ARPA Key Considerations for State & Local Governments

With the American Rescue Plan Act, state and local governments are seeing opportunities to address some of the challenges they are facing brought on by the pandemic. Learn what this meansyou’re your jurisdiction.

Mark Funkhouser, is the president of Funkhouser & Associates and the former mayor of Kansas City. He walks us through key considerations about the ARPA including:

· The “eligible use cases” that were released and the intent behind some of the areas addressed

· What governments be taking a look at when determining their overall strategy for spending

· Reporting requirements

· How to prioritize key areas

This discussion was taken from our show Local Government Insights: Modernizing Government Leadership. If you want to hear more episodes like this one, check us out on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.If you don’t use Apple Podcasts or Spotify, you can find every episode here.