3:19 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Cleveland! (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you. (The orchestra concludes playing “Hail to the Chief.”) Thank you to the orchestra. Thank you very much. (Applause.) Well, let me start off by saying — I’d get in trouble with my mother, were she here, if I didn’t say, “Excuse my back…
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Remarks by Vice President Harris at the American Rescue Plan Workforce Development Summit
South Court AuditoriumEisenhower Executive Office Building 11:28 A.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everyone. Good morning. Thank you, Se- — AUDIENCE MEMBER: Good morning! THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good mor- — (laughs) — good morning. What an array of extraordinary American leaders. So, thank you all for being here and for the work you’re doing every day. And, Secretary Walsh,…
President Biden to Announce 21 Winners of $1 Billion American Rescue Plan Regional Challenge
Funding Provides Regional Investments to Transform Local Economies, Create Good-Paying Jobs, Jumpstart Emerging Industries, and Prepare Workforce for the Future WASHINGTON – Today, President Biden will announce the 21 winners of the $1 billion Build Back Better Regional Challenge, the most impactful regional economic development competition in decades. Funded by President Biden’s American Rescue Plan…
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Report: “Advancing Equity Through the American Rescue Plan”
Highlights the Most Equitable Economic Recovery Ever Details Efforts to Ensure Equity in 32 Major American Rescue Plan Policies Today, the American Rescue Plan Implementation Team and the Domestic Policy Council released their interim American Rescue Plan Equity Report. It covers 32 different American Rescue Plan programs that represent nearly $900 billion or 60 percent of…
FACT SHEET: New Data Show the American Rescue Plan and Other Pandemic Relief Funds Have Helped 18 Million College Students
Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that an estimated 18 million[1] students have received direct financial aid since the start of 2021 thanks to the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF), which was dramatically expanded by President Biden in the American Rescue Plan (ARP). Today’s announcement and a report from the Department of Education (Department) show…
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces American Rescue Plan’s Historic Investments in Community Health Workforce
$225 Million in Training Grants Awarded Today; American Rescue Plan Investments for Community Health Workforce Total Over $1.1 Billion Today, the Biden-Harris Administration is awarding $225 million in American Rescue Plan funds to train over 13,000 Community Health Workers (CHWs). In response to the acute need to expand the health care workforce and address pandemic-related burnout,…
FACT SHEET: Vice President Harris Announces that American Rescue Plan Investments in Home and Community-Based Care Services for Millions of Seniors and Americans with Disabilities Reach About $37 Billion Across All 50 States
New data featured as part of White House convening with care leaders, workers, and champions, including Senator Bob Casey (PA), Governor Janet Mills (ME), Governor Josh Shapiro (PA), and Governor Jared Polis (CO) highlighting historic Biden-Harris Administration investments in long-term care and the care workforce and lifting up the President’s proposal to expand federal support…
Readout: White House, Treasury, and State Officials Discuss American Rescue Plan Investments in Manufacturing Through the State Small Business Credit Initiative
On Thursday, October 27th 2022, officials from the White House, Treasury Department, Arizona, Michigan, and Minnesota met with stakeholders to discuss key investments from the American Rescue Plan’s (ARP) State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI), which are expected to result in billions of dollars of financing to small businesses involved in manufacturing and critical supply…
Remarks By President Biden Highlighting State and Local Leaders Who Are Investing American Rescue Plan Funding
3:26 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, folks. I — I’m flanked by real protection here. (Laughter.) Thank you all for being here. And I want to — I want to thank the Attorney General, Merrick Garland, who is standing behind me, for joining us today. He’s doing an incredible job as our Attorney General.…
FACT SHEET: American Rescue Plan Funds Provided a Critical Lifeline to 200,000 Child Care Providers – Helping Millions of Families to Work
Today, the White House announced that the American Rescue Plan – through its historic $24 billion Child Care Stabilization Program – has already provided vital aid to help more than 200,000 child care providers keep their doors open to as many as 9.5 million children, helping their parents work. Stabilization funds have already assisted providers…