American Rescue Plan

PolicyEngine computes how the 2021 policy would affect Americans and America in 2023. — In Tuesday’s State of the Union speech, President Joe Biden called to restore the full Child Tax Credit, which gave tens of millions of parents some breathing room and cut child poverty in half, to the lowest level in history. Biden may have been referring to the Child Tax Credit…

As live Tweeted by Kayleigh Lickliter Mikel Oglesby, Executive Director of DDOT, is presenting on their plan for the ARPA funding they’re receiving. Here’s how the public ranked proposed projects using ARPA funds

By Jeffrey Levi and Karen Minyard It’s the opportunity of a lifetime. The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) gave state and local leaders an unprecedented vehicle to make game-changing investments in public health, community aid, and infrastructure that lead to greater equity. With this and future federal funding, local foundations…

By Sara Kerr, Sam Stockwell and Jen Tolentino The last three years have stretched our schools to their absolute limit. Remote learning, social distancing, staffing shortages, ever-changing regulations — all of it — have left city staff, teachers, students and parents depleted. And as recovery efforts continue, it doesn’t look…

President Biden’s American Rescue Plan funding ‘worked,’ Memphis senator says MEMPHIS — Tennessee Sen. Raumesh Akbari issued a statement congratulating students and educators at Memphis-Shelby County Schools for their achievement on the spring TCAP test. Her full statement: “Our students and teachers have emerged from the challenges of the pandemic with an incredible academic performance. “This doesn’t happen by accident! Memphis-Shelby County Schools are trending up because we have tireless and dedicated educators, support staff and district leadership.

2 years after the first round of COVID-19 relief funds was approved, the US govt struggles to oversee its historic stimulus effort as fraudsters claim billions of dollars in relief. Tuesday, June 28, 2022, the New Jersey District Attorney’s Office reported on a Camden County, NJ woman who admitted to fraudulently obtaining 30 loans meant to help small businesses recover from the pandemic. Rhonda Thomas of Sicklerville, NJ filed fraudulent loans that dispersed over $3 million in federal COVID-19 emergency…

Christine Engelbrecht is determined to lift up the voices of teachers and school staff. She knows they are the people closest to students, with the clearest view of what’s needed most in public schools; as co-president of the Los Alamos (N.M.) …

An Open Letter to Education Secretary Cardona Dear Secretary Cardona: I was shocked to learn that approximately $6.5 billion of the American Rescue Plan for higher education remains unspent. Funds have already been received by institutions, and should be put to work, right now. I am not surprised that Congress…

In March of 2021, Democrats in Congress passed the American Rescue Plan in the wake of the pandemic-induced recession. One of the key components of the law was that every parent would receive $3,000 per child with no strings attached, $3,600 if the child was under six. A recent study…