Having incurred more than $75 million in costs from the COVID-19 pandemic, County of Marin officials are taking a broad approach to how it applies federal pandemic relief, officials told the Marin Independent Journal this week..
Marin officials expect to be reimbursed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for $25 million, received $1.9 trillion from the American Rescue Plan Act and expects to get another $25 million next month from the federal government.
Marin officials have committed to spending the county’s first $25 million in American Rescue Plan Act money in six areas: $6.7 million on Project Homekey and homelessness services; $5 million on racial equity; $5 million to address climate change; $4 million on fire facilities; $2.3 million on COVID-19 economic impacts; and $2 million on public health and mental health services, according to the IJ.
In Marin, the county has committed to spending its first $25 million in American Rescue Plan Act money in six areas: $6.7 million on Project Homekey and homelessness services; $5 million on racial equity; $5 million to address climate change; $4 million on fire facilities; $2.3 million on COVID-19 economic impacts; and $2 million on public health and mental health services.
The IJ reported that Bret Uppendahl, the county budget manager, said county staff will recommend that supervisors spend the additional $25 million in American Rescue Plan Act dollars next year in eight areas, including $7 million on homelessness/permanent supportive housing; $5 million on revitalization of public housing in Marin City; $4 million to create a southern Marin services hub; $4 million on climate change and sea level rise; $1 million to address the economic impact on West Marin; $1 million to expand broadband; $1 million to strengthen the infrastructure of local federally qualified health centers; and $2 million on COVID response.