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<p style="font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</p>
<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">June 1, 2022</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 25px; font-size: 100%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Kari Utterback
<br />Senior Planner
<br />Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services
<br />City of Columbia
<br />573.441.5595
<br />Kari.Utterback@CoMo.gov</p>
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:150%;"><h1 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">City requests community members fill out survey on spending $12.6 million in ARPA funds</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - On behalf of the City of Columbia, Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services is looking for community members' experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic and input on the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding allocated for Columbia.<br /><br />ARPA is a federal aid package that provides funding to families, governments, businesses, schools, nonprofits and others impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. ARPA funding builds a bridge toward economic improvement and provides vital support to communities in crisis. <br /><br />The City of Columbia will receive a total of $25.2 million of ARPA funds in two tranches to address health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The City Council voted to spend the first half of this funding on the issues of homelessness, community violence, behavioral crisis care mental health services and workforce development. <br /><br />The City of C
olumbia is committed to conducting a community-driven and data-informed process, and requests community input on how the remaining $12.6 million in ARPA funding be expended. The substantial funding is only available for a limited time. The City of Columbia encourages residents, business owners and anyone that receives services in Columbia to complete a five-minute survey by June 30.<br /><br />Please take the short survey at <a href="https://beheard.como.gov">BeHeard.CoMo.gov</a> or call 573.874.CITY(2489). The survey is anonymous with the option to sign up for updates via email.<br /><br />For questions about the survey or community engagement process, email <a href="mailto: ARPA@CoMo.gov">ARPA@CoMo.gov</a>.<br /><br />For media inquiries, email <a href="mailto: Kari.Utterback@CoMo.gov">Kari.Utterback@CoMo.gov</a> or call 573.441.5595.</div>
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