Office of Recovery and Resilience

     Working toward a swift, community-wide recovery from COVID-19

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On January 20, 2020, Snohomish County became the site of the first confirmed COVID-19 case in the United States. Since then, the pandemic has been devastating to communities across our region and country. Small businesses have been forced to close their doors, workers have lost their jobs, and families struggle to pay rent and find affordable and safe child care.


We must transition from COVID-19 response to medium- and long-term economic and community recovery. Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers established the Office of Recovery & Resilience (ORR) to guide the County’s recovery work by ensuring the $160 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds the County received is administered quickly and equitably.


At the Executive's direction, ORR conducted an extensive community engagement effort to hear directly from communities on their needs and priorities for our collective pandemic recovery. This community feedback will guide all remaining ARPA investments.


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Resources for Residents and Workers 

  1. Utility Assistance
  2. Food Assistance
  3. Child Care
  4. Employment Opportunities
  5. Internet Affordability Assistance

Resources for Businesses and Tourism

  1. Access to Capital
  2. Finding & Training Talent
  3. Starting Your Business
  4. Growing Your Business
  5. Visit Snohomish County

Public Health Resources

  1. Find a COVID-19 Vaccine or Booster
  2. Find a COVID-19 Test
  3. Health Insurance

  1. Executive Somers Announces $8 Million for Five Projects That Increase Behavioral Health Capacity

    Funded Projects Will Allow a Minimum of 440 New Individuals to be Served Each Year; Increased Capacity Could Serve Thousands... Read on...

  2. Snohomish County Awards $500,000 in Pandemic Recovery Grants to 21 Arts & Culture Organizations

    Executive Dave Somers today announced that Snohomish County is awarding $500,000 to 21 arts and culture organizations. The Arts and Culture Recovery Grants fund organizations so they can continue activities that support public benefit and enhance... Read on...

  3. Snohomish County Announces $6 Million Funding Opportunity for Workforce Recovery Programs

    Executive Dave Somers today announced that Snohomish County is accepting applications for a $6M Workforce Recovery Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA). The Workforce Recovery NOFA will fund projects that provide enhanced employment training and... Read on...

  4. Snohomish County Uses Federal Funds to Help Hundreds of Households at Risk of Foreclosure

    Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers & Treasurer Brian Sullivan, with the support of the County Council, allocated $400,000 in federal American Rescue Plan Act funding to provide foreclosure assistance to families disproportionally impacted by COVID-19 Read on...

  5. Snohomish County Launches Program to Help Small Businesses Recover from Pandemic and Incentivize New

    Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers announced today that the County is partnering with Ventures to launch the Small Business Innovation Assistance program. SBIA will provide a full toolkit of technical assistance services coupled with microgrants... Read on...

  6. Snohomish County Awards a Total of $500,000 to Two Community Organizations

    Executive Dave Somers announced that Snohomish County has awarded a total of $500,000 to Korean Community Service Center & The Clearwater School to operate Youth and Family Resource Centers in South County. Resource Centers provide individualized svcs... Read on...

  7. Snohomish County Accepting Applications for $1.6 Million in Arts and Culture Recovery Grants

    Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers announced that the County is accepting applications for its Arts and Culture Recovery Grants. Approximately $1.6 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds are available... Read on...

  8. Snohomish County Awards $2 Million in Federal Funding for Flood Risk Reduction Projects

    Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers announced $2 million in awards from the Flood Risk Reduction grant. Using federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, Snohomish County is awarding the City of Stanwood and the City of Marysville grants... Read on...

  9. Snohomish County Welcomes More Than 2,600 Afghan and Ukrainian Refugees

    Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers announced that since October 2021, when the United States saw a significant influx of refugees from conflict zones, the County in partnership with local nonprofits have provided resettlement services... Read on...

  10. Executive Somers Announces Plan for $12 Million in Federal Pandemic Recovery Funding for Child Care

    Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers announced the spending plan for $12 million in new investments to expand access to affordable, high-quality child care. The $12 million is part of the County’s federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) allocation... Read on...

  11. Snohomish County Seeks Proposals for Youth & Family Resource Centers to Boost In-Person Community

    Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers announced that the County is seeking proposals to increase Youth & Family Resource Centers. The Request for Proposals (RFP) solicits projects from organizations to operate one or more centers in South Snohomish Co... Read on...

  12. Snohomish County Officials Urge Residents to Review the Accuracy of Their Broadband Coverage

    Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers urges residents & businesses to review the accuracy of their broadband coverage in the recently released Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) National Broadband Map. The federal government will use this map... Read on...

  13. Snohomish County Launches Grant Program for Flood Risk Reduction Projects

    ARPA-Funded Program Designed to Reduce Flood Risk to Impacted Communities; Preserve Housing and Small Businesses... Read on...

  14. Snohomish County Accepting Proposals to Increase Behavioral Health and Substance Use Disorder Treatm

    Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers announced that the County is accepting proposals to expand capacity of behavioral health facilities. The Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) will distribute funds from the County’s federal American Rescue Plan... Read on...

  15. Snohomish County Accepting Proposals for Child Care Facilities

    Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers today announced that the County is accepting proposals to increase available childcare slots through capital facilities projects for childcare facilities, including Family Home Providers. Read on...

Questions or Ideas?

The Office of Recovery & Resilience wants to hear from you! Reach out to SnohomishCounty.Recovers@snoco.org with your questions, ideas, and needs for Snohomish County’s pandemic recovery. You can also call Snohomish County’s main line at (425) 388-3411 for assistance

You can review our most recent federally-mandated ARPA report here.