Lubbock County

Recovery Plan 

State and Local Fiscal Recovery 

Funds

2021 Report
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Lubbock County

2021 Recovery Plan

Table of Contents

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

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

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

Promoting Equitable Outcomes ...................................................................................................3

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

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

Use of Evidence ...........................................................................................................................3

Table of Expenses by Expenditure Category ..............................................................................3

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

Ineligible Activities: Tax Offset Provision .................................................................................6
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GENERAL OVERVIEW

Executive Summary 

Lubbock County is currently in the process of evaluating and assessing qualified uses for the 

State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds. The County plans to use the funds to promote a 

response to the pandemic and economic recovery.

Uses of Funds

Lubbock County’s intended uses of these Recovery Funds are still in the planning stages and 

no funds have been obligated to date. The County is broadly intending to use the Recovery 

Funds for categories such as the following:

1) Public Safety & Preparedness

County-side Public Health

Sheriff, Volunteer Fire, Emergency Management

2) Targeted Critical Infrastructure

Broadband Internet

Cyber Security

3) Community Support Services

Mental Health Collaborative Projects

Homelessness

4) Community Recovery & Revitalization

Rural Investment in Water

5) Arts, Non-Profits and Small Businesses

Existing Funding Programs

6) Economic Development

Focus on Disproportionately Impacted Communities

The preceding categories are in the planning stages only and are not intended as an allinclusive list.
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Promoting equitable outcomes 

The County intends to use the Recovery Funds to promote equitable outcomes. Since the uses 

for the funding is still in the planning stages, no specific information is available at this time, but 

will be provided in future updates.

Community Engagement 

The County is in the process of gathering information from the community to address how the 

interests of the County can best be served.

Labor Practices 

Fair labor standards will be determined in the future, depending on the approved uses of the 

funding.

Use of Evidence 

Use of evidence will be determined at a later date, depending on the approved uses of the 

funding.

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Table of Expenses by Expenditure Category

There have been no expenditures or obligations using Recovery Funds to-date.

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
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Category Cumulative

expenditures to 

date ($)

Amount spent 

since last 

Recovery Plan

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

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 

3.5 Education Assistance: Other 
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Category Cumulative

expenditures to 

date ($)

Amount spent 

since last 

Recovery Plan

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

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
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Category Cumulative

expenditures to 

date ($)

Amount spent 

since last 

Recovery Plan

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 

No projects have been approved. The County is currently evaluating probably uses for the 

Recovery Funds.

Performance Report

No projects have commenced as of the date of this report.

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

No applicable at this time.