Resident Guide To the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act (aka IIJA)
IIJA (pronounced eye-jah aka the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law) is a $1.2 trillion bill a "once in a generation" investment in America's Infrastructure that will add $550 billion in new federal spending over the next 5 years to invest in the key areas shown below.
IIJA significantly increases funding in 2 ways…
Allocated to the state & distributed based on a “formula” (e.g. population)
Formula Funds
Competitive Grants
Applied for by the city & not guaranteed!
Total Road & Bridge Funding for LA in 2021
$780 mil
$386 mil
Added Funding in 2022 (+50%)
Total Local Grant Funding in 2021
$2 bil
$8.2 bil
Added Grant Funding in 2022 (+800%)
IIJA funded projects are coming to New Orleans!
So far
10
There are 350+ ‘IIJA’ programs. Many could help our community.
Review IIJA programs below or use this tool from our friends at the Southern Economic Advancement Project
Programs worth watching
We hosted Citywide Conversations about a few of the new programs that IIJA makes possible. Check them out below!
Reconnecting Communities
Program to remove, retrofit, or mitigate highways or other transportation facilities that create barriers to community connectivity
PROTECT
Grants to improve transportation resilience, community resilience, evacuation routes, and at-risk coastal infrastructure.
GET INVOLVED
Share your story & power real infrastructure projects in New Orleans.
We’ve partnered with ISeeChange and Healthy Gulf to better identify areas of improvements within our community; and report community priorities directly to the City & back to the community. ISeeChange is a platform in which residents can post pictures and their stories of climate impact or infrastructure related problems within their neighborhood.
2. Find & Apply for IIJA funding
Not only Government entities are eligible; nonprofits and some businesses can also apply! You can use the wonderful tool that the Southern Economic Advancement Project (SEAP) has created to simplify the process.