Articles Tagged: American Rescue Plan

The city is spending $1.1 million in American Rescue Plan Act dollars to fund a Shelter House housing stability pilot program designed to prevent homelessness.

The Cedar Rapids City Council will hold a public hearing to consider plans for an estimated $4.665 million renovation of the former Colonial Center building into affordable housing units. Also, the deadline is approaching to apply to fill an Iowa City Council vacancy.

Cedar Rapids City Manager Jeff Pomeranz -- the highest paid city administrator in Iowa -- is slated to receive a 4 percent pay bump this week with a City Council vote.

The county supervisors included $1 million for Kirkwood tuition assistance in the latest round of ARPA allocations this fall

The five-week pre-apprenticeship program creates a pathway for Iowans to qualify for and complete a skilled trades apprenticeship. Iowa City is investing more than $400,000 in pandemic relief dollars, which will allow the Labor Center to run the program for the next four years.

The grants will be funded with $250,000 in American Rescue Plan Act dollars

Iowa City awards 3 tourism grants

$20M in federal pandemic funds will help build 91 homes

The wage enhancement program funded by pandemic relief dollars is intended to boost wages without raising the cost for Johnson County families.

A slice of federal COVID-19 stimulus funds will go toward Cedar Rapids’ efforts to speed up westside flood control and to turn the former Colonial Center into affordable housing.

Johnson County’s direct assistance program funded by pandemic relief dollars was the first of its kind in the state. After successfully advocating for these payments for immigrant workers, Escucha Mi Voz members share how these checks helped them and what comes next.

A $6 million ARPA contribution from the city of Cedar Rapids gets the library closer to its goal of raising $25 million to build a permanent facility off 20th Avenue and Wiley Boulevard SW.

Cedar Rapids Public Library gets the largest allocation at $4 million. That money will go toward construction of a new west side library.

This is the second time the supervisors have delayed the allocation decisions. The supervisors were supposed to decide last Wednesday, but originally pushed the allocation choices to Monday.

Iowa’s small towns, many of which are declining in population, struggle to fund necessary infrastructure projects. Some, like Ely in Linn County, are looking to alternative funding options.