The county will receive about $159 million total from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). "This is definitely a people's plan," said Commission President Stephanie Summerow Dumas. "[We're] trying to bring people where they can feel like they have a future, and there's some hope." The spending plan is broadly split into two categories: one with immediate-need programs to be deployed this summer, and one with long-term projects that require more planning. "People are still struggling," said Commissioner Denise Driehaus. "How do we provide mortgage assistance, rent assistance, small business assistance, non-profit assistance, to those who are still struggling out there, and also reserve enough of these dollars to make sure we can do some transformational things?"