Here are some ineligible uses of the American Rescue Plan support for municipalities as presented by the U.S. Department of the Treasury during a webinar Monday.

UPDATE: Due to popular demand, the White House expanded the ZoomGov audience capacity for our White House Briefing on the American Rescue Plan’s State and Local Program funding tonight, May 10 at 6:45pmET. The briefing will be conducted by Gene Sperling, White House ARP Coordinator and Senior Advisor to the President, and Jacob Leibenluft, the Department of the Treasury’s Chief Recovery Officer. Please register at this new link: https://pitc.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_H5PZVhvkS8iXQdlqO1XLug

The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs will host two identical 30-minute introductory briefings with state and local associations and stakeholders TODAY (May 10, 2021) at 4:00 PM EDT (link) and 6:45 PM EDT (link). 

The Michigan Municipal League encourages our members to attend. Go here to view the new guidelines and suggested talking points from the MML for our members.

In addition, the National League of Cities (NLC) and the Michigan Municipal League will each have events about the new guidelines in the coming days. The NLC will have a Federal Advocacy Update Call at 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 12 (register here) and the MML will unpack the guidelines for you during our Live with the League conversation Monday, May 17. Register for the MML event here.