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Counties and the American Rescue Plan: Implementing the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund at the Local Level
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Counties and the American Rescue Plan: Implementing the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund at the Local Level
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In March 2021, Congress passed and the president signed a massive COVID-19 relief package, which provided new and critical funding to counties of all sizes to cover increased expenditures, replenish lost revenue and mitigate economic harm from the COVID-19 pandemic. Workshop attendees will hear from county leaders about their process allocating new federal COVID-19 relief at the local level.
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