Local Fiscal Recovery Fund
Overview
The Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget (OPB) is the prime recipient of the State and Local Fiscal Relief, Capital Investment Projects, and Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Other funds made available through federal relief acts are directly allocated to other state and local entities. US Treasury has indicated that states will receive funds to distribute to non-entitlement cities within 30 days of certifying for the funds.
Funding Objectives
- Support urgent COVID-19 response efforts to continue to decrease spread of the virus and bring the pandemic under control
- Replace lost public sector revenue to strengthen support for vital public services and help retain jobs
- Support immediate economic stabilization for households and businesses
- Address systemic public health and economic challenges that have contributed to the inequal impact of the pandemic
Eligibility and Allocations
Non-entitlement units, defined in section 603(g)(5) of the Social Security Act, as added by the American Rescue Plan Act, are generally local governments with populations of less than 50,000. Local governments that are not included in the Allocation for Metropolitan Cities table may be designated as non-entitlement units.
Non-entitlement units will receive Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds through their state governments. The total available funding for the state of Georgia is $862 million, and the expeditious delivery of these funds are essential.
ARPA requires States’ allocations to NEUs to be based on the proportion of the population in the NEU as a share of the total population of all NEUs in the State. This requirement can be represented by the following formula:
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑜𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑁𝐸𝑈/𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑜𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑁𝐸𝑈𝑠 × 𝐴𝑔𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑁𝐸𝑈 𝑝𝑎𝑦𝑚𝑒𝑛t
States must use the population counts in the List, since these reflect the most recent data available from the Census Bureau.