ARPA Ad Hoc Committee Seeking Input

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), was signed into law by President Biden on March 11, 2021, to speed up the United States’ recovery from the economic and health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing recession. The plan allocates $350 billion to help state, local, and tribal governments, with the County of Green receiving $7.17 million in funds.
In November of 2021, the Green County Finance and Accounting Committee authorized the creation of the ARPA Ad Hoc Committee (the committee) as a participatory way for the community to submit ideas for how Green County ARPA funds should be used to address needs and priorities in Green County.
The committee is tasked with fact finding and information gathering on countywide needs and priorities. The needs and priorities will then be organized into broad categories and themes. The committee will make a recommendation with suggestions on percentages or dollar amounts to allocate to each category to assist the Finance Committee in making a final recommendation to the County Board on how the funds should be used.
The committee is seeking input from groups and organizations within the county. For this reason, it has created a presentation application process to invite community leaders to share the issues, opportunities, and priorities they see in Green County. This invitation is solely for the purpose of fact finding and information gathering by the committee and is not a grant application. The presentation application form can be found at https://www.greencountywi.org/DocumentCenter/View/1166/Proposal-for-Use-.... Presentation proposals are due to the County Clerk’s Office by March 28, 2022. The committee will review the proposals at its March 31, 2022, meeting and invite selected applicants to present to the committee in the month of April.
For more information on ARPA, please visit https://www.greencountywi.org/423/Green-County-Ad-Hoc-Committee or contact County Clerk Arianna Voegeli at avoegeli@greencountywi.org or (608) 328-9430.