the deficit from the [[2022 World Games]]
* $10 million to support development of 53 affordable housing units at [[Shadow Brook]] in [[North Pratt]].
* [[Birmingham Xpress]] and microtransit expansion
* Consulting services for [[Birmingham City Council Districts]] redistricting
* Grant writing and strategy services, and equity, impact and community engagement expenses
* $6.5 million for retention bonuses for [[Birmingham Police Department]], [[Birmingham Public Works Department]], and [[Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service]] staff
* $3.7 million for demolition of blighted properties in support of development of [[The Star at Uptown]]
* $2 million to support redevelopment of the [[Hardwick Building]]
* $1.3 million in fees to [[Ernst & Young]] to ensure compliance with ARPA requirements
* $1.1 million in COVID-related loans to small businesses, and to support [[Citizens Trust Bank]]'s management of a Better Business Loan Program.
* $540,000 in support of the [[Housing Reinvestment Corporation of America]]'s development of new affordable housing on vacant lots
* $460,000 for [[Housing Investment Partnership Program]] in [[Woodlawn]]
* $330,000 for "Enterprise Resource Planning" software
* $100,000 for the [[A. G. Gaston Boys and Girls Club]] for program support
* $50,000 to [[Birmingham Landmarks]] for capital improvements
* $35,000 to [[Eventive Sports|ZOOM Motorsports]] for workforce development related to the [[Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama]]
* $25,000 for maintenance and repairs to lighting under the [[I-20/59 downtown viaduct]]
* $24,030 to [[Literacy Council of Central Alabama]] for program support


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [https://arpa.jccal.org/ Jefferson County Recovery Plan] at arpa.jccal.org
* [https://arpa.jccal.org/ Jefferson County Recovery Plan] at arpa.jccal.org
* [https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/18285886/ Birmingham pandemic recovery funding] visualization by Shelby Harris


[[Category:Federal laws]]
[[Category:Federal laws]]
[[Category:2021 works]]
[[Category:2021 works]]

Latest revision as of 12:31, 21 June 2024

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, also known as ARPA or the COVID-19 Stimulus Package is a federal law passed by the 117th United States Congress and signed by President Joe Biden on March 11, 2021 as a key piece of his "Investing in America" policy platform, primarily aimed at boosting the national economy in the wake of the COVID pandemic.

The primary purpose of the law was to authorize $1.9 trillion in federal stimulus payments to individual taxpayers, parents, underinsured persons and unemployed workers, to state and local governments, and to schools and small businesses, as well as funding COVID vaccine distribution. It aimed to continue and expand elements of the CARES Act of 2020 and the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, which also included economic stimulus. It also provided incentives to states to expand their Medicaid programs.

Additional federal investments were made by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021, which was signed on November 15 of that year, and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, signed on August 16 of that year.

Impacts on the Birmingham district

Jefferson County

Jefferson County distributed $127,920,085 in ARPA funds under its recovery plan. Major allocations included:

City of Birmingham

Birmingham received $141 million through the American Rescue Plan Act. Significant allocations included:

References

External links

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