$290 million was allocated directly to First . This guidance applies in a like manner to costs of subrecipients. Regardless of how the assistance is structured, the financial assistance provided would have to be related to COVID-19. on documents in the last year, by the Coast Guard 10. Until the ACFR grants it official status, the XML 12005 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, also called the CARES Act. FRF may be used to make necessary investments in water, sewer or broadband infrastructure. from 36 agencies. Sunny. Such acquisitions and improvements must be completed and the acquired or improved property or acquisition of equipment be put to use in service of the COVID-19-related use for which it was acquired or improved by December 30. In addition, guardians or payees of enrolled tribal member children as of September 9, 2021, as determined by the Tribes Enrollment department records, shall qualify for two payments for each minor child in their care, each payment in the amount of $1,000.00. Recipients may, if they meet the conditions specified in the guidance for tracking time consistently across a department, use payments from the Fund to cover the portion of payroll and benefits of employees corresponding to time spent on administrative work necessary due to the COVID-19 public health emergency. Low 44F. Projects supported with payments from the Fund may still be subject to NEPA review if they are also funded by other federal financial assistance programs. In a long-awaited decision, Canada's Supreme Court ruled Friday that the Sinixt people, part of the twelve Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, have constitutionally protected. 254 through 256). Just four days later, on March 22, 2020, the Hopi Tribe received notification of three confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Tuba City. the current document as it appeared on Public Inspection on Tribes have broad discretion and substantial time to use FRF, allowing for strategic planning and projects with long-term impacts. Box 167 Concho, OK 73022 Phone: (405) 422-7580 Fax: (405) 422-8246 Email: HOPE@cheyenneandarapaho-nsn.gov. Once the email address is confirmed please provide your Account Number to activate your Print Subscription Service. Please see Treasury's Guidance as updated on June 30 regarding when a cost is considered to be incurred for purposes of the requirement that expenses be incurred within the covered period. She said the tribe will assess peoples needs through a survey engagement to be distributed through communication and the media before a plan is finalized. Provider Relief Fund payments are being disbursed via both "General" and "Targeted" Distributions. 24.
The documents are linked individually below and can also be accessed on the Treasury Department's website. On March 18, 2020, the Government of Canada announced $305 million for a new, distinctions-based Indigenous Community Support Fund (ICSF) through its COVID-19 Economic Response Plan to address immediate needs in First Nations, Inuit and Mtis communities. Fiscal Accounting Program, Admin & Training Group. Investing in housing and neighborhoods, such as affordable housing development, housing vouchers and housing navigation assistance to facilitate moves to neighborhoods with high economic opportunity. However, subrecipients would not include individuals and organizations (e.g., businesses, non-profits, or educational institutions) that are beneficiaries of an assistance program established using payments from the Fund. The CARES Act established the $150 billion Coronavirus Relief Fund. Territories (consisting of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands); and Tribal governments. documents in the last year, 26 Expenses for acquisition and distribution of medical and protective supplies, including sanitizing products and personal protective equipment, for medical personnel, police officers, social workers, child protection services, and child welfare officers, direct service providers for older adults and individuals with disabilities in community settings, and other public health or safety workers in connection with the COVID-19 public health emergency. Learn more here. 03/03/2023, 1465 States are fully permitted to use payments from the Fund to satisfy 100% of their cost share for lost wages assistance recently made available under the Stafford Act. documents in the last year, 20 20. 748) with a Historic $10 Billion in Direct Funding for Tribal Nations. The Colville Tribes Announces COVID-19 Emergency Relief Payments. The methodology allows tribes to include all revenue from tribal enterprises, including gaming. The direct recipient of payments from the Fund is ultimately responsible for compliance with this limitation on use of payments from the Fund. Must a stay-at-home order or other public health mandate be in effect in order for a government to provide assistance to small businesses using payments from the Fund? Please see the answer provided by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) available at https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/cares-act-coronavirus-relief-fund-frequently-asked-questions. The American Rescue Plan provides that FRF must be used for the following costs incurred by Dec. 31, 2024: On May 10, 2021, The Treasury Department issued several documents related to the implementation and administration of FRF. 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. You can email him at: scott.rains@swoknews.com. documents in the last year, 86 50. for better understanding how a document is structured but that is degrading to another person. Expenses for public safety measures undertaken in response to COVID-19. Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2020, $70,674) The Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding (CESF) Program allows States, U.S. Our Mission & Vision; Board; Staff; . The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the worst health and economic crises in modern history and it continues to require the best of humanity to overcome. The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to recipients of the funding available under section 601(a) of the Social Security Act, as added by section 5001 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). Note that a public function does not become a substantially different use merely because it is provided from a different location or through a different manner. Are recipients permitted to use payments from the Fund to cover the expenses of an audit conducted under the Single Audit Act? B. However, Fund payments may be used for the expenses of, for example, establishing temporary public medical facilities and other measures to increase Start Printed Page 4190COVID-19 treatment capacity or improve mitigation measures, including related construction costs. Expenses of establishing temporary public medical facilities and other measures to increase COVID-19 treatment capacity, including related construction costs. 2021-00827 Filed 1-14-21; 8:45 am], updated on 4:15 PM on Friday, March 3, 2023, updated on 8:45 AM on Friday, March 3, 2023, 105 documents 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. This site displays a prototype of a Web 2.0 version of the daily Are governments required to submit proposed expenditures to Treasury for approval? A State's obligation to FEMA for making an improper payment to an individual under the lost wages assistance program is not incurred due to the public health emergency and, therefore, payments made pursuant to this obligation would not be an eligible use of the Fund. %%EOF
documents in the last year, 282 Treasury has revised the guidance on CRF to provide that a cost associated with a necessary expenditure incurred due to the public health emergency shall be considered to have been incurred by December 31, 2022, if the recipient has incurred an obligation with respect to such cost by December 31, 2022. No racism, sexism or any sort of -ism 1. All costs of such employees may be covered using payments from the Fund for services provided during the period that begins on March 1, 2020, and ends on December 31, 2021. May Fund payments be provided to non-profits for distribution to individuals in need of financial assistance, such as rent relief? documents in the last year, 853 Exact payments to individual tribes were allocated out of that fund by the United States Department of the Treasury. 1. We, at the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, have been addressing the COVID-19 pandemic since its inception in the US. Previous guidance regarding the requirement that payments from the Fund may only be used to cover costs that were incurred during the period that begins on March 1, 2020, and ends on December 31, 2021 focused on the acquisition of goods and services and leases of real property and equipment, but the same principles apply to acquisitions and improvements of real property and acquisitions of equipment. With respect to personnel expenses, though the Fund was not intended to be used to cover government payroll expenses generally, the Fund was intended to provide assistance to address increased expenses, such as the expense of hiring new personnel as needed to assist with the government's response to the public health emergency and to allow recipients facing budget pressures not to have to lay off or furlough employees who would be needed to assist with that purpose. Data sources and the distribution methodology for units of local government. This PDF is 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 . A government should not make prepayments on contracts using payments from the Fund to the extent that doing so would not be consistent with its ordinary course policies and procedures. Are recipients permitted to use Fund payments to pay for unemployment insurance costs incurred by the recipient as an employer? Adult Tribal Members are eligible for up to $4,000, and minor Tribal Members are eligible for up to $750 payable to the parent or legal guardian for household expenses. Does the National Environmental Policy Act. Law and Justice. Oneida Nation General Manager Mark Powless has announced the Nation's plan for membership distribution of received federal relief funds and tribal contributions. The Guidance says that funding can be used to meet 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. Coronavirus (COVID-19) has had visible impact on impoverished communities via lack of medical equipment / supplies and loss of basic resources, including food and water. 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? The amount of payments made to each State was reduced by the aggregate amount of payments that was disbursed to eligible local governments within such State that provided the required certifications to Treasury. As stated in the Guidance, 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. Yes, assuming that the recipient considers the grants to be a necessary expense incurred due to the COVID-19 public health emergency and the grants meet the other requirements for the use of Fund payments under section 601(d) of the Social Security Act outlined in the Guidance. For additional information or questions on FRF or the American Rescue Plan, please contact the authors or another member of the Native American Law Team. This position reflects the statutory intent discussed above: the Fund was intended to be used to help governments address the public health emergency both by providing funds for incremental expenses (such as hazard pay related to COVID-19) and to allow governments not to have to furlough or lay off employees needed to address the public health emergency but was not intended to provide across-the-board budget support (as would be the case if hazard pay regardless of its relation to COVID-19 or workforce bonuses were permitted to be covered using payments from the Fund). Additionally, the cost of goods purchased in bulk and delivered during the covered period may be covered using payments from the Fund if a portion of the goods is ordered for use in the covered period, the bulk purchase is consistent with the recipient's usual procurement policies and practices, and it is impractical to track and record when the items were used. Would such expenditures be eligible in the absence of a stay-at-home order? The Biden-Harris Administration is providing free access to COVID-19 vaccines for every adult living in the United States. Kiowa Tribe approved for COVID relief funds, Beaucoup bags of drugs lands Lawton woman in jail, 1 killed, suspect detained after shooting in Lawton, LEDC played role in recruiting new refinery to Lawton, Lawton police release name of shooting victim, Big meth, fentanyl bust nets Lawton man felony charges, Hammer killing allegations bind Lawton woman over for trial, Geronimo man accused of 'axing' for trouble with break-in, Refinery would provide safe method of refining cobalt, officials say, Fatal hit-and-run wreck leads to charges for Lawton man. The Treasury Department would seek to recoup the funds from the government that received the payment directly from the Treasury Department. Initial guidance released on April 22, 2020, provided that the cost of an expenditure is incurred when the recipient has expended funds to cover the cost. If such assets are disposed of prior to December 31, 2021, the proceeds would be subject to the restrictions on the eligible use of payments from the Fund provided by section 601(d) of the Social Security Act. No. 55. 43. May recipients provide stipends to employees for eligible expenses (for example, a stipend to employees to improve telework capabilities) rather than require employees to incur the eligible cost and submit for reimbursement? The U.S. Department of the Treasury has recently announced how it will allocate these funds among tribes and provided guidance on how these funds can be used. Accordingly, it is very important that tribes spend FRF consistent with law and the Treasury Department's guidance. Be Truthful. WASHINGTON, DC -Senator James Lankford (R-OK) issued details after US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced a path forward for Coronavirus Relief Funds to Oklahoma Tribal nations.The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act . In general, no. With more than 100 cases of COVID-19 identified on the . The requirement that expenditures be incurred due to the public health emergency means that expenditures must be used for actions taken to respond to the public health emergency. A centralized phone number and email have been activated where all questions about the Nation's precautionary measures, that are not health-related, can be directed. Register (ACFR) issues a regulation granting it official legal status. CARNEGIE The Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma has received official confirmation it will receive almost $51 million from the American Rescue Plan Act. May a State impose restrictions on transfers of funds to local governments? However, such a program should be structured in such a manner as will ensure that such assistance is determined to be necessary in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency and otherwise satisfies the requirements of the CARES Act and other applicable law. documents in the last year, 467 For example, a county may transfer funds to a city, town, or school district within the county and a county or city may transfer funds to its State, provided that the transfer qualifies as a necessary expenditure incurred due to the public health emergency and meets the other criteria of section 601(d) of the Social Security Act outlined in the Guidance. are not part of the published document itself. 36. 5423 0 obj
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has no substantive legal effect. This guidance primarily concerns the use of payments from the Fund set forth in section 601(d) of the Social Security Act. documents in the last year, 36 What is meant by a small business, and is the Guidance intended to refer only to expenditures to cover administrative expenses of such a grant program? Re: HHS-CCDF CRRSA: Use of Funds- Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (CRRSA) Funds . better and aid in comparing the online edition to the print edition. The COVID-19 relief funds originate from the Biden-Harris Administration's landmark American Rescue Plan Act (ARP). Stephen T. Milligan, Deputy Assistant General Counsel (Banking & Finance), 202-622-4051. Consistent with the needs of all local governments for funding to address the public health emergency, States should transfer funds to local governments with populations of 500,000 or less, using as a benchmark the per capita allocation formula that governs payments to larger local governments. %PDF-1.6
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With the new delta variant of the COVID-19 virus, our cases of the disease are as bad as they have ever been. In March 2020, the CARES Act established the Coronavirus Relief Fund, which allocated $8 billion to tribal governments and Alaska Native Corporations to address "necessary expenditures" incurred due to COVID-19. that agencies use to create their documents. 46. 1302(a). Emergency medical response expenses, including emergency medical transportation, related to COVID-19. Must a State, local, or tribal government require applications to be submitted by businesses or individuals before providing assistance using payments from the Fund? These provisions do not prohibit the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, or private person of State, local, or private funds (other than a State's or locality's contribution of Medicaid matching funds). 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. Tuesday, March 21, 2023 . All rights reserved. However, as noted below, recipients may not use payments from the Fund to cover expenditures for which they will receive reimbursement. The COVID-19 Testing Site can be reached at (920) 819-8350 and the hours are 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM. The first quarterly report will cover from date FRF is received to Sept. 30, 2021. Sault Ste. 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The Fund is designed to provide ready funding to address unforeseen financial needs and risks created by the COVID-19 public health emergency. Are expenses associated with contact tracing eligible? Each document posted on the site includes a link to the Virtual . If governments use Fund payments as described in the Guidance to establish a loan program to support businesses, would those funds be considered gross income taxable to a business receiving the loan under the Code? You have permission to edit this article. The reports will include the same general data (e.g., obligations, expenditures, contracts, grants and sub-awards). CARNEGIE The Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma has received official confirmation it will receive almost $51 million from the American Rescue Plan Act. 4. 3. on 2020 COVID-19 Fisheries Assistance. Copyright 19962023 Holland & Knight LLP. 14. 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Non-federal entities include subrecipients of payments from the Fund, including recipients of transfers from a State, territory, local government, or tribal government that received a payment directly from Treasury. 7/16/2020 Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes received a total of $63.4 million in COVID-19 relief funds 7/2/2020 COVID-19 continues to spread across the state of Oklahoma 6/30/2020 Third Amended Executive Order 2020-02 5/28/2020 Judicial Branch's Updated Response to COVID-19 and Phased Reopening 5/27/2020 Executive Branch Amended Executive Order 2020-02 If the Treasury Office of Inspector General determines that a Fund recipient has failed to comply with the use restrictions set forth in section 601(d) of the Social Security Act, the Fund recipient should follow the instructions provided by the Treasury Office of Inspector General for satisfaction of the related debt rather than following these instructions. On September 2, 2020, the Supplemental Guidance on Use of Funds to Cover Payroll and Benefits of Public Employees and Supplemental Guidance on Use of Funds to Cover Administrative Costs sections were added. (In other words, such costs would be eligible direct costs of the recipient). Remarks by Under Secretary for Domestic Finance Nellie Liang During Workshop on Next Steps to the Future of Money and Payments, Remarks by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. 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The Treasury Department's guidance previewed several reporting requirements that tribes will need to satisfy as they spend FRF. May Fund payments be used for expenditures related to the administration of Fund payments by a State, territorial, local, or Tribal government? 1. Coronavirus Relief Fund Guidance for State, Territorial, Local, and Tribal Governments; Coronavirus Relief Fund FAQ's; COVID-19 Response Supply Reimbursement Grant. Tribal governments may use FRF to provide government services to the extent of the tribe's reduction in revenue experienced because of the COVID-19 public health emergency. The American Rescue Plan allocated $20 billion in Fiscal Recovery Funds (FRF) to tribes. May funds be used to satisfy non-federal matching requirements under the Stafford Act? The funding covers up to 75% of the total project costs. Governments have discretion to determine what payments are necessary. This provides tribal governments an additional two years to use FRF. 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. As discussed in FAQ A.29, hazard pay may be covered using payments from the Fund if it is provided for performing hazardous duty or work involving physical hardship that in each case is related to COVID-19. 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