Emergency Response

$51.6 Million in ARPA Funding

  • $50.4 Million in State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF)
  • $1.2 Million in City Funds

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COVID-19 Emergency Response - $22 Million

This Phase I allocation supported the City's response to COVID-19 in two key areas:

  1. Delivering essential community services to reduce the pandemic's impact, including:
    • Operating COVID-19 testing sites
    • Conducting contact tracing
    • Providing vaccine incentives to slow the spread of the virus
  2. Ensuring the City's workforce had proper personal protective equipment, could easily obtain COVID-19 testing and had access to the vaccine.

Emergency Preparedness - $13.7 Million

This Phase II allocation is being used for the following:

  • To equip public safety facilities with emergency generators
  • Enhance the Emergency Operations Center
  • Purchase emergency equipment
  • Obtain sheltering supplies for resiliency centers
  • Distribute elevation certificates for homes in the flood-prone Palm Heights area

Funding was made available beginning in FY 2024 through a reallocation from the COVID-19 Emergency Response program and is augmented with City funds.

Homeless Sheltering - $15.9 Million

This Phase II allocation supports the investment to the homeless response system and provides an interim step for homeless clients transitioning from the street into permanent housing by way of a low-barrier, non-congregate homeless shelter in FY 2024 and FY 2025.

This location, with 313 rooms, will enable SAMMinistries to to address clients’ trauma by providing:

  • 24/7 staffing
  • Basic housekeeping and maintenance
  • On-site case management
  • Mental health counseling

This investment is funded by a reallocation from the COVID-19 Emergency Response program.