MichiganDetroit
See how Detroit performed on our equity assessment of its ARPA Local Fiscal Recovery Fund investment strategy.
Total Equity Focused ARPA Funds
$464,543,112$464,543,112
Overall Score
High
ARPA Equity Assessment of Detroit, MI
Overall Equity Focus
HighWas racial and economic equity an explicit focus of the jurisdiction's ARPA investment strategy?
95% of locations met this criterion.81% of locations met this criterion.86% of locations met this criterion.Equity Decision Making Tools and Resources
HighAre equity tools, frameworks, and structures in place to support equitable investment project identification, design, and implementation?
38% of locations met this criterion.
24% of locations met this criterion.31% of locations met this criterion.The Detroit ARPA strategic framework coupled with ARPA Treasury guidelines informed the development of the Equity Considerations Framework: a goal-oriented guide to facilitate equitable delivery using the following guidelines: spatial and geographic equity; diversity and inclusion; practical communications; and community engagement.
51% of locations met this criterion.The Office of Digital Equity & Inclusion (DEI) provides solutions and resources to close the digital divide across the City of Detroit; while providing affordable quality high-speed internet, access to devices, digital literacy training, tech support, and upgraded city-wide internet infrastructure.
31% of locations met this criterion.Detroit administered an equity survey to the managers of all of their investments focused on aiding historically underserved, marginalized, or adversely affected residents and communities to analyze how each project was designed with equity in mind and to illuminate the ways in which project delivery and implementation had advanced the Department of Treasury’s five key equity domains of goals, awareness, access, distribution, and outcomes.
48% of locations met this criterion.72% of locations met this criterion.38% of locations met this criterion.Community Engagement
MiddleDid the jurisdiction engage community members in decision making about the ARPA funds, conduct targeted outreach to historically excluded communities, and implement strategies to reach underserved communities?
94% of locations met this criterion.64% of locations met this criterion.54% of locations met this criterion.Equitable Labor Practices
LowDoes the jurisdiction use best practices for ensuring public investments deliver family-supporting jobs to residents who have faced barriers to good jobs and economic prosperity?
36% of locations met this criterion.16% of locations met this criterion.70% of locations met this criterion.29% of locations met this criterion.11% of locations met this criterion.Equity Investments
MiddleDid the jurisdiction make investments that have the potential to advance equity by targeting the communities most harmed by the pandemic and addressing systemic inequities?
62% of locations met this criterion.71% of locations met this criterion.64% of locations met this criterion.82% of locations met this criterion.63% of locations met this criterion.81% of locations met this criterion.45% of locations met this criterion.33% of locations met this criterion.32% of locations met this criterion.64% of locations met this criterion.64% of locations met this criterion.31% of locations met this criterion.67% of locations met this criterion.56% of locations met this criterion.50% of locations met this criterion.Transparency & Accountability
HighDoes the jurisdiction set performance goals, collect data to monitor progress toward equitable outcomes, and provide the public with information about how funds are being used?
55% of locations met this criterion.70% of locations met this criterion.64% of locations met this criterion.75% of locations met this criterion.