Federal Assistance e311 Knowledge Base

Our team of experts has already answered over 200 questions from cities across the country—about the streams of federal funding available to support your city’s COVID recovery, best-in-class strategies and practices for accessing and spending it, technical requirements for compliance, and more. Browse the questions and answers, or search for a topic or keyword to get straight to the information your city needs.

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Expenditure

Expenditure
Fund Planning & Allocation, American Rescue Plan Act, CARES Act, FEMA, HUD, Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act

How can cities maximize the chances that programs created as a result of recovery funding continue to be sustainable after the end of their funding?

Fund Planning & Allocation, American Rescue Plan Act, CARES Act, FEMA, HUD, Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act

How can cities balance the need to move with urgency while also ensuring that awarded funds are allocated in a manner that ensure the greatest level of flexibility with respect to spending?

Community Engagement & Local Partnerships, Fund Planning & Allocation, American Rescue Plan Act, CARES Act, FEMA, HUD, Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act

How can cities balance spending federal funds on transformative internal projects against the desire to give funds directly to the community?

Federal Funding Streams, Fund Planning & Allocation, American Rescue Plan Act, CARES Act, FEMA, HUD, Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act

How can a municipality prepare for potential future disasters?

Fund Planning & Allocation, American Rescue Plan Act, CARES Act, FEMA

How should a municipality assess and improve equity in its COVID-19 response and recovery?

Federal Funding Streams, Fund Planning & Allocation, American Rescue Plan Act, CARES Act, FEMA, HUD, Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act

How should cities prioritize and layer federal funding?

Fund Planning & Allocation, American Rescue Plan Act

Is hazard pay an allowable expense under Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (“ESSER”) II or III?

Fund Planning & Allocation, American Rescue Plan Act

Is the receipt of the second tranche of ARP funding contingent on the municipality spending the entire first tranche?

Fund Planning & Allocation, Infrastructure & Maintenance Investments, Program Administration, American Rescue Plan Act

May a municipality use funds obtained through the ARP to close funding gaps for the construction of income-restricted housing?

Community Engagement & Local Partnerships, Compliance & Reporting, Fund Planning & Allocation, Program Administration, American Rescue Plan Act

What steps should my municipality consider in developing a plan for use of the ARP funds?

 

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