Articles Tagged: American Rescue Plan

Other priorities include eviction prevention, affordable housing, help to nonprofits

City staff will present recommendations on how to spend American Rescue Plan Act funds during Tuesday’s City Council meeting

Cedar Rapids and Linn County officials seek collaboration on how to spend a combined $72 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds, looking to set aside old tensions to maximize public benefit.

Linn County is holding two more public forums for input on how to allocate its share of federal American Rescue Plan Act funding

Housing, child care and climate were key issues mentioned Wednesday night

The district received the funding from the U.S. Department of Education and American Rescue Plan to help offset costs during the coronavirus pandemic.

Some lenders say their worst fears about impact of the coronavirus pandemic on mortgage delinquencies and potential foreclosures have not been realized.

Advocates ask area elected officials to commit money to those who have been left out of federal programs

“When you're looking at real ways to help American families, it's to make sure they're not seeing record inflation like we're experiencing right now,” Hinson said.

Advocacy groups are uniting to urge the Cedar Rapids City Council to use its share of federal American Rescue Plan funding to benefit the public good, in particular by developing more affordable housing.

Funding will go toward social services, workforce development, flood protection and lost city revenue

Despite concerns Iowa isn’t moving fast enough for cities to get American Rescue Plan money, cities say delaying the start of the “shot clock” will give them time to prepare applications for funds to cover infrastructure, revenue loss and “community relief.”

Gov. Kim Reynolds said Wednesday she will use some pandemic relief funds on a marketing campaign to persuade people to move to Iowa, a state that has a job surplus and has lifted COVID-19 restrictions more quickly than other states.

Iowa will get $1.48 billion in aid under the federal government’s plan to help states hit by the coronavirus pandemic, according to new numbers released Monday.

DES MOINES — House Republicans plan to freeze funding for regents universities, but said Monday they will have “plenty of …