Fulton County

Recovery Plan 

State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds

2021 Report
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Fulton County

2021 Recovery Plan

Table of Contents

General Overview......................................................................................................................2

Executive Summary.................................................................................................................2

Uses of Funds .........................................................................................................................3

Promoting Equitable Outcomes ...............................................................................................5

Community Engagement .........................................................................................................9

Labor Practices .....................................................................................................................11

Use of Evidence ....................................................................................................................11

Table of Expenses by Expenditure Category.........................................................................12

Project Inventory.....................................................................................................................15

Example Project ...................................................................................................................15

Additional Projects.................................................................................................................17

Ineligible Activities: Tax Offset Provision ............................................................................28
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GENERAL OVERVIEW

Executive Summary:

Fulton County has been on the frontlines of responding to the immense public health and 

economic needs created by this COVID-19 crisis. Urgent assistance provided includes starting 

up testing & vaccination sites, providing rental assistance, supporting small businesses, providing 

job training, delivering in-demand social services, and providing other supportive services to those 

affected by the pandemic.

This program is providing a substantial infusion of resources to our communities, working to turn 

the tide on the effects of the pandemic, address its economic fallout, and lay the foundation for a 

strong and equitable recovery for all Fulton county Citizens.

On June 17, 2021, Treasury released the Compliance and Reporting Guidance for the SLFRF 

Program. This guidance provided the additional detail and clarification that Fulton County needed 

to collect for compliance and reporting responsibilities. In order to stay in compliance with the 

guidance, the County has created a transparency page as part of our push for open government 

that provides the required reporting requirements under the guidance provided by the U.S. 

Department of Treasury.

This page is meant to provide our citizens with insight and details on how Fulton County plans to 

utilize the SLFRF to serve those that have been impacted by the pandemic. If you are interested 

in seeing an electronic version of this report you can visit our transparency page at: 

https://sharefulton.fultoncountyga.gov/stories/s/n6s4-ty82.
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Uses of Funds:

The Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds provide eligible state, local, territorial, 

and Tribal governments with a substantial infusion of resources to meet pandemic response 

needs and rebuild a stronger, and more equitable economy as the country recovers. Recipients 

may use these funds to:

 Support public health expenditures, by, for example, funding COVID-19 mitigation efforts, 

medical expenses, behavioral healthcare, and specific public health and safety staff

 Address negative economic impacts caused by the public health emergency, including 

economic harms to workers, households, small businesses, impacted industries, and the 

public sector

 Replace lost public sector revenue, using this funding to provide government services to the 

extent of the reduction in revenue experienced due to the pandemic

 Provide premium pay for essential workers, offering additional support to those who have 

and will bear the most significant health risks because of their service in critical infrastructure 

sectors

 Invest in water, sewer, and broadband infrastructure, making necessary investments to 

improve access to clean drinking water, support vital wastewater and storm water

infrastructure, and expand access to broadband internet.

Within these overall categories, recipients have broad flexibility to decide how best to use this 

funding to meet the needs of their communities. Utilizing this guidance, Fulton County has

reviewed needs and established use cases for federal dollars.
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Fulton County has been awarded and is the recipient of $206M in State and Local Fiscal 

Recovery dollars from the federal government to serve our citizens. These funds will generally 

be utilized for the following purposes in accordance with the interim and final rule for this 

program.

General Description of Fund Uses by Fulton County:

a. Public Health (EC 1):

 Funding will go towards COVID vaccination and testing efforts, including the operations 

at Mercedes Benz Stadium, Community Vaccination Center.

 Increase the availability of behavioral health services within the community.

 Community outreach and educational efforts.

 Providing incentives for the community to increase the number of vaccinations.

b. Negative Economic Impacts (EC 2):

 Community Service programs providing supportive services to individuals and families 

will be increased.

 Using funds to serve families that have been affected by food insecurity.

 Long Term Revolving Loan Programs will be created to support struggling businesses

 Funds will be used to provide job training for individuals affected by the pandemic.

c. Services to Disproportionately Impacted Communities (EC 3):

 Fulton County will utilize a portion of these funds to assist those individuals that have 

experienced a delay in the timely processing of their court cases to reduce any backlog 

in court cases.

 Funding will be utilized to assist in outreach to communities that are showing low 

vaccination rates to reduce the spread of disease within those neighborhoods.

 Funds will be used to try and improve the impact of the pandemic on communities that 

are of lower socioeconomic status.

 Minority communities have been impacted by the pandemic, and funds will be distributed 

through various programs to these neighborhoods around the County.

d. Premium Pay (EC 4):

 Fulton County will utilize these funds to provide eligible County employees with premium 

pay equal to 3.5% of their annual base salary.

 Funds will be used to support our essential workers that are key to efforts to recover 

from the pandemic and serving the citizens

e. Water, sewer, and broadband infrastructure (EC 5):

 The County does not plan to use any of these funds for water or sewer infrastructure at 

this time.

 Under this eligible use of funds, the county plans to complete improvements to our 

facilities that will fall under pandemic proofing buildings and offices. This includes the 
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implementation of COVID-19 prevention or mitigation tactics, such as physical changes 

to enable social distancing. 

 Funding will be utilized to improve the internet connectivity and broadband across the 

County networks and for the use of a remote workforce.

f. Revenue Replacement (EC 6):

 Fulton County does not anticipate to use any of the State and Fiscal Recovery Plan 

dollars for Revenue Replacement at this time

Promoting Equitable Outcomes:

Fulton County is a diverse community, and the Board of Commissioners always strives to 

ensure that programs and funds are available to every qualified citizen in a manner that is fair 

and equitable. In this section of the report, we will describe efforts to promote equitable 

outcomes, including how programs were designed with equity in mind.

Goals:

Fulton County has one of the most diverse populations in the State of Georgia, both racially and 

economically. Through this pandemic, many of our low and moderate-income and communities 

of color have been most impacted.

These impacts have affected and exacerbated systemic health and economic inequities that the 

County has been addressing for many years. Fulton County has a Health Equity in all Policies 

stance that looks at the impacts of all programs to ensure that we properly serve all our citizens 

fairly and equally.

 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds allow Fulton county to address the 

disproportionate public health and economic impacts of the crisis on the hardest-hit 

communities, populations, and households in many ways; and Fulton County is committed 

to making a difference in our communities that are measurable and impactful for our 

citizens.

Fulton County has been a leader in transparency and open government to our citizens. 

Currently, at each of the Board of Commissioners (BOC) meetings, the Executive Team 

provides public presentations on the State and Local Recovery Funds program. 

These presentations have led to hundreds of public comments on the use of these funds; and 

how quickly our citizens need to get access to this in our community. These informational 

presentations will continue at the BOC meetings to ensure the public is kept aware of 

expenditures and changes to any programming of funds. 

 The County will also be publishing an open transparency page of the State and Local Fiscal 

Recovery program on our open government portal to ensure citizens are aware of available 

programs and how funds are being expended.
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Access and Distribution

 

Currently, Fulton County does not have any specific difference in the levels of access to any 

resident for services and utilization of the funding for the programs funded. These programs are 

designed to be fair and equal to all eligible residents in need and affected by the pandemic.

The difference in service levels occurs in specific areas of the County where we see a low 

vaccination rate. In those areas, the County is making specific efforts to eliminate any potential 

disparities that could be occurring.

The programs are federal funding and have many requirements that the County is responsible 

for maintaining and keeping records of funds. The County is always looking for opportunities, in 

which it can eliminate paperwork or burden on citizens to provide. The County also provides 

input to our federal partners on ideas we have to try and eliminate any barriers to provide 

services to our citizens.

Outcomes:

The County focuses on collecting data on the programs and services we are providing with this 

funding to focus the outcomes of our effort-oriented results. This data will then lead the County 

to review the information and adapt our programs to address any gaps in providing services to 

any specific population or area. 

This data and outcome-based approach that has been taken had already led the County to 

make adjustments to how some of our services are provided in some of our minority areas by 

zip code and census tracks. This focus on weekly reviewing the data as a team allows the 

County to make adjustments in almost real-time to fill any identified gaps.

Outcomes for our funded programs and services will be published on our transparency page, 

which will allow the citizens to view the results and provide feedback on if they feel we reach our 

stated outcome or if we need to make changes based on community needs.
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Negative Economic Impacts (EC 2):

Fulton County will provide assistance to households, small businesses, and non-profits to 

address the impacts of the pandemic, which have been most severe among low-income 

populations. This includes assistance with food, housing, and other needs; employment 

programs for people with barriers to employment who faced negative economic impacts from 

the pandemic (such as residents of low-income neighborhoods, minorities, disconnected youth, 

the unemployed, formerly incarcerated people, veterans, and people with disabilities); and other 

strategies that provide disadvantaged groups with access to education, jobs, and opportunity.
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Services to Disproportionately Impacted Communities (EC 3):

Services to address health disparities and the social determinants of health, build stronger 

neighborhoods and communities (e.g., affordable housing), address educational disparities 

(e.g., evidence-based tutoring, community schools, and academic, social-emotional, and mental 

health supports for high poverty schools), and promote healthy childhood environments (e.g., 

home visiting, child care).
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Community Engagement 

Fulton County Board of Commissioners (BOC) feels that public input on the use of these federal 

dollars is key to ensuring that funding is used to meet the needs that our citizens identify as 

important, and the County encourages public comments at all times.

At each of our BOC meeting, since the beginning of this pandemic, the executive staff has 

provided a public briefing on how COVID has affected our community; and has identified how 
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the County has proposed to utilize any local, state, and federal dollars to respond to identified 

needs of the of the community. Proposed use cases were presented that identified the use of 

funds, timeframes, high level key performance indicators, status updates, and lead contact 

person.

During many of these meetings the BOC has received hundreds of public comments on the use 

of these federal dollars, which were driven by proposed resolutions that were made part of the 

public agenda.

The public is given a chance to attend the meetings in person, along with the options to attend 

virtually and/or submit public comments in writing as part of the public comment section of the 

agenda. The comments on the use of SLFRF funds are part of the records that are available in 

the minutes of the BOC and video tapings for each meeting. 

The County tries to make all reasonable accommodations to assist citizens, such as alternative 

formats, sign language, interpretations, closed captioning/subtitling, review of accommodation 

requests outside of our ADA plan. 

Fulton County is also always looking at the data behind the services and programs that we 

operated or funded to ensure the services are made available to all eligible residents to the best 

of our ability. If there are areas that are identified as underserved, the management team makes 

adjustments accordingly. These changes are then included as the public presentations that are 

made during the public meetings.

Fulton County Public Comment Policy:

During the Public Comment portion of a Board Meeting, citizens may voice County-related 

requests, concerns, opinions, etc. At the Regular Meeting, speakers will be heard prior to the 

zoning portion of the agenda; if applicable, at the Recess Meeting, prior to the County 

Manager’s Unfinished Business. Before speaking, each speaker presenting in person must fill 

out a speaker card, located at the Assembly Hall entrance and podium. All speaker cards must 

be submitted to the Clerk’s staff prior to the commencement of public comment, who will accept 

them on a first-come, first-served basis. The meeting will be aired live on all official Fulton 

County Government media platforms designated by the Fulton County Department of External 

Affairs. Speakers wishing to submit public comment to the Board in writing can do so by 

submitting their comments in all two forms deemed allowable by the Fulton County Department 

of External Affairs. To be read into the record, written comments must be received by 5PM on 

the Tuesday, immediately prior to the meeting in the form outlined. All virtual public five 

comments and requests to speak in person must be submitted before the Clerk sounds at the 

start of the meeting.

i. Speakers who cannot be present at Assembly Hall may speak live or via 

videoconference (ex. Zoom). Speakers can also speak live from other County facilities 

made available, such as the North Fulton Service Center or the South Fulton Service 

Center.

 ii. Comments via e-mail shall be provided electronically to the BOC and their staff 

before the meeting begins, and all comments shall be included as part of the Minutes of 

the Board of Commissioners meeting.

 iii. Comments via e-mail that are the same in nature or pertain to the same BOC 

Agenda Item number shall be categorized by County staff ahead of the meeting. To 
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expedite time, for e-mailed public comments that are the same in nature or pertain to the 

same BOC Agenda Item number or subject matter/topic, the Clerk or other assigned 

staff shall read the Agenda Item number and/or topic, and then read the list of public

commenters’ names and locations (if given) that are in support of the Item; then read the 

list of public commenters’ names and locations (if given) who oppose the Agenda item or 

topic. This rule shall apply to all forms of pre-written/pre-recorded public comments. 

 iv. Public Comment will occur prior to the business portion of the BOC meeting and will 

be strictly limited to 30 minutes. In-person comments will three be made first, followed by 

written/e-mailed comments. Regardless of the form of the public comment 

(spoken/written), the time limit will be two (2) minutes, and no time shall be yielded to 

other speakers. 

 v. In the event the 30-minute time limit is reached prior to public comments seven 

being completed, public comment will be suspended, and the business eight portion of 

the BOC meeting will commence. Public comment will resume at nine at the end of the 

meeting. Similarly, written comments (that were timely ten submitted) not previously 

read may be read at the end of the meeting.

 vi. Speaker cards will provide three (3) options for those individuals who want to speak 

that were not able to comment during the initial 30 minutes public comment time limit: 

 a. Speak at the end of the meeting; 

 b. Be placed at the front of the line for public comment at the next meetings; or

 c. Provide written comments that will be read at the end of the BOC meeting. 

vii. In the event that none of these three options are selected, the individual will forfeit 

their right to public comment for that day.

Labor Practices:

Fulton County has not selected to do any major infrastructure improvements at this time, and 

this would not apply.

Use of Evidence:

Fulton County will be utilizing data and analytics to look at the impact that this funding will or has 

had on communities that are served. As data is collected the staff will review information on a 

regular basis and make adjustments accordingly.

The County is also purchasing access to Recovery and Insights, which is a database platform 

that will look at the overall economic recovery across Fulton. This data will look at business 
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recovery, wages, social services, income from the tax base, and many other data point for 

comparison.

Table of Expenses by Expenditure Category:

Category Cumulative

expenditures to 

date ($)

Amount spent 

since last 

Recovery Plan

1 Expenditure Category: Public Health

1.1 COVID-19 Vaccination

1.2 COVID-19 Testing

1.3 COVID-19 Contact Tracing

1.4 Prevention in Congregate Settings (Nursing 

Homes, Prisons/Jails, Dense Work Sites, 

Schools, etc.)

 $348,180.00 

1.5 Personal Protective Equipment $1,286,195.00 

1.6 Medical Expenses (including Alternative Care 

Facilities)

1.7 Capital Investments or Physical Plant Changes 

to Public Facilities that respond to the COVID19 public health emergency

 $271,225.00 

1.8 Other COVID-19 Public Health Expenses 

(including Communications, Enforcement, 

Isolation/Quarantine)

 $596,205.00 

1.9 Payroll Costs for Public Health, Safety, and 

Other Public Sector Staff Responding to 

COVID-19

1.10 Mental Health Services

1.11 Substance Use Services

1.12 Other Public Health Services $5,425.00 

2 Expenditure Category: Negative Economic 

Impacts

2.1 Household Assistance: Food Programs 

2.2 Household Assistance: Rent, Mortgage, and 

Utility Aid 

2.3 Household Assistance: Cash Transfers 

2.4 Household Assistance: Internet Access 

Programs

2.5 Household Assistance: Eviction Prevention

2.6 Unemployment Benefits or Cash Assistance to 

Unemployed Workers

2.7 Job Training Assistance (e.g., Sectoral jobtraining, Subsidized Employment, Employment 

Supports or Incentives)

2.8 Contributions to UI Trust Funds*
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Category Cumulative

expenditures to 

date ($)

Amount spent 

since last 

Recovery Plan

2.9 Small Business Economic Assistance (General)

2.10 Aid to nonprofit organizations

2.11 Aid to Tourism, Travel, or Hospitality

2.12 Aid to Other Impacted Industries

2.13 Other Economic Support 

2.14 Rehiring Public Sector Staff

3 Expenditure Category: Services to 

Disproportionately Impacted Communities

3.1 Education Assistance: Early Learning 

3.2 Education Assistance: Aid to High-Poverty 

Districts

3.3 Education Assistance: Academic Services 

3.4 Education Assistance: Social, Emotional, and 

Mental Health Services 

3.5 Education Assistance: Other 

3.6 Healthy Childhood Environments: Child Care 

3.7 Healthy Childhood Environments: Home Visiting 

3.8 Healthy Childhood Environments: Services to 

Foster Youth or Families Involved in Child 

Welfare System 

3.9. Healthy Childhood Environments: Other 

3.10 Housing Support: Affordable Housing 

3.11 Housing Support: Services for Unhoused 

persons 

3.12 Housing Support: Other Housing Assistance 

3.13 Social Determinants of Health: Other 

3.14 Social Determinants of Health: Community 

Health Workers or Benefits Navigators 

3.15 Social Determinants of Health: Lead 

Remediation

3.16 Social Determinants of Health: Community 

Violence Interventions 

4 Expenditure Category: Premium Pay

4.1 Public Sector Employees $3,369,382.00 

4.2 Private Sector: Grants to other employers 

5 Expenditure Category: Infrastructure

5.1 Clean Water: Centralized wastewater treatment

5.2 Clean Water: Centralized wastewater collection 

and conveyance

5.3 Clean Water: Decentralized wastewater

5.4 Clean Water: Combined sewer overflows
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Category Cumulative

expenditures to 

date ($)

Amount spent 

since last 

Recovery Plan

5.5 Clean Water: Other sewer infrastructure

5.6 Clean Water: Stormwater

5.7 Clean Water: Energy conservation

5.8 Clean Water: Water conservation

5.9 Clean Water: Nonpoint source 

5.10 Drinking water: Treatment

5.11 Drinking water: Transmission & distribution

5.12 Drinking water: Transmission & distribution: 

lead remediation

5.13 Drinking water: Source

5.14 Drinking water: Storage 

5.15 Drinking water: Other water infrastructure

5.16 Broadband: “Last Mile” projects

5.17 Broadband: Other projects

6 Expenditure Category: Revenue Replacement

6.1 Provision of Government Services

7 Administrative and Other

7.1 Administrative Expenses $433,180.00 

7.2 Evaluation and data analysis 

7.3 Transfers to Other Units of Government

7.4 Transfers to Nonentitlement Units 

(States and Territories only)

TOTALS $6,309,792.00

See Section C(7) on page 27 of the Reporting Guidance for additional information.
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Project Inventory:
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Performance Report:

(Required Performance Indicators and Programmatic Data)

This section provides an overview of the mandatory performance indicators and programmatic 

data that are required under the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Program.

Please note that there are no specific performance numbers to report specifically under these 

mandatory performance indicators at this time. The County did not start spending of the 

Emergency Rental Assistance Program II dollars at this time; and the dedicated funds for 

Community Services Program Contracts that were not signed until August 2021. This data will 

be collected and reported on future reports once the contracts are fully executed and programs 

are underway.

a. Household Assistance (EC 2.2 & 2.5) and Housing Support (EC 3.10-3.12): 

 Number of people or households receiving eviction prevention services (including 

legal representation)

 Number of affordable housing units preserved or developed

b. Negative Economic Impacts (EC 2): 

 Number of workers enrolled in sectoral job training programs

 Number of workers completing sectoral job training programs

 Number of people participating in summer youth employment programs

c. Education Assistance (EC 3.1-3.5): 

 Number of students participating in evidence-based tutoring programs

d. Healthy Childhood Environments (EC 3.6-3.9): 

 Number of children served by childcare and early learning (pre-school/preK/ages 3- 5)

 Number of families served by home visiting

Ineligible Activities: 

Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds provide substantial resources to help 

eligible state, local, territorial, and Tribal governments manage the public health and economic 

consequences of COVID-19. Recipients have considerable flexibility to use these funds to 

address the diverse needs of their communities. To ensure that these funds are used for their 

intended purposes. The American Rescue Plan Act also specifies two ineligible uses of funds:

 States and territories may not use this funding to directly or indirectly offset a reduction in net 

tax revenue due to a change in law from March 3, 2021, through the last day of the fiscal 

year in which the funds provided have been spent. The American Rescue Plan ensures that 

funds needed to provide vital services and support public employees, small businesses, and 

families struggling to make it through the pandemic are not used to fund reductions in net tax 

revenue. Treasury’s Interim Final Rule implements this requirement. If a state or territory cuts 

taxes, they must demonstrate how they paid for the tax cuts from sources other than 

Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds. They do this by enacting policies to raise 

additional sources of revenue, by cutting spending, or through higher revenue due to 
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economic growth. If the funds provided have been used to offset tax cuts, the amount used 

for this purpose must be paid back to the Treasury.

 No recipient may use this funding to deposit a pension fund. Treasury’s Interim Final Rule 

defines a “deposit” as an extraordinary contribution to a pension fund to reduce an accrued, 

unfunded liability. While pension deposits are prohibited, recipients may use funds for routine 

payroll contributions for employees whose wages and salaries are an eligible use of funds.

 Treasury’s Interim Final Rule identifies several other ineligible uses, including funding debt 

service, legal settlements or judgments, and deposits to rainy day funds or financial 

reserves. Further, general infrastructure spending is not covered as an eligible use outside of 

water, sewer, and broadband investments or above the amount allocated under the revenue

loss provision. While the program offers broad flexibility to recipients to address local 

conditions, these restrictions will help ensure that funds are used to augment existing 

activities and address pressing needs.