Blog, June 2022

New White House Report Catalogs ARPA’s Strengths

By Katie Furtado
June 13, 2022
A recent report from the White House outlines how 32 programs in the emergency package spurred an equitable recovery from the pandemic. Notable successes highlighted in the 301-page report include a sharp decline in unemployment among people of color, the largest number of new jobs ever in a calendar year and lowering black and brown child poverty rates.