Using the American Rescue Plan’s State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds to Address the Care Crisis

Update: On Thursday, January 6^th, the Treasury department released its Final Rule on the state and local American Rescue Plan funds. In exciting news, the final rule confirms that creating, expanding, or financially supporting paid sick time, paid family leave, and paid medical leave are permissible uses of these funds. For more information, see here. The below memo was written based on the Interim Final Rule, prior to the issuance of the Final Rule. The Final Rule goes into effect on April 1, 2022.