DATE: October 20, 2026
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Paul Nerland, County Administrative Officer
SUBJECT: Final Amendment to American Rescue Plan Act - State Local Fiscal
Recovery Funds, Expenditure Plan
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve proposed Amendments to the County of Fresno’s American Rescue Plan Act – State Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (ARPA-SLFRF) expenditure plan by reassigning funding availability identified under various County Department Programs ($1,044,358) and Subrecipient Programs ($1,250,352) for a total of $2,294,710 in cost savings to instead fund:
Department of Human Resources (HR) Congregate Setting Retention Payments (CSRP) program up to $1,780,710, which will increase funding support in this program from $14,430,002 to $16,210,712.
County Administrative Office, Administration of ARPA-SLFRF Program up to $514,000, which will increase funding support from $2,500,000 to $3,014,000, and will extend the administrative timeline from December 31, 2026, to April 30, 2027, to include the administrative closeout period.
Approve and authorize the Clerk of the Board to Execute Budget Transfer No. 84 transferring $1,250,352 from account 7845 (Support of Organizations) to account 7957 (Operating Transfers Out).
Approve and authorize the County Administrative Officer (CAO) to execute, subject to the review and approval of County Counsel as to legal form and the Auditor-Controller/Treasure-Tax Collector as to accounting form, any documents necessary to address unforeseen funding availability after October 20, 2026, for the timely reassignment of funds in advance of Treasury’s final expenditure deadline of December 31, 2026; any documents so executed will be brought to your Board for ratification at the next available Board date.
REPORT
The United States Department of the Treasury (Treasury) requires that all recipients of ARPA-SLFRF fully expend their award by December 31, 2026. Treasury only permits recipients to continue spending ...
Click here for full text