Federal Program Funds
Minnesota will receive an estimated $3.505 billion in program-specific federal funds as part of the American Rescue Plan (ARP).
Supporting working families
- Supplemental Discretionary Child Care Development Block Grant: $202 Million
- Mandatory Child Care Development Funds: $9.2 Million Increase
- Child Care Stabilization Grant Funding: $324.1 Million
- Women, Infants, & Children (WIC) Supplement: $8.2 Million
- Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP): $167 Million
- Pandemic Emergency Assistance: $14.3 Million
- Older Adults (Misc.): $23.1 Million
- Child Abuse Prevention: $4.4 Million
- Emergency Rental Assistance: $229 Million
- Homeowner Assistance Fund: $128 Million
- HOME Investment Partnerships: $31 Million
Access support for working families
Ensuring students catch up on learning
- Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief: $1.3 Billion
- Emergency Assistance to Nonpublic Schools: $37.7 Million
- Library Services and Technology Grants: $3.2 Million
- Special Education – IDEA: $52.4 Million
- Homeless Children and Youth: $8.7 Million
- Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT): $14.3 Million
- School COVID-19 Testing: $169.9 Million
Access education support
Supporting small business and driving economic recovery
- State Small Business Credit Initiative: $75.3 Million
- Statewide Transit Systems: $350.4 Million
- Capital Projects: $179 Million
Access small business and economic support
- Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development. Small business assistance application guidance expected summer 2021.
- Emergency vouchers. Learn more from the Met Council.
Additional help administered by the federal government
Public health funds
- COVID-19 Vaccination: $52.3 Million
- Address COVID-19 Health Disparities Equity Cut-out: $25.1 Million
- Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Disease: $4.1 Million
- Supplemental Vaccination: $2.3 Million
Additional help administered by the federal government
