Recovery Plan Performance Report

Greene County. Missouri 

Report on the use of State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds through July 31, 2021

Executive Summary

As of July 31, 2021, Greene County, Mo. has not incurred obligations or 

expenditures from its allocation of State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF). 

The Greene County Commissioners will develop a spending and allocation plan in 

the coming months. It is anticipated that the plan will continue to evolve as

additional guidance from the Federal government is received and State of 

Missouri funding mechanisms are defined, and priorities change in response to 

community needs. The development of this spending plan will occur through a 

deliberative process that will include community engagement and review of 

community data as described in greater detail within this report.

Once a spending plan has been developed, Greene County will develop program 

designs that are responsive to community needs, address equity, consider 

relevant labor standards for infrastructure projects, and make use of evidencebased practices as required by Department of Treasury guidance and reporting 

requirements. Future reports will include relevant programmatic data and 

performance indicators as appropriate.

Greene County looks forward to the opportunity to make legacy investments for 

the long-term benefit of our community using ARPA funds in partnership with 

Federal, state, and local partners.

Use of Funds

As of July 31, 2021, Greene County, Missouri has not incurred obligations or 

expenditures from its allocation of State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF).

Greene County continues to provide financial assistance to Greene County 

residents through the Emergency Rental Assistance Program,
https://greenecountymo.gov/era/. At the time of filing, Greene County has 

committed 99.6% of received ERA I and ERA II funds to 6 community partner 

agencies to distribute in an efficient and fair manner. 55.9% of the funds have 

been distributed to these partner agencies and they have awarded 34.9% of these 

funds. A case manager system has been put in place where in-person 

appointments to complete applications take away any possible barriers of access 

to or use of internet applications and the knowledge required to complete an 

application or of the program requirements are placed on the case manager and 

not the client. We project to have spent all of the funding before April 30, 2022.

Information about Greene County’s approach to the expenditure of CARES Act 

funding to address and respond to immediate and emerging community needs 

during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic can be found at 

https://greenecountymo.gov/cares/.

We relied and worked closely with our Springfield-Greene County Health 

Department, our Office of Emergency Management and our municipal partners 

throughout the county to work collaboratively in serving our communities and 

county.

Promoting Equitable Outcomes

As discussed below, Greene County is initiating a community engagement process 

through which the Commissioners, staff and community members will develop a 

responsive and flexible spending plan for its ARPA allocation. This process will 

include targeted outreach to service providers, nonprofit entities serving 

disadvantaged populations and focused listening sessions with underrepresented 

groups. Initial efforts in this regard have included review of various community 

reports that provide information and prioritization of community needs as well as 

feedback from nonprofit leaders. We have also begun listening sessions with 

community leaders in underrepresented communities to ascertain current impact 

of the pandemic. 

The Greene County Commissioners utilize data and input from many sectors of 

the community and our various office holders to learn what pressing needs our 

community is facing. Greene County has preliminarily evaluated several potential 
expenditures in the Negative Economic Impacts and Services to

Disproportionately Impacted Communities categories, including but not limited to 

services to public health, economic recovery, mental health services, workforce 

development, affordable housing, and services to unsheltered persons. While

final funding decisions have not been made, Greene County anticipates these 

projects will address the County’s objective to provide a safety net that protects 

vulnerable individuals and promotes self-sufficiency.

Greene County has also hired a consultant with extensive experience in equity 

issues and policy matters related to underrepresented groups and communities. 

Our county has experienced a significant increase in population amongst racial 

and ethnic groups over the last decade which is evidenced in the initial data 

coming from the 2020 census. We also know from data with our Covid dashboard 

reported by the Springfield-Greene County Health Department that 

underrepresented groups have been particularly impacted by the Covid-19 

pandemic. We seek to be intentional in our ARPA implementation to recognize 

and address the impacts that these members of our community are experiencing 

as we work towards recovery.

Once a spending plan has been developed, Greene County will consider equity in 

its program designs, and measure equity in outcomes where feasible in 

accordance with Treasury guidance. This may include targeted program eligibility 

criteria, ongoing outreach efforts for funded services and programs, and

evaluation of the geographic and socio-economic distribution of services and 

projects. Census tract and community data analysis will be very important in this 

phase of our community prioritization and examining social equity. 

In future Performance Reports, Greene County will present equity-related 

program data as needed in accordance with Treasury reporting guidance, 

including information regarding the geographic and socioeconomic distribution of 

services and projects, particularly for funding targeted to Disproportionately

Impacted Communities.

Community Engagement

Greene County is beginning a process to identify funding priorities and develop a 

spending plan that will best support the needs of Greene County citizens and 

businesses now and in the future. Priorities within the spending plan will be 
developed based in part on public input and consultation with stakeholder groups 

including:

• Municipalities

• Business advocacy organizations

• Community Groups

• Nonprofit entities serving disadvantaged populations.

Community listening sessions (live and virtual) are planned to further solicit input, 

and Greene County also intends to collect citizen feedback on the potential use of 

ARPA Funds through a survey.

We recognize that we do have a very engaged community and we have a number 

of community reports that illuminate pressing community issues and they have 

been labeled as red flag issues in our most recent community report. In addition, 

the city of Springfield has developed an extensive community survey as a part of 

its long range planning effort that includes citizen input in relation to community 

issues. We consider these sources of information as excellent starting points 

which will be complimented with additional survey and feedback reflecting the 

pandemic influence in our community.

The results of all of these community planning efforts and listening sessions will 

be incorporated into the development of the Equity plan as a part of Greene 

County’s Recovery plan. 

We consider Community input as an essential part of our ARPA response. In our 

CARES program citizens were heavily involved including serving on a county wide 

CARES advisory council and participating in an advisory capacity in funding 

recommendations. Our county commission has indicated that they are interested 

in citizen involvement in our ARPA process which is welcomed.

In addition, Greene County representatives have been participating in a 

collaborative planning process with the city of Springfield, our universities and 

school districts in an effort to coordinate our efforts as entities receiving SLFRF

funds. These meetings have been used to discuss our initial planning efforts and 

to discuss the opportunity to collaborate on projects that can provide overall 

community benefit and address top community priorities. We also see this 
process as beneficial to community organizations and community partners as it 

provides information on the overall ARPA funding to our county and what various 

entities may be able to assist in recovery efforts and projects. 

Labor Practices

As of July 31, 2021, no funds have been allocated to or expended on 

infrastructure projects. For any future infrastructure projects funded with ARPA 

Funds, Greene County will consider the appropriateness of relevant labor 

practices as encouraged in published ARPA guidance, and report on the use of 

such practices as required by applicable Treasury Department Compliance and 

Reporting Guidance.

Use of Evidence

As of July 31, 2021, Greene County, Missouri has not incurred obligations or 

expenditures from its allocation of State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds. As 

applicable under Treasury Reporting Guidance for future expenditures in the 

Public Health, Negative Economic Impacts, and Disproportionately Impacted 

Communities Expenditure Categories, Greene County will identify whether SLFRF

are being used for evidence-based interventions and if projects are being 

evaluated through rigorous program evaluations.

Where appropriate, Greene County will quantify expenditures toward evidencebased interventions, describe project goals, and discuss the relevant evidence 

base for such interventions.

Table of Expenses by Expenditure Category

As of July 31, 2021, Greene County, Missouri has not incurred obligations or 

expenditures from its allocation of State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds.

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Project Inventory

As of July 31, 2021, Greene County, Missouri has not incurred obligations or 

expenditures from its allocation of State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds. For 

future expenditures, Greene County will list and briefly describe SLFR-funded 

projects as required by applicable Treasury Department Compliance and 

Reporting Guidance.

Performance Report

As of July 31, 2021, Greene County, Missouri has not incurred obligations or 

expenditures from its allocation of State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds. For 

future expenditures, Greene County will list and briefly describe SLFRF projects as 

required by applicable Treasury Department Compliance and Reporting Guidance.

Required Performance Indicators and Programmatic Data

As of July 31, 2021, Greene County has not incurred obligations or expenditures 

from its allocation of State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds. For future 

expenditures, Greene County will report key indicators for SLFRF projects as 

required by applicable Treasury Department Compliance and Reporting Guidance.