GB Opens ARPA Grant Application for Local Nonprofits

Great Barrington has opened the application process for local nonprofits seeking grants from American Rescue Plan Act funds (ARPA) received by the town.

The town received $2,075,908 in ARPA funds to mitigate the economic impacts of COVID-19 on households in Great Barrington. In April, the town earmarked $850,000 to organizations supporting housing-related assistance.

The town will now distribute another portion of the ARPA funds to Great Barrington-based nonprofits serving low- and moderate-income households, households that experienced unemployment, and households that experienced food or housing insecurity.

The application form is now open.

Town Manager Mark Pruhenski said, “The impacts of COVID-19 are still with us and will stay with us for some time, so we hope these ARPA funds will help our local nonprofits in their work caring for our community's residents."

Eligible nonprofits are those providing housing and housing assistance (including rent, mortgage and utility assistance), food/food assistance, health care, transportation-related assistance, and employment and job training assistance.

The application form can be downloaded here or from the Town Manager’s page of the town website, www.townofgb.org. Proposals are due Sept. 30 by 4 p.m. via email. Funding awards will be made by the town manager in accordance with ARPA priorities approved by the Selectboard.

Recipient organizations will be required to sign a grant agreement with the town, file quarterly program updates with the town, and collect any required demographic or other data that may be required by the U.S. Treasury in order to document use of ARPA funds and ensure compliance with federal requirements.

ARPA grant funds are eligible for expenses incurred between July 1, 2022 and Dec. 31, 2024. All funds incurred by that deadline must be expended by Dec. 31, 2026.