Understanding the U.S. Government's American Rescue Plan Funding for Schools & Colleges

Learn from our Expert on How to Opti­mize Your Fund­ing and Make Your Facil­i­ties Ready to Reopen and Stay Open

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Video Tran­scrip­tion — Overview:

1. Intro­duc­tions = Matt Streiff
2. Fea­tured Speaker’s Pre­sen­ta­tion = Rea­gan Lynch
3. Budd Group Ser­vice Capa­bil­i­ties Overview = Jason Lee
4. Call to Action = Marc Tom­chin
5. Q&A from Atten­dees Chat = Mod­er­at­ed by Matt Streiff
6. Post Webi­nar Sur­vey = Amber & Nicole
   

1. Agen­da Details & Intro­duc­tions: 10:02 – 10:07

Matt Streiff = Review the agen­da of the webi­nar and gen­er­al housekeeping

• Spe­cial thanks to Diversey and The Budd Group
• Estab­lish­ing ground rules (mute for all atten­dees, etc)
• Request atten­dees to send chat with their role/​title; sub­mit ques­tions in the chat
• Let the audi­ence know how to receive copies of the slides
• Pre-frame the call to action

Matt Streiff = Intro­duc­tion of Pre­sen­ter Bio’s: 10:08 – 10:12

Rea­gan Lynch is a grant pro­fes­sion­al who has raised over $18 mil­lion for clients. A nation­al­ly rec­og­nized expert in the areas of edu­ca­tion fund­ing and fed­er­al com­pli­ance, Mr. Lynch excels at mak­ing the com­plex sim­ple. He has found­ed two non­prof­it orga­ni­za­tions, served on two fed­er­al advi­so­ry com­mit­tees under Pres­i­den­tial appoint­ment, guid­ed a For­tune 1000 com­pa­ny through a com­plex infra­struc­ture grant project, and pre­sent­ed to mul­ti­ple orga­ni­za­tions on fed­er­al grants and con­gres­sion­al appropriations.

Jason Lee serves as the Pro­gram Man­ag­er of Spe­cial­ty Ser­vices for the Budd Group. Jason has assist­ed the major­i­ty of For­tune 50 clients, K‑12 and High­er Edu­ca­tion cus­tomers across the Unit­ed States with imple­men­ta­tion of facil­i­ty enhance­ment projects for over 25 years. Rec­og­nized as one of the first LEED Accred­it­ed Pro­fes­sion­als in Oper­a­tions & Main­te­nance, Jason’s ulti­mate goal is to pro­vide sus­tain­able solu­tions to ensure a safe and healthy work­place and learn­ing envi­ron­ment for all occupants.

Marc Tom­chin is the Direc­tor of Facil­i­ty Sup­port for the Edu­ca­tion Seg­ment of the Budd Group. Marc joined the Budd Group in August 2020 as a Sub­ject Mat­ter Expert in Inte­grat­ed Facil­i­ties Man­age­ment. Marc has been pro­vid­ing facil­i­ties solu­tions for the edu­ca­tion mar­ket since 1997. He has exten­sive expe­ri­ence in Main­te­nance, Cus­to­di­al and Grounds oper­a­tions and the impact these ser­vices have on a school’s suc­cess. Marc’s role with the Budd Group is focused on devel­op­ing solu­tions for the chal­lenges expe­ri­enced by our edu­ca­tion clients. 

2. Fea­tured Speaker’s pre­sen­ta­tion: 10:13 – 10:35

Rea­gan Lynch: Overview of Poten­tial Top­ics for dis­cus­sion (NEED SLIDES)

3. Budd Group Mes­sage & Call to action: 10:35 – 10:45

Jason Lee (10:35 – 10:39)

• Overview of Budd Group Ser­vice Capabilities

Marc Tom­chin (10:39 – 10:45)

• High­light the ben­e­fits for the atten­dees (iden­ti­fy needs; time­li­ness of the Webi­nar for summer)
• Overview of some solu­tions (I.E. BONA)

4. Q&A: 10:45 – 10:58

Com­bi­na­tion of script­ed and/​or ques­tions that came through the chat to be answered by presenters. 

• Our school wants to start an after­school pro­gram. Can we use ESS­ER III funds to ren­o­vate part of a build­ing to pro­vide space for the pro­gram to address learn­ing loss, and the need for addi­tion­al space and capac­i­ty for COVID mitigation?
• My school HVAC sys­tem is fail­ing. Can funds be used to replace the sys­tem? I have doc­u­men­ta­tion for the HVAC and doc­u­men­ta­tion show­ing that improved cir­cu­la­tion will help reduce viral transmission.
• Can we replace the car­pet or flooring?
• What hap­pens if we have ESS­ER and/​or CARES Act Funds allo­cat­ed to our depart­ment that aren’t ful­ly spent yet?
• Can we use ESS­ER or CARES Act fund­ing for any facil­i­ty enhance­ment need?
• Can you explain how to apply for ARP funding?

Matt Streiff (Clos­ing Remarks)