Guilford County is accepting ideas for near- and long-term projects or programs from any municipal corporation or other public body, bodies politic and corporate of the State of North Carolina, as well as local and nonprofit organizations whose principal place of business is in Guilford County.
Donor Name: County of Guilford
State: North Carolina
County: Guilford County (NC)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 03/13/2022
Details:
The U.S. Department of Treasury has identified five focus areas for use of ARPA funding, and submissions must include at least one of these required uses of funds. Within these broad categories, applicants have the flexibility to decide how to best use funding to meet the unique needs of their community.
- Support the public health response and/or expenditures (e.g. funding COVID-19 mitigation efforts, behavioral healthcare, certain public health & safety staff);
- Address negative economic impacts caused by the public health emergency (e.g. economic harms to workers, households, small businesses, impacted industries, and the public sector);
- Replace lost public sector revenue (e.g. funding to provide government services that experienced a reduction in revenue due to the pandemic);
- Provide premium pay for essential workers(e.g. additional support to those that bear the greatest health risk because of their service in critical sectors);
- Invest in water, sewer, and broadband infrastructure (e.g. necessary investments to improve access to clean drinking water, support wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure, expand access to broadband internet).
Funding Principles
Guilford County is committed to the following principles as it invests these funds in the community:
- Center on community voice in decision-making
- Honor County values of equity/inclusion, accountability, service excellence, and transparency/communication
- Build on the foundation of existing County and regional efforts
- Maximize funding by cross-mapping initiatives against more restrictive funding streams and State/Federal opportunities
- Invest in best practices by adding capacity, infrastructure, and expertise early
- Focus on sustainability with one-time uses or by establishing a path to sustainability
Eligibility Criteria
- Proposals will be accepted from any municipal corporation or other public body, and bodies politic and corporate of the State of North Carolina as well as nonprofit organizations whose principal place of business is in Guilford County. If an organization does not meet this criterion, it may partner with another organization to serve as fiscal agent for the purposes of administering grant funding.
- Organizations may submit up to one (1) project proposal each.
- Collaborative submittals are welcome and should select a lead entity for submission and contracting purposes. Subawards are allowable, meaning passing through funding to sub-recipients to carry out a part of the work. In these cases, the lead entity would be responsible for ensuring all award guidelines, compliance, and reporting expectations are met.
For more information, visit ARPA Funding.
