ARPA funds reallocation and 2026 budget amendment
Summary
Leftover federal pandemic money is being swept back from groups that can't spend it and given to Big Brothers Big Sisters, Park Playhouse and the Pride Center before the deadline.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 6
- Last 30 days
- 1
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 29, 2026.
Impact analysis
Roughly $300,000 redirected among community nonprofits.
Big Brothers Big Sisters, Park Playhouse, and the Pride Center.
Nonprofits losing unspent allocations they could not deploy in time.
Mentions & discussions (6)
Audit and Finance Committee — October 29, 2026
Unspent federal pandemic-relief money from finished projects was slated to be shifted to related projects, including local nonprofits and HVCC's educational opportunity center.
ARPA
ARPA Albany County (.gov)
Audit and Finance Committee — July 30, 2026
Unspent pandemic-relief money is being clawed back from nonprofits that couldn't spend it and moved to projects that can — with a September 30 reallocation deadline and a hard November 30 cutoff so no penny goes back to Washington.
Audit and Finance Committee — June 25, 2026
Money left over from finished ARPA projects is going to the Capital Behavioral Health Network to pay tuition for local health aides training as certified substance abuse counselors at Maria College, extending the program through fall 2026.
Audit and Finance Committee — May 28, 2026
Leftover federal pandemic money is being swept back from groups that can't spend it and given to Big Brothers Big Sisters, Park Playhouse and the Pride Center before the deadline.
Audit and Finance Committee — January 29, 2026
The county is fixing how $29.5 million in ARPA revenue replacement funds are booked across 2024, 2025 and 2026 so the year-end financials are accurate. The 2026 budget number doesn't change.
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