Officials Share How COVID-19 Relief Funding Will Be Used In Prince George's County

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — Prince George’s County will receive $176.6 million in funding from the American Rescue Plan, which will help with the COVID-19 recovery. Some examples of ARP spending by the county include:

• Funds for the upcoming behavioral health facility
• Affordable housing
• Additional business assistance
• Relaunching the county’s Rapid Re-employment Grant Program to get unemployed residents back to work
• Single-family rehab grant program
• Additional funds to address food insecurity
• Infrastructure to address residential flooding
• Funding for the county’s homeless shelter
• Hazard pay for public and non-public facing essential county employees, overtime pay and money to facilitate teleworking throughout county government