Richard Valle

Alameda County Supervisor for District 2

District Two is located in the heart of Alameda County, encompassing the communities of Hayward, Union City, Newark and portions of Fremont.

Welcome

District Two is home to vibrant and diverse neighborhoods as well as important education and employment centers. 

Alameda County provides many safety-net services, including mental health services and senior services like meals on wheels. In addition, the County maintains flood control channels, provides local government services for unincorporated communities, conducts elections, and assesses business and personal property. More information on County’s many agencies and departments can be found here.

As your Supervisor, I am committed to being accessible to the community that I have called home for over 6 decades. Our office will fight for District Two. We work with residents, businesses, and other stakeholders to address the issues important to our communities. Please use this website to communicate with our office, find out what we are working on, and to contact us.

Sincerely,

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Richard Valle
Supervisor, Second District

ARPA Cash Aid Grants

Eligibility Criteria

  • Cash Aid Grants are available for local non-profit and business organizations that experienced the negative economic, health, and safety impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic
  • To be eligible to apply for a Cash Aid Grant your organization must have experienced a negative economic impact created by COVID-19 for the period March 1, 2020 to the present
  • Through the application process, applicants must demonstrate and attest to the harm and economic loss sustained by the organization due to the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Grants will reflect the geographic and cultural diversity of Alameda County, prioritizing organizations operated by or serving populations and communities that were disproportionately impacted by COVID-19
  • Cash Aid Grants cannot exceed the amount of the organization’s losses due to the negative economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic
  • The ARPA guidelines require that the cash aid grants be reasonably proportional to the negative economic impacts they are intended to address
  • Grant amounts can not exceed $100,000 per Supervisorial district and are subject to availability of funds within each Supervisorial District’s $3.1 million allocation
  • Applicants will provide demographic information about their organization and population they serve
  • Economic losses that were reimbursed through insurance or other sources cannot be used to qualify for a cash aid grant
  • Grantee must fully cooperate with any audit by the County, the Federal government or their designees
  • If it is determined that the cash aid grant is not an allowable ARPA expense, your organization will reimburse the funds to the County

 

Program Details

In response to the negative economic, health, and safety impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on local non-profit and business organizations, the County of Alameda is launching a new program, the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Supervisorial District Community Needs Cash Aid Grants program. This new program will infuse much needed cash aid into the community and spur Alameda County’s economic recovery.

The County has allocated $3.1 million to each Supervisorial District for the ARPA Supervisorial District Community Needs Cash Aid Grants program with the goal that each Supervisorial District will provide cash aid grants that reflect the geographic and cultural diversity of Alameda County, prioritizing organizations operated by or serving populations and communities that were disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. Organizations that have experienced negative economic impacts caused by COVID-19 during the period March 1, 2020, to the present are eligible to apply for a cash aid grant under this program. Cash aid grants may be awarded beginning April 11, 2022, through September 30, 2024. Cash aid grants are subject to availability of funds within each Supervisorial District’s $3.1 million allocation, eligibility of applicants, and any other relevant factors.

Through the application process, applicants must demonstrate and attest to the harm and economic loss sustained by the organization due to the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Applications that are not adequately documented may be rejected. Additionally, not all worthy applications will necessarily be funded.

Eligible organizations may receive cash aid grants up to the maximum amount of $100,000 per Supervisorial District based on demonstrated and qualifying impacts. However, the total amount of cash aid grant funds awarded to an organization by the County as part of the ARPA Supervisorial District Community Needs Cash Aid Grants program cannot exceed the amount of the organization’s losses due to the negative economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The ARPA guidelines require that the cash aid grants be reasonably proportional to the negative economic impacts they are intended to address. Economic losses that were reimbursed through insurance or other sources cannot be used to qualify for a cash aid grant. Each applicant is required to provide the demographic makeup of the organization and basic demographic information about the population served as part of the completed application.

All Alameda County ARPA Supervisorial District Community Needs Cash Aid Grants must be approved by the Board of Supervisors at a regularly scheduled meeting. By submitting an application, the organization agrees to maintain and provide records to the County during the U.S. Treasury Department audit period and agrees to fully cooperate with any audit by the County, the Federal government or their designees. If through an audit, or any other means, the County or US Treasury Department determines that because of fraud, misinformation provided by an organization, or for any other reason, that a cash aid grant is not an allowable ARPA expense, the applicant must agree to reimburse the funds to the County.

How to apply: Complete the following application and forms. When all the information is completed, sign the W-9 and the application. To submit the application online, click on “Finish” and the application will be filed with the County automatically. To submit the application by mail, send to 1221 Oak Street, Oakland, CA 94612. For questions please email District2@acgov.org or call (510) 272-6692.

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