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Finance committee divides over ARPA reallocation; holds decision for further talks
Summary
Committee debated three competing reallocation proposals for roughly $6.17 million in unspent ARPA funds, including $300,000 for a guaranteed-cash maternal stability pilot and more than $300,000 for right-to-counsel eviction defense. Members split over concentrating funding vs. spreading it across youth jobs, energy upgrades and down-payment assistance; the committee held the item for another meeting.
The City of Milwaukee's Finance and Personnel Committee spent much of its May 6 session debating how to spend roughly $6.17 million in remaining American Rescue Plan Act funds, dividing sharply over whether to concentrate the money on a few proven programs or spread it across many smaller initiatives.
Committee members first considered "Substitute A," which would have directed $300,000 to the Bridal Project (an unconditional-cash program for pregnant Milwaukee residents) and $317,214 to the Legal Aid Society's Eviction Free MKE right-to-counsel program. The Bridal Project's local representative, identified at the meeting as Ms. Bishop, told the committee the program produced a 67% drop in housing instability in its evaluation and that the Zilber Family Foundation has committed to cover 150 of 200 planned…
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