For example, Treasury's initial guidance referenced coverage of the costs of establishing temporary public medical facilities and other measures to increase COVID-19 treatment capacity, including related construction costs, as an eligible use of funds. The Secretary of the Treasury has adopted this guidance for recipients of payments from the Fund pursuant to his authority under the Social Security Act to adopt rules and regulations as may be necessary to the efficient administration of the functions with which he is charged under the Social Security Act. Payroll expenses for public safety, public health, health care, human services, and similar employees whose services are substantially dedicated to mitigating or responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency. The documents posted on this site are XML renditions of published Federal CDC is using a multifaceted approach to allocate COVID-19 funding to Indian Country, enabling broad access to COVID-19 resources across tribal communities: $152.8 million to tribal nations, consortia, and organizations through a new noncompetitive grant, Supporting Tribal Public Health Capacity in Coronavirus Preparedness and Response May recipients use Fund payments to facilitate livestock depopulation incurred by producers due to supply chain disruptions? A portion of such expenses may be able to be covered, however, as discussed below. (Nespelem, WA) The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation will distribute disaster relief payments to offset the financial consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. and services, go to %%EOF The Treasury Department made clear during the consultations that tribes that fail to confirm or amend their 2019 employment numbers by June 21 will not receive a payment from the employment allocation. Officials said states and. The lost wages assistance payment to the ineligible individual would be deemed to be an ineligible. May Fund recipients incur expenses associated with the safe reopening of schools? This act established the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) and appropriated $150 billion to the Fund to provide payments to states and certain local governments; the District of Columbia and U.S. Home Hopi Tribe CARES Act Committee Hopi Tribe COVID Emergency Assistance PP. What rules apply to the proceeds of disposition or sale of assets acquired using payments from the Fund? 36. Are costs associated with increased solid waste capacity an eligible use of payments from the Fund? 24. What records must be kept by governments receiving payment? Tribal COViD-19 DisasTer assisTanCe aPPliCaTiOn. We, at the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, have been addressing the COVID-19 pandemic since its inception in the US. The amount of a grant to a small business to reimburse the costs of business interruption caused by required closures would also be an eligible expenditure under section 601(d) of the Social Security Act, as outlined in the Guidance. This includes, but is not limited to, costs related to disbursing payments from the Fund and managing new grant programs established using payments from the Fund. Enclosed please find an application form and instructions. Reimbursement to donors for donated items or services. Supporting small businesses, helping them to address financial challenges caused by the pandemic, and to make investments in COVID-19 prevention and mitigation tactics. This guidance reflects the intent behind the Fund, which was not to provide general fiscal assistance to state governments but rather to assist them with COVID-19-related necessary expenditures. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) provides an estimated $2 trillion stimulus package to battle the harmful effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. documents in the last year, 122 Eligible local governments were required to submit the certification required by the CARES Act to Treasury by 11:59 pm Eastern Daylight Time on Friday, April 17 in order to receive payment. endstream endobj 5402 0 obj <. documents in the last year, 981 For example, a State may expend Fund payments on necessary administrative expenses incurred with respect to a new grant program established to disburse amounts received from the Fund. Except for premium pay to essential workers, the Treasury Department's Interim Final Rule states that FRF cannot be used for costs incurred prior to March 3, 2021. Appearing on the tribe's June 18 Facebook Live update, Powless informed viewers that all members 18 and older will receive $500 from tribal contributions, another $3,000 . 6. COVID-19 Resources for Native Americans For additional ONAP COVID-19 resources, please visit the ONAP COVID-19 Recovery Programs web page Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG-ARP) and Indian Community . More information and documentation can be found in our Expenditures paid for with payments from the Fund must be limited to those that are necessary due to the public health emergency. Hazard pay means additional pay for performing hazardous duty or work involving physical hardship, in each case that is related to COVID-19. Subrecipients are subject to a single audit or program-specific audit pursuant to 2 CFR 200.501(a) when the subrecipients spend $750,000 or more in federal awards during their fiscal year. Virtual . As provided in the Guidance, the most recently approved budget refers to the enacted budget for the relevant fiscal period for the particular government, without taking into account subsequent supplemental appropriations enacted or other budgetary adjustments made by that government in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency. The COVID-19 Testing Site can be reached at (920) 819-8350 and the hours are 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM. 102-477 Plan and intends to provide the following services in accordance with its approved 477 documents in the last year, 20 For instance, in the case of a lease of equipment or other property, irrespective of when payment occurs, the cost of a lease payment shall be considered to have been incurred for the period of the lease that is within the covered period but not otherwise. documents in the last year, 35 May Fund payments be used for expenditures related to the administration of Fund payments by a State, territorial, local, or Tribal government? The Treasury Department will release additional guidance on reporting requirements at a later date. racist or sexually-oriented language. The Single Audit Act and 2 CFR part 200, subpart F regarding audit requirements do not apply to beneficiaries. Treasury is pleased to accept requests for Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds. Grantees may use funds to provide certain non-recurrent, short term (NRST) benefits, described in more detail below. The statute also specifies that expenditures using Fund payments must be necessary. The Department of the Treasury understands this term broadly to mean that the expenditure is reasonably necessary for its intended use in the reasonable judgment of the government officials responsible for spending Fund payments. Expenses for food delivery to residents, including, for example, senior citizens and other vulnerable populations, to enable compliance with COVID-19 public health precautions. For example, a county recipient is not required to transfer funds to smaller cities within the county's borders. 10:00am to 11:30am PDT . 5434 0 obj <>stream First, we estimate the state will receive about $9.5 billion from the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) . The Guidance provides that ineligible expenditures include [p]ayroll or benefits expenses for employees whose work duties are not substantially dedicated to mitigating or responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency. Is this intended to relate only to public employees? 12. Four of the documents are specific to tribal governments, while the others apply to state, local and tribal governments. If an employee is not substantially dedicated to mitigating or responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency, his or her payroll and benefits expenses may not be covered in full with payments from the Fund. 8. 34. Section 601 of the Social Security Act, as added by section 5001 (a) of Division A of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ("CARES Act") established the Coronavirus Relief Fund (the "Fund") and appropriated $150 billion for payments by Treasury to States, tribal governments, and certain local governments. In addition, if these conditions are met, the amount of the grant will be considered to have been used during the covered period for purposes of the requirement that expenses be incurred within the covered period. Once the reduction in revenue is identified, tribes can use FRF with broad latitude to support government services. The introduction of the guidance and frequently asked questions have been modified to reflect this publication in the Federal Register; the guidance and frequently asked questions have been revised throughout to reflect that the end date of the period during which eligible expenses may be incurred has been extended to December 31, 2021;[3] According to the tribes information office, the amount received in the first of two allocations is identified as $50,966,838.27. To be eligible for the General Distributions, a provider must have billed Medicare fee-for-service in 2019, be a known Medicaid and CHIP or dental provider and provide or provided after January 31, 2020 diagnoses, testing, or care for individuals with possible or actual cases of COVID-19. After receiving feedback from tribal leaders through formal consultations and comment letters, the Treasury Department announced that it will allocate the $19 billion based on tribal enrollment and employment numbers. The meeting will be held on Friday, September 4, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. AKT. Would providing a consumer grant program to prevent eviction and assist in preventing homelessness be considered an eligible expense? Accordingly, the lost revenue/government services category is the broadest and most flexible. May governments retain assets purchased with payments from the Fund? Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading. As with any other assistance provided by a Fund recipient, such a grant would need to be determined by the recipient to be necessary due to the public health emergency. The Treasury Department's guidance clarifies that performance/delivery may occur until Dec. 31, 2026. A recipient may use payments from the Fund to purchase a durable good that is to be used during the current period and in subsequent periods if the acquisition in the covered period was necessary due to the public health emergency. COVID-19 relief options Notice: We are unable to accept new applications for COVID-19 relief loans or grants. L. 116-94) for funds for programs authorized under section 330 through 340 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. better and aid in comparing the online edition to the print edition. Fiscal Accounting Program, Admin & Training Group. The date for use of funds was extended from December 30, 2020 to December 31, 2021, by section 1001 of Division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Pub. A cost is not considered to have been accounted for in a budget merely because it could be met using a budgetary stabilization fund, rainy day fund, or similar reserve account. 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Addressing educational disparities through new or expanded early learning services, providing additional resources to high-poverty school districts, and offering educational services such as tutoring or afterschool programs, as well as service to address social, emotional and mental health needs. This page is for eligible state, local, territorial, and Tribal governments that are requesting Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds. Yes, if the administrative expenses represent an increase over previously budgeted amounts and are limited to what is necessary. 19. Additional information on the requested information is available under Tribal Employment and Expenditure Submission Instructions, below. Fund payments are not required to be used as the source of funding of last resort. Do governments have to return unspent funds to Treasury? 40. How does a government address the requirement that the allowable expenditures are not accounted for in the budget most recently approved as of March 27, 2020, once the government enters its new budget year on July 1, 2020 (for governments with June 30 fiscal year ends) or October 1, 2020 (for governments with September 30 year ends)? Amounts paid to States, the District of Columbia, U.S. Although FRF is a substantial capital infusion, tribes should not lose track of other potential sources of funding through the American Rescue Plan and other legislative packages that may be passed this year. Regardless of the use of Fund payments for such purposes, FEMA funding is still dependent on FEMA's determination of eligibility under the Stafford Act. Avery Street A3-G, Fiscal Service Warehouse & Operations Center Dock 1, 257 Bosley Industrial Park Drive, Parkersburg WV 26106. See 42 CFR 433.51 and 45 CFR 75.306. Are States permitted to use Fund payments to support state unemployment insurance funds generally? 5423 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<5F689BCC1EF8244F90DAC385661FF4B0><9322B044ED388A4896D8D2CCA536C7F2>]/Index[5401 34]/Info 5400 0 R/Length 109/Prev 351616/Root 5402 0 R/Size 5435/Type/XRef/W[1 3 1]>>stream The Treasury Department will release the FRF allocations to tribes in two tranches, the first in May and the second in June. Funds may not be used to fill shortfalls in government revenue to cover expenditures that would not otherwise qualify under the statute. Payments to tribal governments were determined by the Secretary of the Treasury in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and American Indian and Alaska Native tribes. Is the cost of this expanded workers compensation coverage eligible? Any such use must be consistent with the requirements of section 601(d) of the Social Security Act as added by the CARES Act. Be Nice. The Tribe has a responsibility to protect and promote the general welfare interests of its members and to assist in providing support to its members. ), available at https://www.congress.gov/116/plaws/publ94/PLAW-116publ94.pdf. These may include expenditures incurred to allow the State, territorial, local, or Tribal government to respond directly to the emergency, such as by addressing medical or public health needs, as well as expenditures incurred to respond to second-order effects of the emergency, such as by providing economic support to those suffering from employment or business interruptions due to COVID-19-related business closures. A cost meets this requirement if either (a) the cost cannot lawfully be funded using a line item, allotment, or allocation within that budget or (b) the cost is for a substantially different use from any expected use of funds in such a line item, allotment, or allocation. May funds be used to satisfy non-federal matching requirements under the Stafford Act? If a recipient must issue tax anticipation notes (TANs) to make up for tax due date deferrals or revenue shortfalls, are the expenses associated with the issuance eligible uses of Fund payments? If a State determines that expanding meat processing capacity, including by paying overtime to USDA meat inspectors, is a necessary expense incurred due to the public health emergency, such as if increased capacity is necessary to allow farmers and processors to donate meat to food banks, then such expenses are eligible expenses, provided that the expenses satisfy the other requirements set forth in section 601(d) of the Social Security Act outlined in the Guidance. May Fund payments be used to assist impacted property owners with the payment of their property taxes? Such assistance may be provided using amounts received from the Fund in the absence of a requirement to close businesses if the relevant government determines that such expenditures are necessary in response to the public health emergency. Is there a Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number assigned to the Fund? Any other COVID-19-related expenses reasonably necessary to the function of government that satisfy the Fund's eligibility criteria. If a recipient would have decommissioned equipment or not renewed a lease on particular office space or equipment but decides to continue to use the equipment or to renew the lease in order to respond to the public health emergency, are the costs associated with continuing to operate the equipment or the ongoing lease payments eligible expenses? documents in the last year, by the Coast Guard The deadline to request funding for the first payment is June 7, 2021. For example, a State may spend Fund payments to create a reserve of personal protective equipment or develop increased intensive care unit capacity to support regions in its jurisdiction not yet affected, but likely to be impacted by the current COVID-19 pandemic. the official SGML-based PDF version on govinfo.gov, those relying on it for If a State transfers Fund payments to its political subdivisions, would the transferred funds count toward the subrecipients' total funding received from the federal government for purposes of the Single Audit Act? COVID-19. 553 do not apply to the extent that there is involved . The rule involves a matter relating to public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts and is therefore exempt under the terms of the APA.Start Printed Page 4183. 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The President of the United States manages the operations of the Executive branch of Government through Executive orders. Check receipts (not preferred)Checks may be sent to one of the following addresses (depending on the method of delivery). The CFDA number assigned to the Fund is 21.019. We'd love to hear eyewitness Fund payments may not be used for government revenue replacement, including the provision of assistance to meet tax obligations. Tenants who receive public assistance or are very low income - $25,760 annual income for an individual or $53,000 for a family of four - can access a lawyer for free during eviction proceedings. May a unit of local government receiving a Fund payment transfer funds to another unit of government? To the extent a cost is incurred by December 31, 2021, for an eligible use consistent with section 601 of the Social Security Act and Treasury's guidance, a necessary administrative compliance expense that relates to such underlying cost may be incurred after December 31, 2021. The full amount of payroll and benefits expenses of substantially dedicated employees may be covered using payments from the Fund. Funds are available to reimburse districts for a 25% share of costs associated with personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical and cleaning supplies for school buildings and . Tribes do not need to resubmit this information in order to receive a payment. The final rule contains no requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act. Yes. to the courts under 44 U.S.C. Expenses of actions to facilitate compliance with COVID-19-related public health measures, such as: 5. documents in the last year, 1411 As with all uses of payments from the Fund, the use of payments to acquire or improve property is limited to that which is necessary due to the COVID-19 public health emergency. [3], 3. documents in the last year. The CARES Act provides that payments from the Fund may only be used to cover costs that. Any amounts repaid by the borrower before December 31, 2021, must be either returned to Treasury upon receipt by the unit of government providing the loan or used for another expense that qualifies as an eligible expenditure under section 601(d) of the Social Start Printed Page 4191Security Act. To this end, as an administrative convenience, Treasury will presume that expenses of up to $500 per elementary and secondary school student are eligible expenditures, such that schools do not need to document the specific use of funds up to that amount. Yes, if the costs of such remarketing satisfy the requirements of the CARES Act. 03/03/2023, 159 16. For example, although developing online instruction capabilities may be a substantially different use of funds, online instruction itself is not a substantially different use of public funds than classroom instruction. The CARES Act established the Coronavirus Relief Fund (the Fund) and appropriated $150 billion to the Fund. Chairman Andy Joseph, Jr. stated, We had all hoped to put the pandemic behind us, but that has not been the case. Investments in improvements to water and sewer infrastructure, including projects that address the impacts of climate change. 11. Expenses of establishing temporary public medical facilities and other measures to increase COVID-19 treatment capacity, including related construction costs. In response to questions regarding which employees are within the scope of this accommodation, Treasury is supplementing this guidance to clarify that public safety employees would include police officers (including state police officers), sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, firefighters, emergency medical responders, correctional and detention officers, and those who directly support such employees such as dispatchers and supervisory personnel. In March, Congress approved a temporary 6.2 percentage point increase in the federal government's share of cost for state Medicaid . 7. In this Issue, Documents Public universities have incurred expenses associated with providing refunds to students for education-related expenses, including tuition, room and board, meal plans, and other fees (such as activities fees). COVID-19-related expenses of maintaining state prisons and county jails, including as relates to sanitation and improvement of social distancing measures, to enable compliance with COVID-19 public health precautions. It was viewed 18 times while on Public Inspection. The first payments will be distributed on October 4, 2021 and the second payments will be distributed on January 7th, 2022. Tribes have broad discretion and substantial time to use FRF, allowing for strategic planning and projects with long-term impacts. FRF may be used to make necessary investments in water, sewer or broadband infrastructure. As a general matter, providing assistance to recipients to enable them to meet property tax requirements would not be an eligible use of funds, but exceptions may be made in the case of assistance designed to prevent foreclosures. Don't Threaten. Yes, payments from the Fund may be used to meet the non-federal matching requirements for Stafford Act assistance, including FEMA's Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) and EMPG Supplemental programs, to the extent such matching requirements entail COVID-19-related costs that otherwise satisfy the Fund's eligibility criteria and the Stafford Act. Such expenditures would only be permissible if they are necessary for the public health emergency. No racism, sexism or any sort of -ism Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Flooding (DR-4384) Incident Period: May 5, 2018 - May 28, 2018 Major Disaster Declaration declared on August 17, 2018 Get an email notification whenever someone contributes to the discussion. The assistance provided from the Fund would need to satisfy all of the other requirements set forth in section 601(d) of the Social Security Act as discussed in Treasury's guidance and FAQs, and the business would need to comply with all applicable requirements of the PPP or EIDL program. While every effort has been made to ensure that Expenses related to developing a long-term plan to reposition a recipient's convention and tourism industry and infrastructure would not be incurred due to the public health emergency and therefore may not be covered using payments from the Fund. Is there a specific definition of hazard pay? Click "accept" below to confirm that you have read and understand this notice. Payments from the fund may only be used to cover such hazard pay. If a State makes a payment to an individual under the lost wages assistance program and later determines that such individual was ineligible for the program, the ineligibility determination has the following consequences: A grant made to cover interest and principal costs of a loan, including interest and principal due after the period that begins on March 1, 2020, and ends on December 31, 2021 (the covered period), will be considered to be incurred during the covered period if (i) the full amount of the loan is advanced to the borrower within the covered period and (ii) the proceeds of the loan are used by the borrower to cover expenses incurred during the covered period. Furthermore, the budget most recently approved as of March 27, 2020, provides the spending baseline against which expenditures should be compared for purposes of determining whether they may be covered using payments from the Fund.

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