Rescue Plan money is on the table
No matter what’s in our wallets, we deserve a government that cares for us. The American Recovery Plan (ARP) Act makes $65.1B available for local governments nationwide, of which $19.5B is specifically communities with a population of less than 50,000 (these small communities are labeled “nonentitlement communities”). In Pennsylvania, there are 2,560 municipalities; about 99.5% are nonentitlement communities.
The federal government has never before created a direct stream of grant money that is intended for all municipalities nationwide – maybe that explains why some local leaders don’t think this grant funding applies to them. Those local leaders are mistaken.
There is no application process for nonentitlement communities.
Grant funds will reach your municipality if it has a valid DUNS (a 9-digit unique number obtained from the business credit-reporting professionals at Dun & Bradstreet and used by the federal government to track allocations of federal money).
The National League of Cities’ website (nlc.org) has a resource hub and holds weekly calls to update local governments on details and guidelines on permissible uses as they are provided by the U.S. Treasury. The NLC website also has a search feature that includes almost all municipalities and shows the House Committee on Oversight’s estimated allocations which are based on the 2010-2019 census dataset.
Within a short drive of Tinicum Township, the estimated allocations of ARP grant funds is more than $84,000 for Reigelsville Borough, $125,000 for Bridgeton Township, $330,000 for Nockamixon Township, $390,000 for Tinicum Township, $845,000 for Solebury Township, $1,400,000 for Plumstead Township and $2,000,000 for Buckingham Township.
We have for too long had people in power who have neglected to provide us the resources we need – even when these resources have been offered.
Eleanor Breslin Upper Black Eddy
The federal government has never before created a direct stream of grant money that is intended for all municipalities nationwide – maybe that explains why some local leaders don’t think this grant funding applies to them. Those local leaders are mistaken.
There is no application process for nonentitlement communities.
Grant funds will reach your municipality if it has a valid DUNS (a 9-digit unique number obtained from the business credit-reporting professionals at Dun & Bradstreet and used by the federal government to track allocations of federal money).
The National League of Cities’ website (nlc.org) has a resource hub and holds weekly calls to update local governments on details and guidelines on permissible uses as they are provided by the U.S. Treasury. The NLC website also has a search feature that includes almost all municipalities and shows the House Committee on Oversight’s estimated allocations which are based on the 2010-2019 census dataset.
Within a short drive of Tinicum Township, the estimated allocations of ARP grant funds is more than $84,000 for Reigelsville Borough, $125,000 for Bridgeton Township, $330,000 for Nockamixon Township, $390,000 for Tinicum Township, $845,000 for Solebury Township, $1,400,000 for Plumstead Township and $2,000,000 for Buckingham Township.
We have for too long had people in power who have neglected to provide us the resources we need – even when these resources have been offered.
Eleanor Breslin Upper Black Eddy