$4.5M state grant to fund upgrade of Regional One’s post-acute, maternal care
The grants come from the Tennessee Department of Health’s Tennessee Healthcare Resiliency Program, a statewide program to expand health care services.
Topic: American Rescue Plan Act
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September 2023
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August 2023
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Community Foundation, City Council award nearly $450K in HBCU scholarships
More than 80 Memphis high school graduates were honored with a dinner reception at Memphis City Hall Wednesday night after being awarded scholarships from the Memphis City Council HBCU Scholarship Fund.
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May 2023
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City Council may set aside $150,000 for indigent, elderly in Environmental Court
Shelby County Environmental Court wants to create a fund that would help indigent and elderly people remediate blight on their property.
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March 2023
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$100M+ for water infrastructure heading to Memphis
As the state allocates more than $200 million into water projects, Memphis’ share accounted for more than half the total grant amount.
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November 2022
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New $230M program aimed at improving Tennessee health care
The program will award grants to expand patient capacity, upgrade practices and technology, and improve access to health care services.
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August 2022
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GPAC receives $1.4M state grant to help recover from pandemic losses
A grant nearing $1.4 million will help Germantown Performing Arts Center cover costs the city traditionally paid through 2024.
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July 2022
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Strickland talks about using federal funds to break chain of violence
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland says workforce development and a longer-term violence-intervention program are priorities for the use of the federal funding.
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March 2022
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Deputy Treasury Secretary fields inflation questions on ARPA anniversary
While Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo was in the city, the state’s two Republican Senators in Washington remained vocal critics of Biden administration economic and energy policies.
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February 2022
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County Commission to consider pandemic contracts
The meeting Monday will also include votes on , environmental justice funding and a transportation consultant, plus other matters linked to the county’s share of federal American Rescue Plan Act funding.
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City Council approves $5M for Tom Lee Park redesign
The ARPA funding is in place of Tourism Development Zone revenues the city pledged as part of a $10 million contribution toward the $62-million redesign of Tom Lee Park currently underway.
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January 2022
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County Commission approves corrections officer pay raises
The money will mean raises of up to 20% for guards working at prisons run by the county administration.
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Federal ARPA funds for past-due mortgage payments coming from state
The Tennessee Housing Development Agency begins taking applications online Monday, Jan. 10, for $168 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funding for those behind on their mortgage payments specifically because of the pandemic.
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First County Commission meeting of year focuses on Omicron spike
County commissioners will get their second briefing from the Health Department in a week about the effect the new Omicron variant is having on local hospital capacity.
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November 2021
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County Commission rearranges $2.25 million of ARPA funding
Left unresolved is $7.9 million in ARPA spending for FedExForum that commissioners delayed action on.
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County Commission takes first of 3 votes on pay raise for mayor and sheriff
The commission also votes Monday, Nov. 15, on $10.8 million in indirect federal American Rescue Plan Act funding delayed when the commission approved a budget for using most but not all of the federal funding.
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City to pay ex-offender wages as re-entry program incentive
The City of Memphis is using $1 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding over the next three years to increase the incentives for employers hiring those coming out of prison.
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Ford tests new commission chairman with ARPA budget amendments
The commissioner’s attempt to reopen the county’s ARPA budget ran aground when Chairman Willie Brooks and others said he is abusing the process.
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October 2021
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City Council approves projects to spend ARPA allocation
Most of the early proposals for the council’s share of ARPA funding took a cut in their dollar figures in the compromise worked out by Chase Carlisle and Edmund Ford Sr.
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County Commission approves most federal COVID aid use
Commissioners approved the plans for using $58 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding, but several challenged Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris’ plans for the remaining $10 million.
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County Commission to vote on how to spend $52M in ARPA funds
The approval of the spending, which includes $19.1 million for Regional One Health and $4.4 milion to expand health care access to uninsured Shelby Countians, is county general fund money available as the federal ARPA money goes to account for lost county revenues in the pandemic.
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Council approves $4.9 million for City Hall facade repairs
The council also delayed action on several resolutions awarding federal American Rescue Plan Act funding allocated for the council’s uses.
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Council considers funding to change City Hall’s look
The $4.9 million in funding would replace much, but not all, of the 55-year old structure’s exterior marble veneer.
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September 2021
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Ford out as County Commission budget committee chairman
After two contentious budget seasons, commission chairman Willie Brooks has changed up what is the most critical committee assignment in county government.
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Federal funds trigger new type of budget season for city and county
The Memphis City Council and Shelby County Commission are already getting requests from groups that want a share of the money.
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Pipeline ordinances come to council crossroads
Also on the Tuesday, Sept. 21, Memphis City Council agenda is more discussion of how to spend the council’s $20 million share of the city’s federal ARPA funds and a minimum wage for getting EDGE tax incentives.
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