Thrive HUB: American Rescue Plan Funded Resources

Thrive HUB is The Wall Las Memorias' Community Navigation program funded through the American Rescue Plan. Our team of community navigators supports individuals/families, small businesses, and nonprofits impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic by connecting them to economic relief opportunities, capacity-building resources, and essential services.

The American Rescue Plan, signed into law on March 2021, provides $350 billion in funding for state and local governments to build an equitable economic recovery from the devastating economic effects caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The U.S. Department of the Treasury specifically states that the goal of these State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund is to “promote and streamline the provision of assistance to individuals and communities in greatest need, particularly communities that have been historically disadvantaged and have experienced disproportionate impacts of the COVID-19 crisis.” The Treasury also identified the four main priorities for ARP funding:

- - Focus on Equity: It requires recipients to track what portion of funds are going toward and benefiting highly impacted and disadvantaged communities.
  - Focus on Workers: It supports basic public sector employees, essential personnel, and other workers in recognition that these workforces will drive America’s recovery and are largely from highly impacted communities.
  - Focus on Community Engagement: It requires participants to report on community engagement strategies to inform spending and build capacity to serve people with significant barriers to services.
  - Focus on Evidence Based Interventions: It requires recipients to track their project outcomes over time and some projects are required to provide information about what portion of their funds are spent on evidence-based interventions or are being evaluated.

The lists below are resources available to individuals/families, nonprofits and small businesses. Click on the Project Name to find out more information on how to apply. Visit the Los Angeles County Chief Executive Office website for a complete list of ARP resources, or download the list at the bottom of this webpage.

For assistance in applying or locating services, email [email protected] to be connected to one of our Community Navigators.

Resources for Individuals and Families

Department	Project Name	Description
HOMELESS INITIATIVE	Project Homekey 2.0 - Expansion Project Homekey 3.0	The Homekey Round 3 initiative funds the acquisition and rehabilitation of properties to create permanent and interim housing with supportive services for people experiencing homelessness in L.A. County.
INTERNAL SERVICES DEPT	Accelerate Digital Equity – Community Broadband Network 1 (East LA)	The Community Broadband Networks project delivers low-cost, high-speed broadband to underserved L.A. County neighborhoods to close the digital divide accelerated by the pandemic.
CONSUMER AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS	Stay Housed LA County	Stay Housed L.A. County is a countywide eviction-prevention program providing vulnerable tenants with education, legal assistance, and rental support to help them stay safely housed.
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY	Youth @ Work	Assistance to Unemployed or Underemployed Workers (e.g. job training, subsidized employment, employment supports or incentives)
INTERNAL SERVICES DEPT	Accelerate Digital Equity	The Accelerate Digital Equity Project provides thousands of laptops and gathers community data to advance digital equity across Los Angeles County.
PUBLIC HEALTH	Community Testing	Public Health provides ongoing COVID-19 testing, vaccination, medicine, and support to the County’s hardest-hit and most vulnerable residents.

Resources for Nonprofit Organizations

Department	Project Name	Description
ARTS AND CULTURE	Entertainment Community Fund (Hollywood Arts Collective Project)	The Hollywood Arts Collective provides affordable housing, creative space, and supportive services for low-income artists, addressing long-standing needs worsened by the pandemic.
ARTS AND CULTURE	Creative Career Pathways for Youth	Creative Recovery LA provides streamlined ARPA-funded relief and recovery grants to arts, cultural, and community-serving nonprofits disproportionately impacted by COVID-19—with an added $1.6M in Tranche 2 to expand grant sizes and strengthen equitable pathways for opportunity youth in creative careers.
ARTS AND CULTURE	Creative Works Jobs for Artists	The Creative Recovery LA initiative provides streamlined ARPA-funded relief and recovery grants to arts, cultural, and community organizations disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, supporting the revitalization of L.A. County’s creative economy and community wellbeing.
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY	LA Regional COVID Fund: Small and Micro Business Grants	The Economic Opportunity Grant program streamlines multiple COVID-19 relief grants into a single application to deliver targeted financial support to small, micro, and BIPOC-owned businesses and nonprofits hardest hit by the pandemic.

Resources for Small Businesses

Department	Project Name	Description
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY	Keep LA Dining	Aid to Tourism, Travel, or Hospitality
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY	Economic Mobility Initiative	The Economic Mobility Initiative provides tailored outreach, training, mentorship, and capital resources to help underserved entrepreneurs start, grow, and sustain their businesses.
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY	Street Vending Collaborative for Health, Safety, and Economic Mobility	The Sidewalk Vending Collaborative strengthens economic mobility for BIPOC, LEP, and undocumented street vendors by creating a County ordinance, permitting system, outreach support, and access to code-compliant carts to build a safer, more equitable, and sustainable vending economy.
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY	Legal Aid for Small Business Owners	The Legal Aid for Small Business Owners Program provides free, culturally competent legal assistance to small and BIPOC-owned businesses in L.A. County, helping them navigate contracts, leases, employment, and other business legal needs to improve resiliency and equitable recovery post-pandemic.
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY	Safer at Work	Safer at Work is a public education campaign that promotes COVID-19 safety and compliance while providing PPE and resources to support the health, safety, and economic resilience of small businesses, street vendors, and workers in vulnerable L.A. County communitie
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY	Shop Local Campaigns	Shop Local LA is a countywide campaign that supports 400 small and diverse businesses through digital marketing training, community engagement, and promotion of local spending to strengthen economic recovery and neighborhood cultural identity post-pandemic.
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY	Small Business Rent Relief	The Small Business Rent Relief project provides financial assistance to small tenant businesses in unincorporated L.A. County, prioritizing those most impacted by COVID-19 and at risk of falling behind on rent.

Additional Information and Resources

Chief Executive Office - Available American Rescue Plan Resources

American Rescue Plan Act Resource Locator Map