American Rescue Plan Money Coming To Morris Co. Here's Where

NEW JERSEY - There is more than $10 billion dollars coming to the Garden State as part of the American Rescue Plan passed by Congress and according to U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker $144,027,548 is coming to Morris County.

The $1.9 trillion COVID relief package contains $360 billion in state and local aid to help keep essential workers on the job, assist struggling families and small businesses, and make critical investments in infrastructure. The State of New Jersey will receive approximately $6.434 billion plus another $189 million to expand broadband internet across the state. An additional $1.823 billion will be split among the 21 county governments and $1.741 billion divided among all 565 cities and municipalities.

“Our state and local governments have been on the front lines of the fight against COVID-19. They have been bleeding resources for over a year while costs have soared and revenues have plummeted. As a result, they have borne the brunt of the economic pain and desperately need help,” Menendez said.

While the SMART Act initially called for $500 billion in targeted state and local funding to the areas with the greatest need, Menendez was instrumental in fighting efforts to further lower that top line number or change the formula to hurt New Jersey, which has been disproportionately impacted economically by the pandemic.

As a result of the final formula, New Jersey will receive the eighth largest pot of federal money compared to other states, about $1 billion more than it would receive had the formula been based entirely on population. The formula allocates virtually all of the funding dedicated to state governments based on the number of unemployed persons in each state compared to the overall U.S. population to determine need.

“In the midst of the greatest public health and economic crises of our lifetimes, it is unacceptable New Jersey schools, hospitals, small businesses, and workers faced the additional threat of budgetary shortfalls,” said Booker. “With state and local governments across our country facing the painful decisions of potentially laying off thousands of police officers, firefighters, teachers, and other essential workers, and cutting essential services, the full support of our federal government has never been more important to fight this pandemic."

Below is a breakdown of the funds coming to Morris County:

Total – $144,027,548.45

County Government: $95.39 million
Total to Municipalities: $48,637,548.45

Boonton
$876,133.10

Boonton Twp.
$416,209.88

Butler
$751,869.35

Chatham Borough
$848,235.15

Chatham Twp.
$993,815.29

Chester Borough
$159,529.11

Chester Twp.
$753,441.07

Denville
$1,615,526.96

Dover
$1,741,165.96

East Hanover
$1,072,793.99

Florham Park
$1,129,277.51

Hanover
$1,400,005.48

Harding Twp.
$369,353.12

Jefferson Twp.
$2,034,978.50

Kinnelon
$972,105.97

Lincoln Park
$993,225.90

Long Hill Township
$828,097.55

Madison
$1,734,191.47

Mendham Borough
$476,131.53

Mendham Twp.
$556,190.78

Mine Hill
$341,651.63

Montville
$2,068,573.92

Morris Plains
$614,442.49

Morris Twp.
$2,176,432.89

Morristown
$1,892,050.63

Mount Arlington
$574,854.90

Mount Olive
$2,841,464.96

Mountain Lakes
$414,834.63

Netcong
$307,565.06

Parsippany-Troy Hills
$5,387,477.24

Pequannock
$1,470,045.05

Randolph
$2,492,937.07

Riverdale
$406,190.20

Rockaway Borough
$616,505.36

Rockaway Twp.
$2,541,856.72

Roxbury
$2,215,234.61

Victory Gardens
$144,401.35

Washington Twp.
$1,783,111.11

Wharton
$625,640.96

The direct, flexible funding can be used by state and local governments to pay COVID-related expenses; cover lost revenues due to the pandemic to maintain critical services and avoid layoffs of essential workers; provide additional assistance to residents and small businesses; and invest in water, sewer and broadband infrastructure.

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