As Wolf Touts $2,000 Checks, Here’s How Candidates Would Spend Pennsylvania’s $2 Billion Rescue Funds

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf speaks at the Pocono Family YMCA in Stroudsburg, Pa. on April 14, 2022. Commonwealth Media Service

Pennsylvania has $2 billion in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding, and Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, has ideas on how to spend $1.7 billion of it. But first his plan needs legislative approval.

ARPA funding was sent to state and local governments to help economic recovery efforts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It must be committed to spending by Dec. 31, 2024, or sent back to the federal government.