ARPA Information

The Town of Manchester is receiving $24,980,000 in Federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding.  The following list details the appropriations and uses that have been approved by the Board of Directors. 

(These appropriations are grouped by broad topical categories for the convenience of the reader, and do not reflect the ARPA Treasury Expenditure Codes used for intergovernmental reporting)

Human Services

$1,110,000 Rental Assistance First & Last Month Program
$375,000 Social Service/ Police Partnership
$5,000 Social Service Enhancements
$525,000 Community Agency Assistance & Enhancements
$1,068,000 Non Congregate Homeless Sheltering
$46,913 Covid Public Health Response
$28,800 Senior Center Non-English Speaking Outreach
$27,940 Senior Center Meals Supplies
$31,650 Human Services Response Vehicle
$120,000 Senior Center & Recreation Member Fee Waivers
$100,000 Baby Box Pilot
$6,000 Multilingual Human Services Initiatives
$9,207 Veteran's Advisory Committee
$250,000 Human Services Initiatives

General Town Services

$81,824 Recruitment, Retention & Training
$1,200,000 Employee Wages & Compensation

Parks & Recreation

$100,000 Land Acquisition- Recreational Trails
$29,730 Upgrade Existing Trails
$56,532 Handball Courts- Charter Oak Park
$350,000 Skate Park- Charter Oak Park
$250,000 Recreation & Athletic Fields
$50,000 Youth Services Van
$65,000 Athletic Field Lighting
$125,000 Youth Services Underserved Population Programming
$20,000 Parks & Rec Golf Carts
$50,000 Recreation Underserved Population Programming
$3,182,391 Charter Oak Park Expansion
$597,776 Board of Education Summer Programming

Public Safety

$500,000 Police Department Female Locker Rooms
$1,197,390 Fire Apparatus
$20,000 Carbon Monoxide Detectors
$250,000 Police Body Cameras
$97,700 Police Cruiser Replacements

Community & Economic Development

$465,582 Manchester Business Investment Grant
$50,000 Business Sign & Facade Improvement
$50,000 Work_Space Artist In Residence
$75,000 Work_Space Grant

Public Infrastructure

$750,000 LED Streetlight Renovation
$393,483 Fiber Optic Network Switches
$12,315 Polling Place Lighting Upgrade
$550,000 Cheney Hall Restrooms
$292,077 Pathfinders Facility Renovations
$3,150,000 Water & Sewer Infrastructure & Treatment
$550,000 New State Road Ballfields
$150,000 Elevator Repairs & Replacements
$75,000 Fleet Services Washbay Upgrades
$250,000 Sidewalk Extensions
$119,816 Traffic Signalization
$1,250,000 Union Dam Repairs
$2,000,000 Nathan Hale School Repurposing
$250,000 Microsoft 365
$2,560,000 New Main Branch Library