American Rescue Plan Act

American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)

The American Rescue Plan (2021) is providing fast and direct economic assistance for American workers, families, small businesses, and industries.

The American Rescue Plan continues many of the programs started by the CARES Act (2020) and Consolidated Appropriations Act (2021) by adding new phases, new allocations, and new guidance to address issues related to the continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic. The American Rescue Plan also creates a variety of new programs to address continuing pandemic-related crises, and fund recovery efforts as the United States begins to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The American Rescue Plan was passed by Congress on March 10, 2021 and signed into law on March 11, 2021.

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Premium Pay

In alignment with the guidelines prescribed by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF), funding has been set aside to provide Premium Pay payments to eligible public and private sector workers. These funds are intended to respond to workers performing essential work during the COVID-19 public health emergency by providing Premium Pay to those workers who were both needed to maintain continuity of operations of essential services and unable to perform their duties remotely.

USVI Recovery Plan

The American Rescue Plan Act (the Act) established the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund (CSFRF) and Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund, which provide a combined $350 billion in assistance to eligible state, local, territorial, and Tribal governments.

Territory Virgin Islands

TOTAL FUNDING

$547,176,884

Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds (CSFRF)

FUNDING BASED ON POPULATION

$65,344,070

FUNDING FROM EVEN DISTRIBUTION

$450,000,000

Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (CLFRF)

COUNTY AND NEU ALLOCATIONS

$31,832,814

United States Virgin Islands Office of Management & Budget American Rescue Plan Act SLFRF

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Use of Funds

The Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds provide eligible state, local, territorial, and Tribal governments with a substantial infusion of resources to meet pandemic response needs and rebuild a stronger, and more equitable economy as the country recovers. Recipients may use these funds to:

Support public health expenditures, by, for example, funding COVID-19 mitigation efforts, medical expenses, behavioral healthcare, and certain public health and safety staff
Address negative economic impacts caused by the public health emergency, including economic harms to workers, households, small businesses, impacted industries, and the public sector
Replace lost public sector revenue, using this funding to provide government services to the extent of the reduction in revenue experienced due to the pandemic
Provide premium pay for essential workers, offering additional support to those who have and will bear the greatest health risks because of their service in critical infrastructure sectors
Invest in water, sewer, and broadband infrastructure, making necessary investments to improve access to clean drinking water, support vital wastewater and stormwater infrastructure, and to expand access to broadband internet

Within these overall categories, recipients have broad flexibility to decide how best to use this funding to meet the needs of their communities.