Breaking: Arizona Cities, Towns, Counties, and Tribal Communities to Receive Over $2.6 Billion in Critical Coronavirus Relief

Press Release

Today, coronavirus relief legislation--shaped by Arizona senior Senator Kyrsten Sinema--was signed into law, sending over $2.6 billion in direct coronavirus relief to Arizona cities, towns, counties, and tribal communities. As a member of the Senate's bipartisan group on COVID-relief, Sinema worked with Arizona mayors and county leaders to ensure Arizona communities have direct budget support and the flexibility to make local decisions about how to spend it.

"Today's funding represents a huge achievement for Arizona communities. Throughout the pandemic, I've worked directly with local leaders across Arizona to ensure they receive the support and resources needed to keep our communities safe. Thanks to bipartisan negotiations and close collaboration with Arizona mayors and county leaders, we secured direct coronavirus relief for our cities, towns, counties, and tribal communities to save jobs and prevent cuts to local first responders and essential services," said Sinema.

"Thank you to Senator Sinema for championing Arizona cities and towns. Her support of the American Rescue Plan is providing much needed support to Mesa's families, schools, businesses and restaurants who have all struggled throughout this pandemic," said City of Mesa Mayor John Giles.

"First of all, it is hard to find anyone, especially a Legislator/Senator that puts her money where her mouth is and is truly bipartisan. Senator Sinema's work on a relief package that boosts vaccinations, supports employers, extends unemployment insurance, and strengthens schools, broadband access, and supports small cities and towns . . . is right on the money and exactly what we need. Additionally, the hardest hit area in my community is our Restaurants and small businesses, her bipartisan Restaurant Rescue Plan and expanded Employee Retention Tax Credit will be a life saver," said Mayor of Casa Grande Craig McFarland.

"Senator Sinema is a tireless and effective leader, doing all she can to represent Arizona - throughout the pandemic she has kept the needs of every Arizonan at the forefront. Her support of the American Rescue Plan will mean that residents of Superior will have access to additional relief funds. Our local restaurants and small businesses are in need of the relief this legislation will provide. This pandemic quickly showed the inequities of health care and internet access for rural Arizona, I am relieved to see there will be substantial amounts of funding to improve these inequities," said Mayor of Superior Mila Besich.

"We are incredibly grateful for Senator Sinema's support for additional state and local government funding. This new influx of federal funding coming to the City of Maricopa will be used for a variety of priorities that will ensure that our City can continue to grow despite the effects of this global pandemic," said Mayor of Maricopa Christian Price.

"The American Rescue Plan (ARP) will bring invaluable relief to Kingman's families, employers and workers who have been most hard hit as a result of the pandemic. Beyond direct aid to people in need, the programs provide support for our healthcare system, our schools, our veterans, our seniors and those providing essential services. Further, Senator Sinema's Restaurant Relief Plan will lift up our tourism sector and save jobs so important to our Kingman community. Combined with measures targeting broadband and transportation , the ARP will greatly contribute to Kingman's economic recovery. We appreciate the Senator's work in delivering this critically needed relief package to our citizens," said Mayor of Kingman Jen Miles

Sinema has long called for direct coronavirus relief and budget support for Arizona cities, towns, counties, and tribal communities. As a member of the Senate's bipartisan group on COVID-relief, she worked closely with Arizona local leaders to secure $2.6 billion in direct budget support for all Arizona cities, towns, counties, and tribal communities in the COVID-relief legislation. These resources go directly to local leaders, so communities have more flexibility to make localized decisions on how best to use it. Arizona fire, sewage, water, power public utilities, flood control, and public health special districts are also eligible to receive coronavirus relief from the legislation.

Sinema also successfully included guardrails on Arizona's state funding to ensure state leaders appropriately distribute resources to support Arizona's health and economic recovery - instead of backfilling state budgets or funding unrelated projects, as we have seen in Arizona in recent months.

Below is breakdown of what Arizona cities, towns, and counties will receive thanks to Sinema's work:

City/County/Town/ Relief in Millions

Avondale

$18.09M

Casa Grande

$10.87M

Chandler

$35.99M

Douglas

$4.30M

Flagstaff

$15.24M

Gilbert

$24.07M

Glendale

$61.75M

Mesa

$101.36M

Peoria

$20.67M

Phoenix

$416.16M

Prescott

$6.37M

Scottsdale

$30.05M

Sierra Vista

$6.78M

Surprise

$16.20M

Tempe

$45.99M

Tucson

$139.67M

Yuma

$21.42M

Apache Junction City

$10.16M

Benson City

$1.16M

Bisbee City

$1.25M

Buckeye City

$19.00M

Bullhead City

$9.76M

Camp Verde Town

$2.67M

Carefree Town

$0.94M

Cave Creek Town

$1.39M

Chino Valley Town

$2.95M

Clarkdale Town

$1.05M

Clifton Town

$0.88M

Colorado City Town

$1.15M

Coolidge City

$3.13M

Cottonwood City

$2.92M

Dewey-Humboldt Town

$0.99M

Duncan Town

$0.19M

Eagar Town

$1.18M

El Mirage City

$8.53M

Eloy City

$4.68M

Florence Town

$6.54M

Fountain Hills Town

$6.01M

Fredonia Town

$0.31M

Gila Bend Town

$0.50M

Globe City

$1.75M

Goodyear City

$20.72M

Guadalupe Town

$1.58M

Hayden Town

$0.15M

Holbrook City

$1.21M

Huachuca City Town

$0.41M

Jerome Town

$0.11M

Kearny Town

$0.52M

Kingman City

$7.40M

Lake Havasu City

$13.33M

Litchfield Park City

$1.54M

Mammoth Town

$0.40M

Marana Town

$11.70M

Maricopa City

$12.44M

Miami Town

$0.42M

Nogales City

$4.80M

Oro Valley Town

$10.99M

Page City

$1.80M

Paradise Valley Town

$3.49M

Parker Town

$0.77M

Patagonia Town

$0.21M

Payson Town

$3.77M

Pima Town

$0.61M

Pinetop-Lakeside Town

$1.07M

Prescott Valley Town

$11.10M

Quartzsite Town

$0.90M

Queen Creek Town

$12.14M

Safford City

$2.38M

Sahuarita Town

$7.50M

San Luis City

$8.30M

Sedona City

$2.47M

Show Low City

$2.73M

Snowflake Town

$1.43M

Somerton City

$3.95M

South Tucson City

$1.36M

Springerville Town

$0.47M

St. Johns City

$0.84M

Star Valley Town

$0.55M

Superior Town

$0.76M

Taylor Town

$1.03M

Thatcher Town

$1.24M

Tolleson City

$1.76M

Tombstone City

$0.31M

Tusayan Town

$0.14M

Wellton Town

$0.73M

Wickenburg Town

$1.93M

Willcox City

$0.84M

Williams City

$0.78M

Winkelman Town

$0.08M

Winslow City

$2.23M

Youngtown town

$1.64M

Apache County

$13.94M

Cochise County

$24.42M

Coconino County

$27.83M

Gila County

$10.48M

Graham County

$7.53M

Greenlee County

$1.84M

La Paz County

$4.09M

Maricopa County

$869.92M

Mohave County

$41.15M

Navajo County

$21.51M

Pima County

$203.11M

Pinal County

$89.76M

Santa Cruz County

$9.02M

Yavapai County

$45.60M

Yuma County

$41.46M

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