State and Local Fiscal 

Recovery Funds 

RECOVERY PLAN 

2021 Report 

Initial Submission 

August 31, 2021 
Gwinnett County 2021 Recovery Plan Performance Report 1

Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners 

2021 Recovery Plan 

Table of Contents 

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

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

Uses of Funds ................................................................................................................................... 2 

Promoting Equitable Outcomes ....................................................................................................... 2 

Community Engagement .................................................................................................................. 3 

Labor Practices ................................................................................................................................. 3 

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

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

Project Inventory ..................................................................................................................... 6 

Projects ............................................................................................................................................. 6 
Gwinnett County 2021 Recovery Plan Performance Report 2

GENERAL OVERVIEW 

Executive Summary 

Gwinnett County has been awarded $181,855,587 in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal 

Recovery Funds (CSLFRF) by the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) as authorized 

through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). These funds provide a substantial infusion of 

resources to help turn the tide on the pandemic, address its economic fallout, and lay the 

foundation for a strong and equitable recovery. 

Funding objectives of this program include: 

 Support urgent COVID-19 response efforts to continue to decrease spread of the virus 

and bring the pandemic under control; 

 Replace lost public sector revenue to strengthen support for vital public services and 

help retain jobs; 

 Support immediate economic stabilization for households and businesses; and 

 Address systemic public health and economic challenges that have contributed to the 

inequal impact of the pandemic. 

Gwinnett County will utilize these dollars to enhance our County values ensuring that we 

advance our efforts to support equity and inclusivity in our community through innovative and 

impactful programming. 

In compliance with reporting requirements, Gwinnett County has prepared, submitted, and 

published this Recovery Plan by the August 31, 2021 deadline. However, at the time of initial 

submission, the County’s plan for utilizing Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds 

(CSLFRF) was still in development and had not yet been authorized by the Board of 

Commissioners. Within 60 days of the Board’s approval, Gwinnett County will update and 

resubmit its Recovery Plan as authorized by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. 

Uses of Funds 

At the time of the August 31, 2021 submission deadline, Gwinnett County was still identifying 

innovative and impactful programming that would help support a strong and equitable recovery 

from the COVID-19 pandemic and economic downturn. Planned uses of funds will be defined in 

our updated submission in the coming months. 

Promoting equitable outcomes 

At the time of the August 31, 2021 submission deadline, Gwinnett County was still identifying 

innovative and impactful programming that would help support a strong and equitable recovery 

from the COVID-19 pandemic and economic downturn. The County’s efforts to utilize CSLFRF 

to promote equity will be defined in our updated submission in the coming months. 
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Community Engagement 

To ensure that Gwinnett County is being strategic and impactful with CSLFRF, we conducted the 

following efforts to guide our approach to allocating funds. 

• A Needs Assessment engaged community stakeholders in defining critical services and 

ongoing needs of residents due to the public health emergency; 

• An Internal Assessment of County needs and COVID-19 expenses, to include an analysis 

of allowable revenue recovery, was conducted to ensure the County is retaining 

necessary funds to ensure effective response to COVID-19 which does not disrupt 

Gwinnett’s standard in service provision; 

• A Funding Analysis was initiated to measure the impact and effectiveness of federal 

funds that have already been received to handle the pandemic, define what funding 

remains through 2021 and beyond, identify what additional resources will be allocated to 

Gwinnett through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), and determine what additional 

State and Federal resources will be deployed to address the various needs defined; 

• An Infrastructure Analysis review of planned County projects examined eligibility for 

ARPA funding and assessed their impact in meeting community needs; and 

• An Analysis of Underserved Areas/Service Gaps was conducted to help us focus our 

ARPA funds on inequities and underserved areas. 

The Grants Management Division within the Department of Financial Services has been 

engaged with department directors, community partners, neighboring local governments 

serving the region, and other county stakeholders to stay informed of community-wide needs 

and to work collaboratively to define funding solutions for our leadership’s consideration. 

At the time of the August 31, 2021 submission deadline, Gwinnett County was still identifying 

innovative and impactful programming that would help support a strong and equitable recovery 

from the COVID-19 pandemic and economic downturn. Our community engagement process 

will be further defined in our updated submission in the coming months. 

Labor Practices 

At the time of the August 31, 2021 submission deadline, Gwinnett County was still identifying 

innovative and impactful programming that would help support a strong and equitable recovery 

from the COVID-19 pandemic and economic downturn. The County’s workforce practices for 

CSLFRF infrastructure projects will be defined in our updated submission in the coming months, 

if applicable. 
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Use of Evidence 

At the time of the August 31, 2021 submission deadline, Gwinnett County was still identifying 

innovative and impactful programming that would help support a strong and equitable recovery 

from the COVID-19 pandemic and economic downturn. The County’s use of evidence-based 

interventions will be defined in our updated submission in the coming months, if applicable. 

Table of Expenses by Expenditure Category 

At the time of the August 31, 2021 submission deadline, Gwinnett County was still identifying 

innovative and impactful programming that would help support a strong and equitable recovery 

from the COVID-19 pandemic and economic downturn. Planned uses of funds will be defined 

by expense category in our updated submission in the coming months. 

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.) 

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 COVID19 

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 
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Category Cumulative 

expenditures to 

date ($) 

Amount spent 

since last 

Recovery Plan 

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 

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 
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Category Cumulative 

expenditures to 

date ($) 

Amount spent 

since last 

Recovery Plan 

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 

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) 

Project Inventory 

At the time of the August 31, 2021 submission deadline, Gwinnett County was still identifying 

innovative and impactful programming that would help support a strong and equitable recovery 

from the COVID-19 pandemic and economic downturn. Project details will be defined in our 

updated submission in the coming months. 

Projects 

TBD