TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Ryan J. Alsop, County Executive Officer
REPORT BY: Celeste Gonzalez, Management Analyst
SUBJECT: Receive a presentation on the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)
RECOMMENDATION
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Receive a presentation on the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). (No Fiscal Impact)
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BACKGROUND
Napa County was awarded $26.86 million of federal stimulus funds per the American Rescue Plan Act ("ARPA") to address the impacts of COVID-19 on the community. Here is a summary with more explanation following.
Category 1 - Public Health $ 5,796,364
Category 2 - Negative Economic Impacts $ 6,075,000
Category 3 - Public Sector Impacts $11,167,039
Category 5 - Infrastructure $ 3,738,245
Category 7 - Administration $ 78,509
The priority of ARPA was to ensure public health services were provided. Most of the operational costs were funded by state grants; however, the funds provided isolation and quarantine facilities for congregate-housed persons, housed farmworkers, and other disproportionately impoverished individuals within the County; secured Public Health items related to mitigation and prevention of COVID-19 within the confines of the state and federal emergency declarations, and within the County's established operating procedures; funded County labor associated with vaccine administration and promotion as directed by County's Deputy Director of HHSA/ Public Health Officer in adherence to County, State, and Federal health guidelines and pandemic protocols; supported direct mental health services in Napa County, delivered by the County's Health and Human Services Agency; and preparation of the After-Action Report (AAR) which focused on strengths and weaknesses with regard to processes, procedures, and capabilities regarding Napa County's response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
ARPA funds next addressed negative economic impacts to the community and the County. In October 2021, Burbank Housing - with support from the City and County...
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