American Rescue Plan Act
The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) relief package provides $1.9 trillion in mandatory funding, program changes and tax policies aimed at mitigating the continuing effects of the pandemic. The ARPA delivers $350 billion for eligible state, local, territorial, and Tribal governments to respond to the COVID-19 emergency and bring back jobs. Washoe County has been awarded $91,587,038 in State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (Fiscal Recovery Funds).
The Fiscal Recovery Funds lay the groundwork for a strong, equitable economic recovery, providing immediate economic stabilization for households and businesses, and by addressing the systemic public health and economic challenges that may have contributed to inequal impacts of the pandemic among low-income communities and people of color.
Low-income communities and workers and people of color have faced more severe health and economic outcomes during the pandemic, with pre-existing social vulnerabilities like low-wage or insecure employment, concentrated neighborhoods with less economic opportunity, and pre-existing health disparities likely contributing to the magnified impact of the pandemic.
These funds also provide resources that can be invested in building, maintaining, or upgrading water, sewer, and broadband infrastructure.
Washoe County Recovery Plan
Annual Recovery Plan Performance Reports provide a high-level overview of the jurisdiction’s intended and actual uses of funding including, but not limited to: the jurisdiction’s plan for use of funds to promote a response to the pandemic and economic recovery, key outcome goals, progress to date on those outcomes, and any noteworthy challenges or opportunities identified during the reporting period. These reports are due annually in July.
Washoe County Recovery Plan July 2025