Democratic Municipal Officials Digest
Week of 7/19/2021

DMO Update

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• US Treasury guidance for local spending of American Rescue Plan funds is now out. Learn more at NationalDMO.org/treasury.

• 6 Things Local Elected Officials Can Do Today To Increase Vaccinations.

Quick Links

• Detroit going green to help slow flooding during heavy rains

• The City Governments That Have Mastered Data

• The High Price of Losing the War Against Urban Heat

Ideas for Cities

• How Local Governments Can Spend Their Federal Funds To Boost Equity

• Boise Is Tapping Into Free, Sustainable Energy – and Other Cities Could Follow Suit

• Understanding the American Rescue Plan’s compliance and reporting requirements

News for Democrats 

• Spread the word on Biden’s Middle Class Family Tax Cut

• How Local and State Government Can – and Should – Use the President’s Gun Crime Reduction Strategy and Historic Rescue Plan Funding to Improve Public Safety

• A Federal Probe Into Indian Boarding School Gravesites Seeks To Bring Healing

Pic of the Week

The first child tax credit payments went out last week on July 15th, but families that don’t make enough to pay taxes can still sign up for assistance at whitehouse.gov/child-tax-credit/sign-up/.