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WILKES-BARRE — Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity recently announced that the payments under the American Rescue Plan Act’s (ARPA) Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery program have been sent to qualifying Pennsylvania municipalities.
Disbursements made to Luzerne County municipalities over the last several weeks include payments total nearly $13.1 million.
ARPA gave states the responsibility to disburse these federal funds to municipalities with fewer than 50,000 residents. Pennsylvania has more than 2,500 municipalities that qualify for these payments.
Larger municipalities were required to apply to the U.S. Department of the Treasury in order to receive payments directly from the federal government.
Samantha Galvez, press secretary at the state treasurer’s office, said the federal ARPA payments go to counties, metropolitan cities, and local government units.
“However, NEUs have to apply for their ARPA funding through state government, which is what the Treasury is in charge of disbursing,” Galvez said. “They must apply through DCED. DCED then tells us what to disburse.”
Galvez explained that non-entitlement units of local government (NEUs), defined in section 603(g)(5) of the Social Security Act, as added by section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, are local governments typically serving populations of less than 50,000.
“While the cities of Hazleton and Wilkes-Barre do have less than 50,000 residents, for other reasons (as defined by the federal government) they are not considered an NEU,” Galvez said.
Galvez provided the allocations to the two cities:
• Hazleton $17,132,482.00
• Wilkes-Barre $37,156,228.00
Luzerne County allocations
Ashley Borough: $142,507.13 June 29, 2021
Avoca Borough: $137,587.68 July 7, 2021
Bear Creek Township: $143,763.16 July 14, 2021
Bear Creek Village: $13,031.32 July 7, 2021
Black Creek Township: $108,646.64 July 14, 2021
Butler Township: $520,362.99 July 7, 2021
Conyngham Borough: $97,708.71 July 7, 2021
Conyngham Township: $75,728.17 July 27, 2021
Courtdale Borough: $37,471.58 June 29, 2021
Dallas Borough: $146,118.22 July 7, 2021
Dallas Township: $485,089.46 July 7, 2021
Dennison Township: $59,138.10 July 27, 2021
Dorrance Township: $116,444.50 July 7, 2021
Dupont Borough: $140,413.75 July 14, 2021
Duryea Borough: $253,927.51 July 7, 2021
East Side Borough: $15,752.72 July 14, 2021
Edwardsville Borough: $247,176.34 June 29, 2021
Exeter Borough: $289,986.05 June 29, 2021
Exeter Township: $123,195.66 July 14, 2021
Fairmont Township: $65,575.26
Fairview Township: $236,238.41 July 14, 2021
Forty Fort Borough: $211,484.14 June 29, 2021
Foster Township: $180,659.06
Franklin Township: $91,899.57 July 14, 2021
Freeland Borough: $179,193.69 July 14, 2021
Hanover Township: $566,469.78 July 7, 2021
Harveys Lake Borough: $145,176.20 July 14, 2021
Hazle Township: $500,109.50 July 14, 2021
Hollenback Township: $62,801.53 July 20, 2021
Hughestown Borough: $70,599.38 August 3, 2021
Hunlock Township: $126,126.40 June 29, 2021
Huntington Township: $115,868.82 July 7, 2021
Jackson Township: $243,931.60 July 27, 2021
Jenkins Township: $238,645.80 August 10, 2021
Kingston Borough: $670,510.97 July 7, 2021
Kingston Township: $361,004.11 July 7, 2021
Laflin Borough: $75,257.16 July 7, 2021
Lake Township: $105,977.58 July 14, 2021
Larksville Borough: $229,487.25 July 7, 2021
Lehman Township: $182,857.11 July 7, 2021
Luzerne Borough: $147,164.91 August 3, 2021
Nanticoke City: $539,674.46 June 29, 2021
Nescopeck Borough: $80,804.63 July 7, 2021
Nescopeck Township: $60,237.13 July 20, 2021
Newport Township: $279,623.80 June 29, 2021
Nuangola Borough: $35,430.53 July 14, 2021
Penn Lake Park Borough: $16,119.06 June 29, 2021
Pittston City: $408,314.60 June 29, 2021
Pittston Township: $175,687.27 July 14, 2021
Plains Township: $505,709.30 July 20, 2021
Plymouth Borough: $303,226.71 June 29, 2021
Plymouth Township: $93,626.61 July 27, 2021
Pringle Borough: $49,246.86 July 7, 2021
Rice Township: $185,578.51 July 14, 2021
Ross Township: $152,136.70 June 29, 2021
Salem Township: $219,596.01 July 7, 2021
Shickshinny Borough: $42,548.03 July 27, 2021
Sugar Notch Borough: $50,345.89 July 14, 2021
Sugarloaf Township: $206,774.03 July 7, 2021
Swoyersville Borough: $262,144.04 July 14, 2021
Union Township: $105,140.22 July 14, 2021
Warrior Run Borough: $30,406.41 July 14, 2021
West Hazleton Borough: $227,917.21 July 14, 2021
West Pittston Borough: $249,165.06 July 7, 2021
West Wyoming Borough: $140,047.41 July 7, 2021
White Haven Borough: $57,568.07 June 29, 2021
Wilkes-Barre Township: $150,880.67 June 29, 2021
Wright Township: $294,591.50 July 14, 2021
Wyoming Borough: $157,579.50 July 7, 2021
Yatesville Borough: $31,976.44 August 10, 2021
Total: Luzerne County: $13,073,184
Reach Bill O’Boyle at 570-991-6118 or on Twitter @TLBillOBoyle.