To help the country continue recovering from the COVID-1|9 pandemic, additional financial relief was established through the passing
of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) in March 2021.The City of Fayetteville, NC, recognized that they needed assistance to ensure
effective response and recovery efforts and sought assistance from an outside resource.
CLIENT SITUATION
City of Fayetteville, NC As the sixth largest city in the state, Fayetteville covers 150 square miles with a population of over
200,000 residents. In 2016, Hurricane Matthew affected the City of Fayetteville’s infrastructure with
WIS ab ho winds over 60 mph and rain totaling over [5 inches. With the anticipation of ARPA funds, the City
Douglas Hewett, ICMA-CM
City of Fayetteville, NC
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decided to bring on an outside firm to assist in their COVID-19 recavery efforts while exploring
infrastructure investment opportunities under the ARPA,
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(10) 433-1990 iParametrics was asked to provide strategic advice to the City to identify applicable uses for their
dhewett@ci fay.nc.us ARPA funds and maximize their ability to recover costs under various federal programs, including
the FEMA Public Assistance Program, the Coronavirus Relief Fund, and HHS/CDC grants. Initial tasks
BUDGET included identifying nonprofits, households, small businesses, and impacted industries who experienced
$674,960 negative economic impacts of COVID-19, identifying public health workers who performed essential
work during the pandemic. identifying lost revenues, and identifying opportunities to construct broad
DURATION band infrastructure,
June 2021 - Present
ACTION
iParametrics, along with our partners Metric and AG Witt, is providing the City with comprehensive
grant management and cost recovery services, including strategic planning, FEMA PA cost recovery,
community outreach, program implementation support, and technical assistance. Ve have positioned
the City to maximize their cost recovery efforts by leveraging each federal funding stream to pay for
unique items that are needed.
RESULT
The City of Fayetteville is better equipped to respond to the current COVID-19 pandemic as well as
future disaster declarations.
