Here's How Much Renton Will Get From The American Rescue Plan

RENTON, WA — The U.S. Department of Treasury this week unveiled a breakdown of how much funding communities across the United States can expect from the American Rescue plan, totaling more than $350 billion in relief headed to states, counties, cities and tribes. President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion package into law in early March.

"With this funding, communities hit hard by COVID-19 will be able to return to a semblance of normalcy," said Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in a statement. "They'll be able to rehire teachers, firefighters and other essential workers – and to help small businesses reopen safely."

According to Treasury officials, the funding will help support the ongoing COVID-19 response, strengthen public services, help pay for infrastructure investments and boost economic relief for workers, families and businesses impacted by the pandemic.

Here are a few examples from the Treasury:

• Support public health expenditures, by funding COVID-19 mitigation efforts, medical expenses, behavioral health care, mental health and substance misuse treatment, and certain public health and safety personnel responding to the crisis.
• Address negative economic impacts caused by the public health emergency, including by rehiring public sector workers, providing aid to households facing food, housing or other financial insecurity, offering small business assistance, and extending support for industries hardest hit by the crisis.
• Aid the communities and populations hardest hit by the crisis, supporting an equitable recovery by addressing not only the immediate harms of the pandemic, but its exacerbation of longstanding public health, economic and educational disparities.
• Provide premium pay for essential workers, offering additional support to those who have borne and will bear the greatest health risks because of their service during the pandemic.
• Invest in water, sewer and broadband infrastructure, improving access to clean drinking water, supporting vital wastewater and stormwater infrastructure, and expanding access to broadband internet.

Renton will receive more than $18 million, landing among 33 Washington cities expecting significant funding. King County will receive more than $437 million. In late March, King County Executive Dow Constantine unveiled a plan to use $337 million of that total, along with $247 million in state and FEMA money and $16 million from the county's general fund.

Some of the top priorities on the county level included more than $100 million for expanding vaccination efforts and another $100 million for rental assistance programs. In late April, Constantine also unveiled a proposal to use $100 million in American Rescue Plan funds to add hundreds of shelter beds and create hundreds of jobs to help get more people off the streets.

Here's how much money is heading to King County:

• King County: $437.6 million
• Seattle: $232.3 million
• Kent: $28.2 million
• Bellevue: $20.1 million
• Federal Way: $19.2 million
• Renton: $18.1 million
• Auburn: $14.7 million
• Burien: $10.8 million
• Kirkland: $10.1 million
• Redmond: $9.9 million
• Shoreline: $7.5 million
• Sammamish: $4.7 million

Read more about the funding objectives and find a funding breakdown for every metro via the U.S. Department of Treasury.