BRAZORIA COUNTY, TEXAS 

Recovery Plan 

State and Local Fiscal Recovery 

Funds 

March 3, 2021 – July 31, 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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Brazoria County, Texas 

March 2021 – July 31, 2021 Recovery Plan 

Table of Contents 

General Overview 2 

Executive Summary 2 

Uses of Funds 2 

Promoting Equitable Outcomes 3 

Community Engagement 5 

Labor Practices 5 

Use of Evidence 5 

Table of Expenses by Expenditure Category 6 
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GENERAL OVERVIEW 

Executive Summary 

Brazoria County is actively planning a variety of eligible projects to be paid for with ARPA 

funds that will promote a response to the pandemic and economic recovery for Brazoria 

County, its citizens and visitors alike. 

Projects under current consideration include: 

 Providing assistance to small business, nonprofit organizations, and/or other eligible 

partners where those entities can provide documentation of negative impacts related 

to the pandemic 

 Constructing new pandemic emergency response related government facilities 

 Purchasing emergency services equipment and upgrading communications systems 

whilst assessing and addressing related cybersecurity issues 

 Addressing internet accessibility issues, especially to disproportionately impacted 

communities 

 Funding assistance for health department needs. 

Progress to date on those outcomes include initial identification of numerous projects being 

assessed for eligibility under the four designated areas. 

 Brazoria County is currently working on providing support to the County Health 

Department. Projects currently underway include: 

o Purchasing contract tracing software 

o Purchasing a phone system software that will mass-communicate with covid 

positive individuals and other community members as necessary 

o Providing payroll funding for health department employees working overtime 

in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. 

 The Brazoria County Judge and Commissioners will soon be prioritizing future 

projects to be funded and managed by the County. 

Uses of Funds 

Brazoria County’s intended and actual use of funds will help support a strong and equitable 

recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic downturn. Brazoria County 

will employ strategies to maximize programmatic impact and effective, efficient and equitable 

outcomes. Brazoria County will use the ARPA funds to support communities, populations and 

individuals within its jurisdiction by thorough evaluation of eligible uses, suggested projects, and 

potential grants to other entities committed to serve. Brazoria County will exercise its discretion 

in choosing the eligible projects to be funded only after consideration of impacts supporting 

equity and whether preparedness and/or resilience to the ongoing pandemic are also 

considered factors.

Brazoria County is promoting the ARPA Expenditure Categories as follows: 

1. Public Health (EC 1). Brazoria County’s initial project list includes building or renovating 

public facilities that will directly or indirectly support Public Health. Other possible 
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projects include providing needed equipment to first responders so that they can best 

address pandemic related duties. 

2. Negative Economic Impacts (EC 2). Brazoria County is considering multiple programs 

to support non-profit, for profit, industry and/or individuals affected by the COVID-19 

pandemic. The County will continue developing criteria for evaluation of entities which 

will be required to apply for such funding. Brazoria County will work to develop proper 

systems to monitor each such program. 

3. Services to Disproportionately Impacted Communities (EC 3). Brazoria County is 

evaluating possible eligible projects where the emphasis will be on serving 

disproportionately impacted communities. All of Brazoria County’s anticipated projects 

related to new or renovated public facilities will serve all people. As Brazoria County 

develops its selection criteria for possible ARPA grants to nonprofit service providers 

and others, consideration of and documentation about how the proposed new or 

enhanced services will impact disproportionately affected communities will be required. 

4. Premium Pay (EC 4). There are no current such projects on Brazoria County’s initial 

project list; however, as project development continues, the County may decide to 

develop or support the development of such projects. 

5. Water, sewer, and broadband infrastructure (EC 5). Brazoria County has included one 

possible water improvement project in its initial project list related to providing water 

treatment. 

6. Revenue Replacement EC 6). Brazoria County is conducting the analysis of lost 

revenue and is evaluating the potential use of those funds for implementing 

governmental services. 

Promoting equitable outcomes 

Brazoria County has, to date, made efforts to create an initial list of possible projects showing 

intended outcomes that promote equity for historically underserved, marginalized, or adversely 

affected groups in Brazoria County and in making final project decisions, such concerns will be 

evaluated. The County will provide an update, using qualitative and quantitative data, on how 

the County’s approach has achieved or promoted equitable outcomes or progressed against 

equity goals during each performance period. 

 

Goals 

The County will take care to decide and design its program with equity in mind, and, in part, by 

following and requiring subrecipients and contractors to follow the Uniform Administrative 

Requirement, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards at 2 CFR Part 200 

and the Terms and Conditions of the Treasury’s SLFRF assistance. Where projects may be 

designed to assist individuals or nonprofit organizations, eligibility to receive funds will, in part, 

be gauged upon income or other factors, such as homelessness, of the ultimate beneficiaries. 
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Brazoria County anticipates developing projects that will provide enhanced services and 

benefits for all people. In developing criteria for such projects related to the COVID-19 

pandemic going forward, the County will consider the geographic and demographic distribution 

of funding, including whether it is targeted towards traditionally marginalized populations and 

communities. 

Brazoria County, if/when subgranting SLFR funds to third parties, will encourage potential 

subgrantees to provide a level of evidence required or preferred that ask third party subgrantees about whether their programs or services are evidence based according to the 

definition in Appendix 2 of the Reporting Guidance. (p. 32 of User Guide: Treasury’s Portal...) 

Brazoria County understands that requiring third party recipients to report on whether their 

programs or services are evidence based will facilitate reporting for the Recovery Plan. 

Awareness 

Brazoria County has posted this Recovery Plan Performance Report encompassing the period 

March 3, 2021 through July 31, 2021 on its website at 

www.brazoriacountytx.gov/departments/legal-notices. The County will also specifically 

communicate to the non-profit and business communities, as well as industry impacted by the 

COVID-19 pandemic and individuals, how to access information about the ARPA funding 

possibilities and how to make comments and contributions to the County’s programming 

decisions and outcomes, Communication efforts will include, but are not limited to, providing 

notices in the jurisdictions’ widely circulated newspapers or newsletters, announcements on 

local television and radio stations, including special efforts to identify and involve minority owned 

businesses, working with local pastors and church leaders to communicate where to find the 

plan and how to contribute; and other targeted outreach efforts to assure that all of the common 

ways persons in the community receive information are included. 

Brazoria County will also hold public meetings and public hearings as mandated by the law for 

proposed ARPA projects, as applicable; however, other community meetings and outreach 

efforts will be considered to ensure transparency and ways to participate and provide input. 

Access and Distribution 

Brazoria County will consider existing differences in levels of access to benefits and services 

across groups in developing its ARPA Program. The County will take care to identify and 

rework any administrative requirements that could result in disparities in an ability to complete 

applications or meet eligibility requirements. To this end, Brazoria County will react immediately 

to help any person or entity who needs assistance filling out the County’s Application form(s) 

and efforts will be made to develop documents that are simple and easy to understand that will 

be available in English and Spanish. The County will provide accessible versions of any 

applications, forms or documents, and provide reasonable accommodations related to filling out 

and submitting required information on request. 

Outcomes 

Where relevant for the policy objective met by the project, Brazoria County is working towards 

on closing gaps, reaching universal levels of services, and/or disaggregating progress by race, 

ethnicity, or other equity dimension. 
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Brazoria County’s planned use of funds prioritizes economic and racial equity as a goal and the 

program will specify targets intended to produce meaningful equity results at scale, setting forth 

strategies to achieve those targets. Brazoria County’s overall equity strategy will translate into 

specific services or programs offered in the following Expenditure Categories: 

1. Negative Economic Impacts (EC 2): assistance to households, small businesses, and 

nonprofits to address impacts of the pandemic, which have been most severe among 

low-income populations. This may include 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; and 

2. 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., evidencebased 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). 

Community Engagement 

Brazoria County’s planned use of funds will incorporate written, oral, and other forms of 

gathered input that captures diverse feedback from constituents, community-based 

organizations, and the community itself. The County will carry out projects that build community 

capacity and reach underserved communities. 

Where relevant, Brazoria County will include descriptions of how ARPA funds will build the 

capacity of a community organization to serve people with significant barriers to services, 

including people of color, people with low incomes, limited proficiency populations and other 

traditionally underserved groups. 

Labor Practices 

Brazoria County will use strong labor standards to promote effective and efficient delivery of 

high quality infrastructure projects whilst also supporting local economic recovery through strong 

employment opportunities for workers. Brazoria County will develop projects requiring project 

labor agreements, use of prevailing wage rates, and the County will promote local hiring. 

Use of Evidence 

Brazoria County will Identify whether SLFRF funds will be used for evidence-based 

interventions and/or if projects will be evaluated through rigorous program evaluations that are 

designed to build evidence. Brazoria County will develop a Learning Agenda or other device 

and use relevant evidence Clearinghouses to assess the level of evidence for the County’s 
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interventions and to support its overreaching evaluation efforts in order to create an evidence 

building strategy. 

Brazoria County understands that this analysis will be applicable to most Expenditure 

Categories in Public Health (EC 1), Negative Economic Impacts (EC 2) and Services to 

Disproportionately Impacted Communities (EC 3). 

Table of Expenses by Expenditure Category 

In this section, list the amount of funds used in each Expenditure Category. The table should 

include cumulative expenses to date within each category, and the additional amount spent 

within each category since the last annual Recovery Plan. 

Jurisdictions may modify the table as needed by deleting unused rows where they have not 

expended any funds or by adding columns to more clearly characterize their program 

expenditures over time. 

For the initial Recovery Plan, the amounts listed for “Cumulative expenditures to date” and 

“Amount spent since last Recovery Plan” will be equal.

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 6,261.83 

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) 

41,885.09 

1.9 Payroll Costs for Public Health, Safety, and 

Other Public Sector Staff Responding to 

COVID-19 

 
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1.10 Mental Health Services 

1.11 Substance Use Services 

1.12 Other Public Health Services 

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* 

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 

 
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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 

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 

5.5 Clean Water: Other sewer infrastructure 

5.6 Clean Water: Stormwater 

5.7 Clean Water: Energy conservation 

5.8 Clean Water: Water conservation 
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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 

7.2 Evaluation and data analysis 

7.3 Transfers to Other Units of Government 

7.4 Transfers to Nonentitlement Units 

(States and Territories only) 

 

See Section C(7) on page 27 of the Reporting Guidance for additional information. 

Project Inventory THIS SECTION IS NOT REQUIRED UNTIL 10.31.2021 

In this section, jurisdictions should provide a description of each project undertaken. See 

Section C(8) on page 27 of the Reporting Guidance for additional information. Below is an 

example of how to present the information noted in the Reporting Guidance, which incorporates 

project details as well as evidence and performance measure information outlined in the 

relevant sections above. This information should be replicated for all of the jurisdiction’s 

projects. 

Example Project 

Project [Identification Number]: [Project Name] 

Funding amount: [Funding amount] 

Project Expenditure Category: [Category number, Category Name] 
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Project overview

● A description of the project that includes an overview of the main activities of the project, 

the approximate timeline, primary delivery mechanisms and partners, if applicable, and 

intended outcomes. 

● Link to the website of the project if available 

● How project contributes to addressing climate change (for infrastructure projects under 

EC 5) 

Use of Evidence 

● Briefly describe the goals of the project, and whether SLFRF funds are being used for 

evidence-based interventions, the evidence base for the interventions, and/or if projects 

are being evaluated through rigorous program evaluations that are designed to build 

evidence. If a recipient is conducting a program evaluation in lieu of reporting the amount 

of spending on evidence-based interventions, they must describe the evaluation design 

(see Reporting Guidance for additional details that should be included). 

● Identify the dollar amount of the total project spending that is allocated towards 

evidence-based interventions for each project in the Public Health (EC 1), Negative 

Economic Impacts (EC 2), and Services to Disproportionately Impacted Communities 

(EC 3) Expenditure Categories. 

See Section C(6) on page 26 of the Reporting Guidance for additional information. 

Additional Projects 

Project [Identification Number]: [Project Name] 

Funding amount: [Funding amount] 

Project Expenditure Category: [Category number, Category Name] 

Performance Report 

● For the Project Inventories in Section 8, include key performance indicators for your 

jurisdiction’s major SLFRF funded projects. Report key performance indicators for each 

project, or group projects with substantially similar goals and the same outcome 

measures. Jurisdictions may choose to include some indicators for each individual 

project as well as crosscutting indicators. Include both output and outcome measures. 

See Section C(9) on page 27 of the Reporting Guidance for additional information.

● In addition, you must include the mandatory performance indicators if your jurisdiction 

has projects in the relevant areas (this information may be included in each recipient’s 

Recovery Plan as they determine most appropriate). Provide data disaggregated by 

race, ethnicity, gender, income, and other relevant factors, if possible. Data should be 

presented in a table and each annual report should include updated data for the 

performance period as well as prior period data. 

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) 
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● 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 

See Section C(10) on page 27 of the Reporting Guidance for additional information.

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

For the initial reporting year, States and territories will report the following items related to the 

Tax Offset Provision 31 CFR 35.8. Baseline revenue or revenue-increasing covered charges 

are not required at this time. 

Item Amount 

a. Revenue-reducing Covered Changes $ 

See Section C(11) on page 28 of the Reporting Guidance for additional information. 

Additional guidance will be forthcoming for reporting requirements regarding the tax offset 

provision.