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Saginaw ARPA recipient Saginaw Just Transition seeks clarification after Guidehouse flags grant as ‘high risk’

5764804 · August 12, 2025
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Saginaw Just Transition (DAPA) said Guidehouse designated its ARPA award as high risk despite earlier guidance; the group asked the city and Guidehouse for a meeting. City staff said allocations are complete and described monitoring procedures including a 10% cap on indirect admin.

Pamela Pugh, speaking for Saginaw Just Transition — a fiscally sponsored project of Movement Strategy Center and a recipient of a $210,000 ARPA award approved by council on Sept. 23, 2024 — asked the council on Aug. 11 for follow-up after she said the group learned it had been designated “high risk” by Guidehouse, the city’s ARPA monitoring contractor. Pugh said her group was initially told in March by Guidehouse that it did not need to file a quarterly report but that, after repeated submissions of requested materials, it…

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