HomeMy WebLinkAbout06.11.21 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) -- QCT Follow-up
From:Hurtado, Maria
To:Alpert, Bruce;Bennett, Robin;Clerk of the Board;Connelly, Bill;Cook, Holly;Cook, Robin;Hironimus, Patrizia;
Kimmelshue, Tod;Lucero, Debra;Paulsen, Shaina;Pickett, Andy;Ring, Brian;Ritter, Tami;Rodas, Amalia;
Sweeney, Kathleen;Teeter, Doug
Cc:Alpert, Bruce;Clerk of the Board;Pickett, Andy
Subject:American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) -- QCT Follow-up
Date:Friday, June 11, 2021 3:43:49 PM
Board Members,
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At the June 8 Board Meeting, Supervisor Lucero requested further information about the Qualified
Census Tract (QCT). Below, I have included a link and instructions to the QCT. As discussed, the QCT
is a requirement for funding in Category 3, Serve Hardest Hit Communities and Families in the ARPA
guidance. To search Butte County’s QCT areas, please follow the instructions below.
QCT Instructions
Link to QCT
In the drop down, select our state and county. Then press go.
In order to see the exact outlines of the tracts, you’ll need to zoom in one more level. To do
this, you’ll click once on the + in the bottom right corner of the map.
Under Map Options, first click on “Show Tracts Outline (Zoom 11+),” then click on “Color
QCT Qualified Tracks (Zoom 7+).”
You will have the ability to select year 2020 or 2021. The QCT areas do change between the
two years.
Important Notes
The QCT areas just north of Oroville differ from 2020 to 2021. An explanation for this
change is that despite the areas meeting the requirement criteria in both years, the statue
limits the number of areas that can be designated in a county to 20%. The QCT areas that
dropped off in 2021 went just above the 20% cut off and the area that was added, was
within the bottom 20%. Unfortunately, we do not have specific information as to why the
demographics shifted in these areas.
The QCT map is based on data from the 2010 Decennial census and three sets of the
American Community Surveys (ACS). We believe that QCT areas in Butte County may shift
when the new census data is released.
We have written to NACo to ask for further clarification on what QCT map years will qualify
for this funding (2020, 2021, and/or future years) and when the new census data is released
and the QCT map updated, if we can use funding in support of expanded or decreased QCT
areas.
We hope to have further clarification on the questions submitted to NACo in the near future.
Please let us know if you have any questions.
Kind regards,
Maria Hurtado
Management Analyst
Butte County Administration
25 County Center Drive, Suite 200, Oroville, CA 95965
Tel: (530) 552-3326