New Report Explains How Governments Can Leverage Federal Funds to Partner with Local Nonprofits


Brian Skinner ARPA, Government & Policy, Local Government, State Fiscal & Economic Policy

By Brian Skinner, Esq.Ā  Theā€ÆNational Council of Nonprofitsā€Æhas issued aā€ÆreportĀ on how state and local governments canĀ partnerĀ withĀ nonprofit organizations in theirĀ communities toĀ useĀ relief funds distributed through theĀ American Rescue Plan ActĀ (ā€œARPAā€)Ā by expanding existing programs or creating new ones.Ā Ā  Congress expressly declared in theĀ ARPAĀ that state, local, Tribal, and territorial governments may use their allocations of the $350 billion in Coronavirus …Read More

West Virginia and American Rescue Plan Act Funds


Brian Skinner ARPA, Budget, COVID-19, Government & Policy, State Fiscal & Economic Policy

By Brian Skinner, Esq. State governments, including West Virginia, are beginning to receive the first allocations from $193.5 billion in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds. The ARPA, signed into law by President Biden on March 11, 2021, establishes the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund. Ā The Fiscal Recovery Funds are intended to provide support to …Read More