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Santa Fe outlines $7 million in ARPA human-services investments including childcare, homelessness and cash aid
Summary
City staff and the Youth and Family Services Division presented a review of how roughly $7 million of the city’s $15 million American Rescue Plan Act allocation was encumbered and deployed for early childcare, homeless services, youth and community violence prevention, and direct cash assistance programs.
Santa Fe city staff on March 26 detailed how the city spent and encumbered its American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) allocation on human services, saying the city met the federal encumbrance deadline and has contracts in place to spend the funds through 2026.
The presentation, led by Finance Director Emily Oster and Youth and Family Services Division Director Julie Sanchez, explained the city received a $15,000,000 ARPA award and that the Youth and Family Services Division was allocated roughly $7,000,000 to support projects including early childcare training, expanded homeless services, youth and community violence programs, and direct cash transfers to residents.
The summary matters because the Treasury requires ARPA funds to be encumbered by a deadline; Oster said the city met that requirement and therefore will not have to return federal dollars. The presentation also outlined ongoing evaluation and efforts to identify sustainable funding for programs beyond ARPA.
Oster said the city received the ARPA award in 2022 and that the federal program is administered by the U.S. Department of…
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