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Rescue Plan Funding Survey

Hello!

Your response to this survey will inform and direct the City of Providence Recovery and Resiliency Task Force as it makes recommendations to the City of Providence about how to spend the funds received from the American Rescue Plan Act.

These funds give us the opportunity to face the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic directly and make a once-in-a-generation investment in our City’s future. We want to hear from you, where do you and your community most need support? Complete the survey, and let us know now.

Rescue Plan Survey

Section 1: You and the Rescue Plan funds

Do you live in Providence?(Required)

Yes

No

What ZIP code do you live in?(Required)

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HIDDEN: Which of the following describes your relationship to Providence? (check as many as apply)

I am a business owner in the city

I am employed in the city

I am a student in the city

I am a frequent patron of the city's businesses and cultural places

Other (please describe)

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Hidden: Please describe your relationship to Providence:

Which of the following describes your relationship to Providence? (check as many as apply)

I am a resident of the city.

I am a business owner in the city.

I am employed in the city / my work frequently brings me to Providence.

I am a student in the city.

I am a former resident who cares deeply about the city.

I am a frequent patron of the city’s businesses and cultural places.

I am part of a community of faith based in Providence.

I get services from providers located in the city.

I am a future resident of Providence.

Other (please describe)

Which of the following describes your relationship to Providence? (check as many as apply)

I am a business owner in the city.

I am employed in the city / my work frequently brings me to Providence.

I am a student in the city.

I am a former resident who cares deeply about the city.

I am a frequent patron of the city’s businesses and cultural places.

I am part of a community of faith based in Providence.

I get services from providers located in the city.

I am a future resident of Providence.

Other (please describe)

Please describe your relationship to Providence:

Please describe how COVID-19 impacted your life or your neighborhood since the start of 2020?(Required)

Which of the following best describes how you think Providence’s share of the Rescue Plan money should be spent?(Required)

It’s more important to use this money to protect against COVID-19 and to address the problems caused by COVID-19 even if it means spending less on existing issues that caused the pandemic to hit some communities harder than others.

It’s more important to use this money to address the existing problems that made the pandemic more damaging to historically marginalized communities even if it means limiting what we spend on COVID-19-specific issues.

This money should be used to both prevent and address problems caused by COVID-19 as well as to address the existing unequal conditions that contributed to the pandemic’s imbalanced impact.

Suppose you had $100 to divide among different city service areas. Assuming that everything costs the same, how would you divide that $100 among the following service areas:
(Combined total must equal $100)

Arts, Culture, and Tourism (example PVD Fest, WaterFire, hotel support)(Required)

Please enter a number from 0 to 100.

Business and Economic Development (examples: helping businesses hurt by the pandemic, supporting new small businesses)(Required)

Please enter a number from 0 to 100.

City Services and Infrastructure (examples: broadband internet, repairing sewers, 311 top requests)(Required)

Please enter a number from 0 to 100.

Housing and Homelessness (examples: supporting shelters, strengthen fair housing, rental assistance, etc.)(Required)

Please enter a number from 0 to 100.

Racial Equity (examples: investing in Black, Indigenous, People of Color focused organizations, criminal justice reform, diversion programs)(Required)

Please enter a number from 0 to 100.

Sustainability (examples: climate change mitigation, tree-planting, etc.)(Required)

Please enter a number from 0 to 100.

Youth and Community Investments (examples: after-school programs, recreation center programming, etc.)(Required)

Please enter a number from 0 to 100.

Total

Must equal 100%

Section 2: Your Ideas

If you have an idea, comments, or concerns about how spending should be used in the previously listed service areas, please use the following spaces to write in your answers (you have [char/word limit] to write your response). You can respond to as many or as few as you’d like.

As a reminder, under current guidance from the U.S. Treasury, these funds cannot be used for tax cuts; deposits to pension funds; funding debt service; legal settlements or judgements; non-sewer, water, or broadband-based infrastructure projects; or deposits to rainy day or financial reserves. You can learn more about the US Treasury requirements on our website.

Arts, Culture, and Tourism (example PVD Fest, WaterFire, hotel support, etc.)

Business and Economic Development (examples: helping businesses hurt by the pandemic, supporting new small businesses, etc.)

City Services and Infrastructure (examples: broadband internet, repairing sewers, 311 top requests, etc.)

Housing and Homelessness (examples: supporting shelters, strengthen fair housing, rental assistance, etc.)

Public Health and Food Security (examples: vaccine clinics, other medical services, food assistance, etc.)

Racial Equity (examples: investing in BIPOC organizations, criminal justice reform, diversion programs, etc.)

Sustainability (examples: climate change mitigation, tree-planting, etc.)

Youth and Community Investments (examples: after-school programs, recreation center programming, etc.)

Section 3: About You

What is your name?(Required)

Please select the race or ethnicity with which you most closely identify:(Required)

Hispanic/Latino/Latina (regardless of race)

White (Not of Hispanic or Latino/Latina origin)

Black/African-American (Not of Hispanic or Latino/Latina origin)

Asian or Pacific Islander (Not of Hispanic or Latino/Latina origin)

American Indian/Alaskan Native (Not of Hispanic or Latino/Latina origin)

Two or more of the previous categories

I elect not to answer

Other

Please select your age(Required)

Under 18

18-29

30-39

40-49

50-59

60-69

70-79

80 and above

Email

If you allow us to contact you to share periodic updates or discuss your responses, please provide your email address.

Enter Email Confirm Email

Phone

If you allow us to contact you to discuss your responses, please provide your phone number.

Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City State ZIP Code

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