{"id":1861,"date":"2022-02-15T14:52:22","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T19:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncbudget.org\/?page_id=1861"},"modified":"2024-03-01T10:15:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T15:15:41","slug":"arp","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ncbudget.org\/arp\/","title":{"rendered":"American Rescue Plan in NC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

In March 2021, the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Biden. Enacted one year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the law provided transformational policies and funding to sectors ranging from health, transportation, direct relief, and more.<\/p>\n

The ARP included $350 billion for state and local governments to pay for much-needed investments to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and to begin to build back stronger communities through the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds. Of that amount, approximately $8.9 billion would come to North Carolina state and local governments. These dollars represent a transformational opportunity to address the specific needs identified in, and by, communities.<\/p>\n

Fiscal Recovery funds were received by the state of North Carolina in addition to all 100 counties, 26 metro areas, and more than 500 smaller cities and towns in the state.<\/p>\n

In addition to State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, the ARP included dozens of issue-specific funding streams that, in general, were received by state agencies. See below for links to more information.<\/p>\n

Funds could be spent in the following four major categories:<\/p>\n