(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)

After the initial allocation to municipalities to start 2022, the next phase of distribution of American Rescue Plan Act money in Beaver County will begin sometime soon. The second phase, which will be focused on non-profit organizations and small businesses, was discussed at the Commissioners’ work session on February 9.

“The intention is to do something similar to what we did with the CARES Act,” county solicitor Garen Fedeles stated. “There’ll be an application for non-profits and small businesses to submit applications; we expect that to probably be on the county website within the next week or two.”

Fedeles noted that those who qualify for this phase will have until the end of March to submit an application for further review. “We’ll have Zelenofsky & Axelrod review the applications just to ensure that they qualify, and from there go about awarding grants.”

The next Commissioners’ work session is scheduled for February 16 at 10:00 AM.