TY - JOUR
T1 - How Can Local Governments Address Pandemic Inequities?
AU - Deslatte, Aaron
AU - Hatch, Megan
AU - Stokan, Eric
N1 - Deslatte, A., Hatch, M.E. and Stokan, E. (2020), How Can Local Governments Address Pandemic Inequities?. Public Admin Rev. Accepted Author Manuscript. doi:10.1111/puar.13257
PY - 2020/6/1
Y1 - 2020/6/1
N2 - COVID‐19 is exposing a nexus between communities disproportionately suffering from underlying health conditions, policy‐reinforced disparities, and susceptibility to the disease. As the virus spreads, policy responses will need to shift from focusing on surveillance and mitigation to recovery and prevention. Local governments, with their histories of mutual aid and familiarity with local communities, are capable of meeting these challenges. However, funding must flow in a flexible enough fashion for local governments to tailor their efforts to preserve vital services and rebuild local economies. We argue in this article that the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) programs are mechanisms for how to provide funds in a manner adaptable to local context while also focusing on increasing social equity. Administrators must emphasize the fourth pillar of public administration ‐‐ social equity ‐‐ in framing government responses to the pandemic.
AB - COVID‐19 is exposing a nexus between communities disproportionately suffering from underlying health conditions, policy‐reinforced disparities, and susceptibility to the disease. As the virus spreads, policy responses will need to shift from focusing on surveillance and mitigation to recovery and prevention. Local governments, with their histories of mutual aid and familiarity with local communities, are capable of meeting these challenges. However, funding must flow in a flexible enough fashion for local governments to tailor their efforts to preserve vital services and rebuild local economies. We argue in this article that the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) programs are mechanisms for how to provide funds in a manner adaptable to local context while also focusing on increasing social equity. Administrators must emphasize the fourth pillar of public administration ‐‐ social equity ‐‐ in framing government responses to the pandemic.
UR - https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/urban_facpub/1662
UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/puar.13257
U2 - 0.1111/puar.13257
DO - 0.1111/puar.13257
M3 - Article
JO - Public Administration Review
JF - Public Administration Review
ER -