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Mrs. Marie "Maggie" Gouin
Director
Office of Management and Budget
Miami Riverside Center
444 SW 2nd Avenue, 5th Floor
Miami, FL 33130
Reference: Project Analysis — City of Miami — ARPA (SLFRF)
Recommendation for application of ARPA (SLFRF) funds
August 5, 2024
Project Name: Center for Black Innovation - Miami Youth Grow and Glow Program
Mayor's Office
Proposed Funds Amount: $250,000
Proposed Activity for use of Funds: Program/Service
Mrs. Gouin,
We are sending the recommendation for the use of ARPA (SLFRF) funds for the referenced
project.
The Center for Black Innovation is a nonprofit organization committed to dramatically shifting
the way Black communities engage and create value within the innovation economy by
building asset and talent -filled spaces in Black communities and equitable capital pathways
to rid Black communities of innovation deserts. The nonprofit is proposing to fund the Miami
Youth Grow and Glow Program.
The pandemic has negatively impacted academic growth for many students of color,
particularly in low-income communities. There has been a decline in the number of
students enrolled in public schools, and students are not attending online and in -person
classes. These chronic absences and disengagement have exacerbated disparities in
academic achievement. Additionally, the pandemic has caused mental health issues due
to lack of access to school counseling and support from teachers. The lockdowns have
worsened child obesity due to reduced physical activity and poor diets. These disruptions
highlight the need for targeted support and interventions to address the educational,
mental health, and physical well-being challenges faced by students during the pandemic.
The ARPA fund allocation of $250,000 will allow the Miami Youth Grow and Glow Program
to implement the 12-week initiative aimed at enhancing academic performance, physical
fitness, and nutritional knowledge among 15 high school students from predominantly
Black communities in the City of Miami. The program utilizes a combination of resources,
including a large garden, digital and in -person meetings, mentoring, tutoring, and
enrichment activities. The program's goal is to address the educational and health
challenges exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Based on the information and documentation provided by the City's Office of Management
and Budget and the Mayor's Office, the project Center for Black Innovation - Miami
Youth Grow and Glow Program is eligible for the proposed use of $250,000 ARPA
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(SLFRF) funds under the Department of Treasury Final Rule, Expenditure Category
2.25 — Negative Economic Impacts: Addressing Educational Disparities: Academic,
Social, and Emotional Services, contingent upon additional considerations and
requirements being met. Under the SLFRF program, funds must be used for costs incurred
on or after March 3, 2021. Further, funds must be obligated by December 31, 2024, and
expended by December 31, 2026. This time period, during which recipients can expend
SLFRF funds, is the "period of performance".
Additional information regarding the selection process for students should be provided. The
US Treasury requires a transparent and equitable selection process.
The ARPA (SLFRF) funds, in the amount of $250,000, will cover personnel salaries, student
stipends and supplies, educational resources, trainings, field trips, workshops, and
administration costs.
For details on considerations and requirements, please refer to the attached Project
Analysis. Please review and contact us with any questions you may have.
Jamelyn Austin Trucks, CFM, PMP, CGM
ARPA Consultant, Subject Matter Expert
Senior Project Manager, Land Planning Lead
Enclosures as noted.
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Project Analysis — City of Miami — ARPA (SLFRF)
Office of the Mayor
Project Title
Miami Youth Grow and Glow Program
Project No. (e-Builder)
N/A
Total Project Cost
$250,000
Proposed ARPA Funding
$250,000
Project Type
• Program/Service
Project Status
• Not started
Project Estimated Completion
12 weeks after commencement
Agreement Type
Subrecipient/ Subaward
Eligible Use
Support the COVID-19 public health and economic response
by addressing COVID-19 and its impact on public health as well
as addressing economic harms to households, small businesses,
nonprofits, impacted industries, and the public sector.
Project Expenditure Category
2.25 — Negative Economic Impacts: Addressing Educational
Disparities: Academic, Social, and Emotional Services
Project Justification (short-
SOW)
The pandemic has negatively impacted academic growth for
many students of color, particularly in low-income
communities. There has been a decline in the number of
students enrolled in public schools, and students are not
attending online and in -person classes. These chronic absences
and disengagement have exacerbated disparities in academic
achievement. Additionally, the pandemic has caused mental
health issues due to lack of access to school counseling and
support from teachers. The lockdowns have worsened child
obesity due to reduced physical activity and poor diets. These
disruptions highlight the need for targeted support and
interventions to address the educational, mental health, and
physical well-being challenges faced by students during the
pandemic.
The ARPA fund allocation of $250,000 will allow the Miami
Youth Grow and Glow Program to implement the 12-week
initiative aimed at enhancing academic performance, physical
fitness, and nutritional knowledge among 15 high school
students from predominantly Black communities in the City of
Miami. The program utilizes a combination of resources,
including a large garden, digital and in -person meetings,
mentoring, tutoring, and enrichment activities. The program's
goal is to address the educational and health challenges
exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The ARPA funding will cover personnel salaries, student
stipends and supplies, educational resources, trainings, field
trips and workshops, as well as administration costs.
Eligible (Y/N)
Yes, Project is considered eligible under Department of
Treasury Final Rule, contingent upon the below additional
considerations and requirements being met.
Additional Information
needed
Provide any additional information related to use of contracted
services with partners.
Next Steps
Address program budgeting concerns and provide
supporting data, if program is based on an existing/ similar one.
Establish Reporting and Monitoring Procedures with the
organization.
QC Completed (Name/Date)
Jamelyn Austin Trucks 8/6/2024
Additional Considerations/Program Requirements:
• Under the SLFRF program, funds must be used for costs incurred on or after March 3, 2021.
Further, funds must be obligated by December 31, 2024, and expended by December 31, 2026.
This time period, during which recipients can expend SLFRF funds, is the "period of
performance."
• ARPA funds can be used to provide additional funding for projects in progress prior to 3/3/2021,
however only activities initiated AFTER 3/3/2021 are eligible for ARPA funds.
• Ensure that the City of Miami Procurement Process meets Office of Management and Budget
procurement standards set forth in 2 CFR 200.316-320.
• Expenditure Categories 2.25 — Negative Economic Impacts: Assistance to Households:
Addressing Educational Disparities: Academic, Social, and Emotional Services (FFES) and 2.32 —
Negative Economic Impacts: Assistance to Households: Assistance to Small Businesses: Business
Incubators and Start -Up or Expansion Assistance (D.A Dorsey) — Requires the following
additional reporting:
o Recipients must identify the amount of total funds that area allocated to evidence -
based interventions.
o Recipients must report on whether projects are primarily serving disproportionately
impacted communities.
• Use of Evidence: (for all ECs indicated) - Collection to begin in April 2022
o The dollar amount of the total project spending that is allocated towards evidence -
based interventions
o Indicate if a program evaluation of the project is being conducted
• Project Demographic Distribution (Applicable to Public Health and Negative Economic
Impact ECs: EC 1.1-2.37) — Collection to begin April2022
o Recognizing the disproportionate public health and negative economic impacts of the
pandemic on many households, communities, and other entities, recipients must
report whether certain types of projects are targeted to impacted and
disproportionately impacted communities. Recipients will be asked to respond to the
following:
■ What Impacted and/or Disproportionally Impacted population does this
project primarily serve? Please select the population primarily served.
■ If this project primarily serves more than one Impacted and/or
Disproportionately Impacted population, please select up to two
additional populations served.
Assistance to Households
Impacted
• Low- or -moderate income households or populations
• Households that experienced unemployment
• Households that experienced increased food or housing insecurity
• Households that qualify for certain federal programs
• For services to address lost instructional time in K-12 schools: any students that
lost access to in -person instruction for a significant period of time
• Other households or populations that experienced a negative economic impact
of the pandemic other than those listed above (please specify)
Disproportionately Impacted
• Low-income households and populations
• Households and populations residing in Qualified Census Tracts
• Households that qualify for certain federal programs
• Households receiving services provided by Tribal governments
• Households residing in the U.S. territories or receiving services from
these governments
• For services to address educational disparities, Title I eligible schools
• Other households or populations that experienced a disproportionate
negative economic impact of the pandemic other than those listed above
(please specify)
• Public Health and Negative Economic Impact (EC 1.1-3.5) - Collection began in April 2022
o Brief description of structure and objectives of assistance program(s), including public
health or negative economic impact experienced
o Brief description of how a recipient's response is related and reasonably proportional to
a public health or negative economic impact of COVID-19.
• Education Assistance (EC 2.14, 2.24-.2.27) — Collection began in January 2022:
o The National Center for Education Statistics ("NCES") School ID or NCES District ID. List
the School District if all schools within the school district received some funds. If not all
schools within the school district received funds, list the School ID of the schools that s.
These can allow evaluators to link data from the NCES to look at school level
demographics and, eventually, student performance.
• Addressing Educational Disparities (EC 2.24-2.26) and Addressing Impacts of Lost Instructional
Time (EC 2.27):
o Number of students participating in evidence -based tutoring programs.
• Negative Economic Impacts (EC 2): As relevant, describe how funds are being used to respond to
negative economic impacts of the COVID-19 public health emergency, including services to
households (such as affordable housing, job training, and childcare), small businesses,
nonprofits, and impacted industries.
Responding to Public Health and Economic Impacts of COVID-19
To assess eligible uses of funds in this category, recipients should (1) identify a COVID-19 public health
or economic impact on an individual or class (i.e., a group) and (2) design a program that responds to
that impact. Responses should be related and reasonably proportional to the harm identified and
reasonably designed to benefit those impacted.
The final rule recognizes that the pandemic caused broad -based impacts that affected many
communities, households, and small businesses across the country; for example, many workers
faced unemployment and many small businesses saw declines in revenue. The final rule describes
these as "impacted" households, communities, small businesses, and nonprofits.
At the same time, the pandemic caused disproportionate impacts, or more severe impacts, in certain
communities. For example, low-income and underserved communities have faced more severe
health and economic outcomes like higher rates of COVID-19 mortality and unemployment, often
because pre-existing disparities exacerbated the impact of the pandemic. The final rule describes
these as "disproportionately impacted" households, communities, small businesses, and nonprofits
Addressing Educational Disparities.
School closures and the transition to remote education raised particular challenges for lower -income
students, potentially exacerbating educational disparities, while increases in economic hardship
among families could have long-lasting impacts on children's educational and economic prospects.
Services under this prong would enhance educational supports to help mitigate impacts of the
pandemic. Eligible services include:
• New, expanded, or enhanced early learning services, including pre- kindergarten, Head
Start, or partnerships between pre -kindergarten programs and local education
authorities, or administration of those services;
• Providing assistance to high -poverty school districts to advance equitable funding
across districts and geographies;
• Evidence -based educational services and practices to address the academic needs of
students, including tutoring, summer, afterschool, and other extended learning and
enrichment programs; and
• Evidence -based practices to address the social, emotional, and mental health needs of
students
(b) Responding to the public health emergency or its negative economic impacts.
A recipient may use funds to respond to the public health emergency or its negative economic impacts if
the use meets the criteria provided in paragraph (b)(1) of this section or is enumerated in paragraph
(b)(3) of this section; provided that, in the case of a use of funds for a capital expenditure under
paragraph (b)(1) or (b)(3) of this section, the use of funds must also meet the criteria provided in
paragraph (b)(4) of this section. Treasury may also articulate additional eligible programs, services, or
capital expenditures from time to time that satisfy the eligibility criteria of this paragraph (b), shall be
eligible under this paragraph (b).
(1) Identifying eligible responses to the public health emergency or its negative economic impacts.
(i) A program, service, or capital expenditure is eligible under this paragraph (b)(1) if a recipient
identifies a harm or impact to a beneficiary or class of beneficiaries caused or exacerbated by the public
health emergency or its negative economic impacts and the program, service, or capital expenditure
responds to such harm.
(ii) A program, service, or capital expenditure responds to a harm or impact experienced by an identified
beneficiary or class of beneficiaries if it is reasonably designed to benefit the beneficiary or class of
beneficiaries that experienced the harm or impact and is related and reasonably proportional to the
extent and type of harm or impact experienced.
(2) Identified harms: presumptions of impacted and disproportionately impacted beneficiaries. A
recipient may rely on the following presumptions to identify beneficiaries presumptively impacted or
disproportionately impacted by the public health emergency or its negative economic impacts for the
purpose of providing a response under paragraph (b)(1) or (b)(3) of this section:
(i) Households or populations that experienced unemployment; experienced increased food or housing
insecurity; qualify for the Children's Health Insurance Program (42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.), Childcare
Subsidies through the Child Care and Development Fund Program (42 U.S.C. 9857 et seq. and 42 U.S.C.
618), or Medicaid (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.); if funds are to be used for affordable housing programs,
qualify for the National Housing Trust Fund (12 U.S.C. 4568) or the Home Investment Partnerships
Program (42 U.S.C. 12721 et seq.) if funds are to be used to address impacts of lost instructional time
for students in kindergarten through twelfth grade, any student who did not have access to in -person
instruction for a significant period of time; and low- and moderate -income households and populations
are presumed to be impacted by the public health emergency or its negative economic impacts;
(ii) The general public is presumed to be impacted by the public health emergency for the purposes of
providing the uses set forth in paragraphs (b)(3)(i)(A) and (b)(3)(i)(C) of this section; and
(iii) The following households, communities, small businesses, and nonprofit organizations are presumed
to be disproportionately impacted by the public health emergency or its negative economic impacts:
(A) Households and populations residing in a qualified census tract; households and populations
receiving services provided by Tribal governments; households and populations residing in the
territories; households and populations receiving services provided by territorial governments; low-
income households and populations; households that qualify for Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.),
Free and Reduced Price School Lunch and/ or Breakfast programs (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq. and 42 U.S.C.
1773), Medicare Part D Low-income Subsidies (42 U.S.C. 1395w-114), Supplemental Security Income (42
U.S.C. 1381 et seq.), Head Start (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), Early Head Start (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), the
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (42 U.S.C. 1786), Section 8
Vouchers (42 U.S.C. 1437f), the Low-income Home Energy Assistance Program (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.),
Pell Grants (20 U.S.C. 1070a), and, if SLFRF funds are to be used for services to address educational
disparities, Title I eligible schools;
(B) Small businesses operating in a qualified census tract, operated by Tribal governments or on Tribal
lands, or operating in the territories; and
(C) Nonprofit organizations operating in a qualified census tract, operated by Tribal governments or on
Tribal lands, or operating in the territories.
(3) Enumerated eligible uses: responses presumed reasonably proportional. A recipient may use funds
to respond to the public health emergency or its negative economic impacts on a beneficiary or class of
beneficiaries for one or more of the following purposes unless such use is grossly disproportionate to
the harm caused or exacerbated by the public health emergency or its negative economic impacts:
(i) Responding to the public health impacts of the public health emergency for purposes including:
(A) COVID-19 mitigation and prevention in a manner that is consistent with recommendations and
guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including vaccination programs and
incentives; testing programs; contact tracing; isolation and quarantine; mitigation and prevention
practices in congregate settings; acquisition and distribution of medical equipment for prevention and
treatment of COVID-19, including personal protective equipment; COVID— 19 prevention and treatment
expenses for public hospitals or health care facilities, including temporary medical facilities; establishing
or enhancing public health data systems; installation and improvement of ventilation systems in
congregate settings, health facilities, or other public facilities; and assistance to small businesses,
nonprofits, or impacted industries to implement mitigation measures;
(B) Medical expenses related to testing and treating COVID-19 that are provided in a manner consistent
with recommendations and guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including
emergency medical response expenses, treatment of long-term symptoms or effects of COVID-19, and
costs to medical providers or to individuals for testing or treating COVID-19;
(C) Behavioral health care, including prevention, treatment, emergency or first -responder programs,
harm reduction, supports for long-term recovery, and behavioral health facilities and equipment; and
(D) Preventing and responding to increased violence resulting from the public health emergency,
including community violence intervention programs, or responding to increased gun violence resulting
from the public health emergency, including payroll and covered benefits associated with community
policing strategies; enforcement efforts to reduce gun violence; and investing in technology and
equipment;
(ii) Responding to the negative economic impacts of the public health emergency for purposes including:
(A) Assistance to households and individuals, including:
(1) Assistance for food; emergency housing needs; burials, home repairs, or weatherization; internet
access or digital literacy; cash assistance; and assistance accessing public benefits;
(2) Paid sick, medical, or family leave programs, or assistance to expand access to health insurance;
(3) Childcare, early learning services, home visiting, or assistance for child welfare -involved families or
foster youth;
(4) Programs to address the impacts of lost instructional time for students in kindergarten through
twelfth grade