New tool helps rural governments figure out what funding they can get from the $1 trillion infrastructure package

Screenshot of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Navigator tool

Last year's infrastructure bill had $1 trillion in funding for state and local governments. A new interactive tool aims to help governments, agencies and other stakeholders figure out who qualifies for what funding.

McKinsey & Co., a top management-consulting firm specializing in corporations, governments and other entities, created the tool for internal use, but released it to the public after it proved helpful to clients trying to navigate the avalanche of information in the infrastructure law. The tool helps users search by agencies, deadlines, milestones, and statutory requirements, Kristi Eaton reports for The Daily Yonder.

The tool should be particularly helpful for rural local governments with fewer resources that can find it difficult to figure out complex federal programs, McKinsey senior partner Adi Kumar told Eaton: "I personally have heard time and time again, from leaders across the country, that small communities, municipalities, local governments, government agencies that lack resources are having a really hard time not only navigating the law, but also cobbling together the resources to attempt to get more resources."