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Officials warn tight ARPA closeout window leaves roughly $96 million at risk of reversion
Summary
State recovery officer Douglas Farnham told the appropriations committee Vermont has obligated its ARPA allocations but faces a constrained 2025–2026 spending window; about $96–99 million of ARPA remained unexpended as of Sept. 30 and will require careful reallocation or risk return to Treasury.
State recovery officials told the House Appropriations Committee that Vermont has largely obligated its American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) state and local fiscal recovery funds but faces a narrow spending window to expend remaining dollars.
“We got a 100% of the ARPA state and local fiscal recovery funds obligated,” Douglas Farnham, the state’s chief recovery officer, reported to the committee. Farnham said ARPA award agreements had to be created by Dec. 31, 2024, and that the program’s administrative rules create a two‑year closeout…
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