
Cumberland County Commissioners are assessing how to best spend the funding they received from the American Rescue Plan and is asking for inputs from local residents.
The American Rescue Plan Act was signed by President Biden in March of this year to assist in countering the economic impacts public health inpacts of COVID-19.
The ARP included $350 billion in Coronavirus state and local recovery funds of which Cumberland County received $65 million.
The U.S. Department of Treasury established guidelines for how the funds can be used in an Interim Final Rule.
The community can provide feedback on how the funds are allocated at cumberlandcountync.gov/ARP.
Additionally, the county commissioners established an ARP committee comprised of Commissioner Jimmy Keefe, Commissioner Glenn Adams and Commissioner Dr. Toni Stewart.
The committee will meet with the Mayors’ Coalition tonight at 5:30 p.m. at the Department of Social Services, located at 1225 Ramsey Street.
The ARP committee welcomes the community to attend meetings about the ARP virtually and across the county. For more information, visit https://www.cumberlandcountync.gov/departments/commissioners-group/commissioners/american-rescue-plan.
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