Cobb County Government is accepting applications for organizations and individuals seeking grant funding under the American Rescue Plan Act.
Cobb has been earmarked with $147 million in COVID-19 stimulus funding passed by Congress in the $1.9 trillion legislation in 2021.
Cobb commissioners approved investment guidance to allocate funding in the community health, support services, economic development, county infrastructure and public safety areas.
Those eligible for the grants must meet the following criteria:
- Projects must serve Cobb County and its residents
- Projects submitted must align with at least one of the five priority areas and at least one subtopic associated with the chosen priority area.
- Project submissions from organizations outside of the Cobb County government must align with one or more Economic Development, Support Services, and Community Health subtopics, or Broadband & Digital Equity. Submissions from organizations outside of the Cobb County government will not be considered for Public Safety subtopics or County Facilities or Stormwater.
- Projects must support communities impacted or disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. For more information, please see question 3.3.
- Projects must consider equity in their project plans.
More information and access to an application link can be found here; the deadline for applying is 5 p.m. on Sept. 9.
Applications will be screened in several areas, including equity, financial continuity, impact, project budget, risk mitigation and impact.
Final funding decisions will be made by the Cobb Board of Commissioners.
Cobb officials will hold two information webinars about the application process on webinars on June 16 at 4:30 p.m. and June 27 at 6 p.m.
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