State of Georgia

Recovery Plan 

State and Local Fiscal Recovery 

Funds

2021 Report

Note: The Recovery Plan Performance Report will provide the public and Treasury information on the 

projects that recipients are undertaking with program funding and how they are planning to ensure 

program outcomes are achieved in an effective, efficient, and equitable manner. While this template

includes the minimum requirements for the Recovery Plan, each recipient is encouraged to add 

information to the plan that they feel is appropriate to provide information to their constituents on efforts 

they are taking to respond to the pandemic and promote an equitable economic recovery. 

Each jurisdiction may determine the general form and content of the Recovery Plan, as long as it 

meets the reporting requirements, and recipients are encouraged to tailor this template to best meet 

their needs. Use of infographics, tables, charts, pictures, case studies, and other explanatory elements 

are encouraged.
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State of Georgia

2021 Recovery Plan

Table of Contents

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

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

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

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

Community Engagement..................................................................................................... 6

Labor Practices.................................................................................................................... 6

Use of Evidence................................................................................................................. . 6

Table of Expenses by Expenditure Category...................................................................... 6

Project Inventory................................................................................................................... 9

Example Project ............................................................................................................... .. 9

Ineligible Activities: Tax Offset Provision........................................................................ .. 9
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GENERAL OVERVIEW

Executive Summary 

The State of Georgia received its first tranche of $2,426,767,729.85 in Coronavirus State 

Fiscal Recovery Funds (CSFRF) from the U.S. Treasury on May 20, 2021. The state is 

distributing an initial estimated allocation of $875 million, or 36 percent, of the funds through a

state-wide, competitive grant application process. Governor Brian Kemp has appointed state 

agency leaders along with members of the Georgia General Assembly to serve on a newly formed 

Georgia Jobs and Infrastructure Committee tasked with reviewing, evaluating, and making 

funding recommendations to the Governor on the grant applications. The Governor’s Office of 

Planning and Budget (OPB) is assisting in coordinating the grant process on behalf of the 

Governor.

The Georgia Jobs and Infrastructure Committee will review applications under three grant 

categories: broadband infrastructure, water and sewer infrastructure, and negative economic 

impact. OPB has designed the grant process in accordance with the Interim Final Rule (IFR), 

Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, 86 Fed. Reg. 26786, 26819 (May 17, 2021) 

and supplementary guidance (Treasury FAQs) issued by the U.S. Department of Treasury. The 

current application period ends October 31, 2021, and grant awards are expected to by early 

January 2022.

Key Outcomes:

 $- $50 $100 $150 $200 $250 $300 $350

Broadband Infrastructure

Water/Sewer Infrastructure

Negative Economic Impact

Millions

Allocations Per CSFRF Grant Program

These amounts are planning amounts and may be adjusted based on need
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Goals Progress To Date

Update or expand water and sewer infrastructure Application Process

Expand broadband infrastructure to improve access in underserved 

or unserved regions of the state Application Process

Provide financial relief or recovery assistance to significantly

impacted industries Application Process

For remaining funds in tranche 1 and any subsequent disbursements, Georgia will 

continue to monitor ongoing pandemic and economic conditions across the state to determine 

highest spending needs. OPB is also facilitating the distribution of Coronavirus Local Fiscal 

Recovery Funds to 515 non-entitlement cities.

Uses of Funds

a. Public Health (EC 1)

Georgia did not allocate funds for this category as of July 31, 2021 but will allocate up to 

$25M for the State Health Benefit Plan to provide incentives for state employees and teachers to 

receive a COVID-19 vaccine.

b. Negative Economic Impacts (EC 2)

The Georgia Jobs and Infrastructure Committee appointed by Governor Kemp includes a 

subcommittee to examine grants addressing the negative economic impacts of COVID-19. 

Georgia intends to use an estimated $325 million of CSFRF funds for negative economic impact

grants to address recovery needs in hardest hit industries and demographic sectors in the state. 

The Negative Economic Impact subcommittee includes state leaders from administrative, 

economic development, and natural resources agencies in addition to members of the Georgia 

General Assembly serving a broad array of districts across the state. In issuing a notice for 

proposals for grant applications, the state has emphasized that priority will be given to applications 

with broad community impact. Specifically, Georgia is identifying applications that leverage other 

available funding sources, including local allocations of Coronavirus Local Recovery Funds, to 

maximize program impact in addition to looking for projects that will impact a community,

geographic region, or industry.

c. Services to Disproportionately Impacted Communities (EC 3)

Georgia has not yet specifically allocated funds for this category at this time but anticipates 

that grant applications submitted under the Negative Economic Impact grant category may

address needs in this area.

d. Premium Pay (EC 4)
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Georgia has not yet specifically allocated funds for this category at this time.

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

The Georgia Jobs and Infrastructure Committee appointed by Governor Kemp includes 

subcommittees to review grants for Water and Sewer Infrastructure and Broadband Infrastructure

respectively. Georgia intends to use an estimated $250 million of CSFRF funds for water and 

sewer infrastructure grant projects and $300 million for broadband grant projects; however, 

amounts may vary depending upon quality and quantity of proposals received.

The Water and Sewer Infrastructure subcommittee includes members from both the 

Georgia Environmental Financing Authority, responsible for administering the federal Clean 

Water and Safe Drinking Water Funds for the state, as well as Georgia’s Environmental Protection 

Division which is responsible for monitoring water quality across the state. The subcommittee 

also includes members of the Georgia General Assembly representing a diverse group of state

districts and agricultural industries.

The Broadband Infrastructure Committee includes members from the Georgia Department 

of Transportation, K-12, University, and Technical College Systems, Georgia Technology 

Authority, Department of Community Affairs, and State Properties Commission along with 

corresponding members of the Georgia General Assembly assigned to committees overseeing 

those entities. These members were selected in order to leverage existing broadband resources 

while identifying areas of greatest need for further buildout. 

Georgia anticipates receiving applications addressing a broad range of water, sewer, and 

broadband infrastructure needs. In issuing a notice for proposals for grant applications, the state 

has emphasized that priority will be given to applications with broad community impact. 

Specifically, Georgia is identifying applications that leverage other available funding sources, 

including local allocations of Coronavirus Local Recovery Funds, to maximize program impact in 

addition to looking for projects that will impact a community, geographic region, or industry.

f. Revenue Replacement (EC 6)

Georgia has not yet specifically allocated funds for this category at this time but will 

continue to monitor economic conditions to determine if revenue replacement is a necessary use 

of funds.

g. Emergency Rental Assistance II

The Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) is administering the State of 

Georgia Rental Assistance Program (GRA) with Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) II funds. 

This program assists renters with past due rent and utilities. Currently, the GRA program is still 

utilizing remaining ERA I dollars, and DCA will continue to support the program with ERA II dollars 

after ERA I is expended.

h. Homeowners Assistance Funds
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The Department of Community Affairs (DCA) will administer Georgia’s Homeowners 

Assistance Funds as the Georgia Mortgage Assistance Program. Through July 31, DCA has

created an online application for individuals to apply to receive funding, established a reporting 

system, and established their office and staff for the program. They expect to begin a pilot 

program for in-house bond loans the week of August 16, 2021. The HAF plan has been sent to 

Treasury and is awaiting approval.

Promoting equitable outcomes 

Georgia has begun the CSFRF allocation process by focusing on investments in 

broadband along with water and sewer infrastructure as these projects will be likely to impact 

communities that may have faced underinvestment or lack sufficient financial resources to selffund similar infrastructure investments either due to low wealth tax digests or constraints on 

raising utility rates due to financial hardships for rate payers. The initial round of grant funding 

will provide more than $500 million for communities to remediate infrastructure to improve water 

quality, reduce water waste, address environmental issues impacting water supplies, or expand

water/sewer or broadband infrastructure to unserved areas to help promote economic growth

across the state. 

Additionally, Georgia recognizes that a number of communities, populations, and 

industries, particularly in the service sector, have been disproportionately negatively impacted by 

COVID-19. Therefore, the other area of initial spending of CSFRF will be to address such 

negative economic impacts in these areas. 

In selecting projects for these three grant streams, the process will prioritize those projects 

that provide the broadest impact across either a population, region, or industry to maximize

available funding. Additionally, grant agreements with subrecipients will include required 

geographic and/or demographic performance measures, as applicable, to enable the state to 

track the project’s impact on regions and populations with the state. 

As Georgia moves forward in developing additional spending plans for remaining funds, 

the state will continue to collect feedback from the Georgia Jobs and Infrastructure Committee 

members, leverage their community engagement, and consider qualitative and quantitative data

to collect to measure how CSFRF projects will achieve or promote equitable outcomes.

Community Engagement 

Initial allocations of funds for projects will be reviewed by a committee appointed by 

Governor Kemp to include a range of subject matter experts from across state government along 

with members of the Georgia General Assembly from a broad array of communities across the 

state. OPB has also worked with city and county representation groups and held a number of 

outreach sessions with them to educate all 159 counties and 515 cities in the state of the funding 

opportunities available. To support community engagement the state will continue to engage in 

outreach to media, local jurisdictions, and various stakeholder groups throughout the current grant 

application process and as plans are developed for the remainder of the funds.

Labor Practices 
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Pursuant to U.S. Treasury’s Interim Final Rule, the state will collect information from 

subrecipients on their workforce plans and practices related to water, sewer, and broadband 

projects undertaken with ARPA State Fiscal Recovery Funds. Subrecipient grant agreements will

detail reporting requirements for infrastructure projects regarding labor agreements, community 

benefits agreements, prevailing wage requirements, and local hiring as outlined by the IFR.

Use of Evidence 

Georgia has not yet awarded CSFRF funds for projects but will incorporate reporting of 

appropriate performance metrics as part of grant award agreements with subrecipients when 

projects are awarded. 

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

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.)

1.5 Personal Protective Equipment

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

1.8 Other COVID-19 Public Health Expenses 

(including Communications, Enforcement, 

Isolation/Quarantine)

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

2 Expenditure Category: Negative Economic 

Impacts

$0 $0

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
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Category Cumulative

expenditures to 

date ($)

Amount spent 

since last 

Recovery Plan

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*

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

$0 $0

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 $0 $0

4.1 Public Sector Employees

4.2 Private Sector: Grants to other employers 

5 Expenditure Category: Infrastructure $0 $0

5.1 Clean Water: Centralized wastewater treatment
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Category Cumulative

expenditures to 

date ($)

Amount spent 

since last 

Recovery Plan

5.2 Clean Water: Centralized wastewater collection 

and conveyance

5.3 Clean Water: Decentralized wastewater

5.4 Clean Water: Combined sewer overflows

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 $0 $0

6.1 Provision of Government Services

7 Administrative and Other $0 $0

7.1 Administrative Expenses 

7.2 Evaluation and data analysis 

7.3 Transfers to Other Units of Government

7.4 Transfers to Nonentitlement Units 

(States and Territories only)

Project Inventory 

Georgia is in the application phase the initial round of grant awards and has not awarded 

any projects to date.

Performance Report

N/A

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

Item Amount

a. Revenue-reducing Covered Changes $0