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The American Rescue Plan Act: Promoting Equity through ARPA Implementation

Author: U.S. Conference of Mayors

Publication Year: 2022

Media Type: Report

Summary:

This report published by the United States Conference of Mayors presents national best practices to drive equitable investment in communities using ARPA funds that emerged from a working group of cities we convened in 2022 to share strategies and best practices. The report presents case studies from cities across America that are deploying ARPA funds in alignment with those principles and the core values identified above.

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Published by the United States Conference of Mayors, “The American Rescue Plan Act: Promoting Equity through ARPA Implementation,” illustrates how select cities are using their SLFRF to address the disproportionate impacts of the pandemic on low- and moderate-income people and communities of color with explicit attention to several core values:

  • Leveraging federal aid to achieve equitable investment in underserved areas and to address systemic inequities;
  • Integrating non-profits and the private sector meaningfully in the deployment of funds; and
  • Pursuing the use of ARPA in tandem with a wider set of public finance, community investment, and social investment strategies, that further address economic disparities among underserved and underrepresented residents and enable transformative investments in equity to have sustained continuity.

This report presents national best practices to drive equitable investment in communities using ARPA funds that emerged from a working group of cities we convened in 2022 to share strategies and best practices. The report presents case studies from cities across America that are deploying ARPA funds in alignment with those principles and the core values identified above.

Arts & Intersections: Community Cohesion, Community Development, Economic Development, Equity & Diversity, Health & Wellness, Infrastructure, Livability, Public Welfare

Categories: Access and Equity, Community Development, Economic Impact, Health Wellness and Healing, Transportation & Infrastructure

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Pages: 62

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Name: U.S. Conference of Mayors

Website URL: http://www.usmayors.org