County of Fresno

Recovery Plan 

State and Local Fiscal Recovery 

Funds

2021 Report
County of Fresno 2021 Recovery Plan Performance Report 1

County of Fresno

2021 Recovery Plan

Table of Contents

GENERAL OVERVIEW..........................................................................................................................2

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

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

Promoting Equitable Outcomes................................................................................................................4

Community Engagement ..........................................................................................................................4

Labor Practices..........................................................................................................................................4

Use of Evidence.........................................................................................................................................4

Table of Expenses by Expenditure Category.............................................................................................4

Project Inventory ......................................................................................................................................7

Performance Report .................................................................................................................................7

Ineligible Activities: Tax Offset Provision (States and territories only).....................................................7
County of Fresno 2021 Recovery Plan Performance Report 2

GENERAL OVERVIEW

Executive Summary 

At the time of this writing, the County of Fresno has not yet allocated or expended the State and 

Local Fiscal Recovery funds associated with this report. The Interim Final Rule released by the 

Treasury Department in May 2021 has not been finalized and although the County is actively 

considering proposals, the County has not yet officially allocated any proposed use of funds, so 

this report simply reflects a high-level outline of the County’s intended approach to utilize the 

funding associated with this annual report. However, the total cost of proposals received by the 

County exceed the total direct allocation. Additionally, the recent rise in COVID-19 cases, 

hospitalizations and COVID-19 positive cases in ICU combined with recent State mandates 

regarding vaccinations and mandatory weekly testing in certain settings will require efficient use 

of Recovery Act funding.

The County has developed an American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) website which 

includes information on ARPA and the County’s priorities and guiding principles. The website 

also includes a dedicated ARPA email address that provides the public the ability to submit 

questions or comments related to the use of ARPA funding by the County. This initial Recovery 

Plan Performance Report will be posted on the website by August 31, 2021. The main County of 

the Fresno webpage is located at https://www.co.fresno.ca.us/

The following are screenshots from the County of Fresno’s American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 

website. 
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Uses of Funds

The County of Fresno intends to invest ARPA funds in the following areas:

- On-going support of the COVID-19 response efforts, including investments in testing, 

education, and vaccinations

- Community Wellness, including investments in parks, community centers, expanded 

library internet access, and community-based non-profits

- Homelessness, including investing in effective programs and housing that mitigate the 

ever-challenging needs of homelessness within Fresno County

- Water/Wastewater, including investments in the water and wastewater infrastructure 

within disadvantaged or low-income communities throughout Fresno County

- Operational Improvements, including investments to County facilities, technologies, 

staffing, broadband to ensure governmental services continue to be provided during the 

existing and potentially future pandemics
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Promoting Equitable Outcomes 

The County of Fresno intends to require all proposals to detail and define how the proposals will 

promote equity in underserved, marginalized, adversely affected groups served by the proposal.

Many proposals received and being considered promote equitable outcomes.

Community Engagement 

The County of Fresno has developed an ARPA website and intends to solicit written and oral 

input from constituents, CBOs, and communities, through the website and social media 

marketing. The website is transcribable in over 100 languages.

Labor Practices 

The County of Fresno will utilize customary procurement practices for all projects initiated 

directly by the County. All projects bid by the County of Fresno require that State of California 

prevailing wage requirements are followed. All contracts awarded are reported to the State 

Department of Industrial Relations, and all payrolls are submitted to and monitored by the 

Department of Public Works and Planning’s Labor Compliance Officer. The Labor Compliance 

Officer conducts regular interviews with contractor and subcontractor staff during 

construction. The County also operates a state-approved Labor Compliance Program for any 

projects whose funding specifically requires it.

In addition, the County of Fresno has a program, through the Department of Social Services, 

that is committed to increasing the availability of employment and training opportunities to 

current or former “Welfare-to-Work” participants in the CalWORKs program. All projects (with 

the exception of those with Federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise goals) require that the 

Contractor and each subcontractor use their best efforts to ensure that thirty-three percent 

(33%) of apprentice hours are performed by qualified participants in state approved 

apprenticeship programs who are the aforementioned current or former CalWORKs recipients.

The County does not have any Project-Labor, Community Benefits Agreements, or local hiring 

preferences.

Use of Evidence 

To be determined, based on the projects approved for funding through ARPA.

Table of Expenses by Expenditure Category

Category

Cumulative

expenditures to 

date ($)

Amount spent 

since last 

Recovery Plan

1 Expenditure Category: Public Health 0 0

1.1 COVID-19 Vaccination 0 0

1.2 COVID-19 Testing 0 0

1.3 COVID-19 Contact Tracing 0 0

1.4 Prevention in Congregate Settings (Nursing 

Homes, Prisons/Jails, Dense Work Sites, 

Schools, etc.)

0 0

1.5 Personal Protective Equipment 0 0

1.6 Medical Expenses (including Alternative Care 

Facilities)

0 0
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Category

Cumulative

expenditures to 

date ($)

Amount spent 

since last 

Recovery Plan

1.7 Capital Investments or Physical Plant Changes 

to Public Facilities that respond to the COVID19 public health emergency

0 0

1.8 Other COVID-19 Public Health Expenses 

(including Communications, Enforcement, 

Isolation/Quarantine)

0 0

1.9 Payroll Costs for Public Health, Safety, and 

Other Public Sector Staff Responding to 

COVID-19

0 0

1.10 Mental Health Services 0 0

1.11 Substance Use Services 0 0

1.12 Other Public Health Services 0 0

2 Expenditure Category: Negative Economic 

Impacts

0 0

2.1 Household Assistance: Food Programs 0 0

2.2 Household Assistance: Rent, Mortgage, and 

Utility Aid 

0 0

2.3 Household Assistance: Cash Transfers 0 0

2.4 Household Assistance: Internet Access 

Programs

0 0

2.5 Household Assistance: Eviction Prevention 0 0

2.6 Unemployment Benefits or Cash Assistance to 

Unemployed Workers

0 0

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

Supports or Incentives)

0 0

2.8 Contributions to UI Trust Funds* 0 0

2.9 Small Business Economic Assistance (General) 0 0

2.10 Aid to nonprofit organizations 0 0

2.11 Aid to Tourism, Travel, or Hospitality 0 0

2.12 Aid to Other Impacted Industries 0 0

2.13 Other Economic Support 0 0

2.14 Rehiring Public Sector Staff 0 0

3 Expenditure Category: Services to 

Disproportionately Impacted Communities

0 0

3.1 Education Assistance: Early Learning 0 0

3.2 Education Assistance: Aid to High-Poverty 

Districts

0 0

3.3 Education Assistance: Academic Services 0 0

3.4 Education Assistance: Social, Emotional, and 

Mental Health Services 

0 0

3.5 Education Assistance: Other 0 0

3.6 Healthy Childhood Environments: Child Care 0 0
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Category

Cumulative

expenditures to 

date ($)

Amount spent 

since last 

Recovery Plan

3.7 Healthy Childhood Environments: Home Visiting 0 0

3.8 Healthy Childhood Environments: Services to 

Foster Youth or Families Involved in Child 

Welfare System 

0 0

3.9. Healthy Childhood Environments: Other 0 0

3.10 Housing Support: Affordable Housing 0 0

3.11 Housing Support: Services for Unhoused 

persons 

0 0

3.12 Housing Support: Other Housing Assistance 0 0

3.13 Social Determinants of Health: Other 0 0

3.14 Social Determinants of Health: Community 

Health Workers or Benefits Navigators 

0 0

3.15 Social Determinants of Health: Lead 

Remediation

0 0

3.16 Social Determinants of Health: Community 

Violence Interventions 

0 0

4 Expenditure Category: Premium Pay 0 0

4.1 Public Sector Employees 0 0

4.2 Private Sector: Grants to other employers 0 0

5 Expenditure Category: Infrastructure 0 0

5.1 Clean Water: Centralized wastewater treatment 0 0

5.2 Clean Water: Centralized wastewater collection 

and conveyance

0 0

5.3 Clean Water: Decentralized wastewater 0 0

5.4 Clean Water: Combined sewer overflows 0 0

5.5 Clean Water: Other sewer infrastructure 0 0

5.6 Clean Water: Stormwater 0 0

5.7 Clean Water: Energy conservation 0 0

5.8 Clean Water: Water conservation 0 0

5.9 Clean Water: Nonpoint source 0 0

5.10 Drinking water: Treatment 0 0

5.11 Drinking water: Transmission & distribution 0 0

5.12 Drinking water: Transmission & distribution: 

lead remediation

0 0

5.13 Drinking water: Source 0 0

5.14 Drinking water: Storage 0 0

5.15 Drinking water: Other water infrastructure 0 0

5.16 Broadband: “Last Mile” projects 0 0

5.17 Broadband: Other projects 0 0

6 Expenditure Category: Revenue Replacement 0 0

6.1 Provision of Government Services 0 0
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Category

Cumulative

expenditures to 

date ($)

Amount spent 

since last 

Recovery Plan

7 Administrative and Other 0 0

7.1 Administrative Expenses 0 0

7.2 Evaluation and data analysis 0 0

7.3 Transfers to Other Units of Government 0 0

7.4 Transfers to Nonentitlement Units 

(States and Territories only)

0 0

Project Inventory 

To be determined, based on projects approved for funding through ARPA.

Performance Report

To be determined, based on projects approved for funding through ARPA.

Ineligible Activities: Tax Offset Provision (States and territories only)

Not applicable to County of Fresno

Item Amount

a. Revenue-reducing Covered Changes $0