On March 6, the U.S. Senate passed The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which will move back to the U.S. House of Representatives this week for final consideration before being sent to the president for his signature.
As part of the overall package, the legislation would provide approximately $350 billion in new federal fiscal assistance for states, territories, tribes, counties, and municipalities and $10 billion for coronavirus capital projects.
States, along with the District of Columbia, would receive $195.3 billion and local governments would receive $130.2 billion, split evenly between municipalities and counties, resulting in a direct county allocation of $65.1 billion. County allocation would be based on population.
The deadline to spend funds would be December 31, 2024.
The U.S. Department of Treasury will oversee and administer these payments to state and local governments, and every county would be eligible to receive a direct allocation from Treasury.
The bill outlines that funds may be used to:
- Respond to the public health emergency with respect to COVID-19 or its negative economic impacts, including assistance to households, small businesses, and nonprofits, or aid to impacted industries such as tourism, travel, and hospitality;
- Respond to workers performing essential work during the COVID–19 public health emergency by providing premium pay to eligible workers of the metropolitan city, non-entitlement unit of local government, or county that are performing such essential work, or by providing grants to eligible employers that have eligible workers who perform essential work;
- For the provision of government services to the extent of the reduction in revenue (i.e. online, property or income tax) due to the public health emergency, or
- Make necessary investments in water, sewer, or broadband infrastructure.
The National Association of Counties has developed county-level estimates for allocations, which you can find below. Note that these estimates are not official values from the U.S. Treasury and are subject to change. You can see more of NACo’s analysis of the legislation here.
NACo’s County-Level Estimates from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
Adair | $3,757,330 |
Allen | $4,170,789 |
Anderson | $4,450,994 |
Ballard | $1,543,476 |
Barren | $8,658,374 |
Bath | $2,445,924 |
Bell | $5,093,783 |
Boone | $26,138,314 |
Bourbon | $3,871,995 |
Boyd | $9,141,493 |
Boyle | $5,881,957 |
Bracken | $1,624,680 |
Breathitt | $2,471,361 |
Breckinridge | $4,006,814 |
Bullitt | $15,981,861 |
Butler | $2,520,084 |
Caldwell | $2,494,255 |
Calloway | $7,631,477 |
Campbell | $18,311,946 |
Carlisle | $931,408 |
Carroll | $2,080,209 |
Carter | $5,243,473 |
Casey | $3,161,894 |
Christian | $13,787,378 |
Clark | $7,095,722 |
Clay | $3,894,106 |
Clinton | $1,999,396 |
Crittenden | $1,723,104 |
Cumberland | $1,294,187 |
Daviess | $19,863,052 |
Edmonson | $2,377,438 |
Elliott | $1,470,881 |
Estill | $2,760,176 |
Fayette | $63,232,410 |
Fleming | $2,853,121 |
Floyd | $6,963,838 |
Franklin | $9,977,607 |
Fulton | $1,167,977 |
Gallatin | $1,735,432 |
Garrard | $3,456,775 |
Grant | $4,905,349 |
Graves | $7,291,983 |
Grayson | $5,171,074 |
Green | $2,140,868 |
Greenup | $6,867,762 |
Hancock | $1,706,668 |
Hardin | $21,711,584 |
Harlan | $5,089,478 |
Harrison | $3,695,497 |
Hart | $3,724,653 |
Henderson | $8,846,417 |
Henry | $3,155,437 |
Hickman | $857,052 |
Hopkins | $8,743,884 |
Jackson | $2,608,137 |
Jefferson | $150,034,326 |
Jessamine | $10,588,893 |
Johnson | $4,341,612 |
Kenton | $32,677,149 |
Knott | $2,897,148 |
Knox | $6,094,263 |
Larue | $2,817,313 |
Laurel | $11,899,516 |
Lawrence | $2,997,137 |
Lee | $1,448,574 |
Leslie | $1,932,671 |
Letcher | $4,217,359 |
Lewis | $2,597,571 |
Lincoln | $4,803,598 |
Livingston | $1,799,026 |
Logan | $5,303,154 |
Lyon | $1,606,483 |
McCracken | $12,800,595 |
McCreary | $3,371,657 |
McLean | $1,801,570 |
Madison | $18,195,128 |
Magoffin | $2,379,590 |
Marion | $3,771,223 |
Marshall | $6,085,458 |
Martin | $2,190,569 |
Mason | $3,340,153 |
Meade | $5,590,794 |
Menifee | $1,269,728 |
Mercer | $4,291,715 |
Metcalfe | $1,970,632 |
Monroe | $2,083,927 |
Montgomery | $5,509,590 |
Morgan | $2,604,224 |
Muhlenberg | $5,991,926 |
Nelson | $9,046,591 |
Nicholas | $1,422,354 |
Ohio | $4,694,999 |
Oldham | $13,070,820 |
Owen | $2,133,041 |
Owsley | $863,900 |
Pendleton | $2,854,882 |
Perry | $5,040,168 |
Pike | $11,324,822 |
Powell | $2,418,334 |
Pulaski | $12,714,694 |
Robertson | $412,481 |
Rockcastle | $3,266,776 |
Rowan | $4,786,183 |
Russell | $3,507,063 |
Scott | $11,154,195 |
Shelby | $9,592,717 |
Simpson | $3,634,056 |
Spencer | $3,786,485 |
Taylor | $5,042,321 |
Todd | $2,405,615 |
Trigg | $2,866,818 |
Trimble | $1,657,554 |
Union | $2,813,986 |
Warren | $26,004,278 |
Washington | $2,366,676 |
Wayne | $3,978,637 |
Webster | $2,532,412 |
Whitley | $7,095,918 |
Wolfe | $1,400,438 |
Woodford | $5,231,146 |