on May Fund recipients upgrade critical public health infrastructure, such as providing access to running water for individuals and families in rural and tribal areas to allow them to maintain proper hygiene and defend themselves against the virus? hbbd```b``v@$X( &H`@$ Vj` D:I v{Ha`bd]v# >U The CARES Act also requires that payments be used only to cover costs that were not accounted for in the budget most recently approved as of March 27, 2020. Yes, if the administrative expenses represent an increase over previously budgeted amounts and are limited to what is necessary. Tribes will need to be strategic about which funding source to use for each project. Recipients may use Fund payments for any expenses eligible under section 601(d) of the Social Security Act outlined in the Guidance. 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. legal research should verify their results against an official edition of The COVID-19 Testing Site can be reached at (920) 819-8350 and the hours are 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM. documents in the last year, by the Energy Department 11. 41. L. 116-94) for funds for programs authorized under section 330 through 340 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. An employer may also track time spent by employees related to COVID-19 and apply Fund payments on that basis but would need to do so consistently within the relevant agency or department. If the cost of an employee was allocated to administrative leave to a greater extent than was expected, the cost of such administrative leave may be covered using payments from the Fund. 40. CRF Operation Connectivity Prior Purchase Reimbursement Program (PPRP) To request an application, or with any questions related to the CRF Operation Connectivity PPRP application process, email customerservice@teabulkorder.com, preferably between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. 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. For any questions about the SRMT COVID-19 Household Disaster Relief Program, please contact the Tribe's Compliance Department at (518) 358-2272 or email compliance@srmt-nsn.gov. Would providing a consumer grant program to prevent eviction and assist in preventing homelessness be considered an eligible expense? on FederalRegister.gov Further, infrastructure projects other than water, sewer and broadband are not permissible uses of FRF unless 1) related to COVID-19 or 2) provided as government services to the extent of the tribal government's lost revenue. 58. Such a grant would be analogous to a loan provided by the Fund recipient itself that incorporates similar loan forgiveness provisions. Grantees may use funds to provide certain non-recurrent, short term (NRST) benefits, described in more detail below. For the first payment, the Treasury Department will use self-certified enrollment numbers submitted to the Bureau of Indian Affairs in April 2021. 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 On March 18, 2020, the Government of Canada announced $305 million for a new, distinctions-based Indigenous Community Support Fund (ICSF) through its COVID-19 Economic Response Plan to address immediate needs in First Nations, Inuit and Mtis communities. This guidance reflects the intent behind the Fund, which was not to provide general fiscal assistance to state governments but rather to assist them with COVID-19-related necessary expenditures. 6. Your current subscription does not provide access to this content. 3. In the above OIG FAQ, sub-recipient refers to the beneficiary of the assistance, i.e., the small business. (Nespelem, WA) The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation will distribute disaster relief payments to offset the financial consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. Are governments required to submit proposed expenditures to Treasury for approval? Be Proactive. Are Fund payments subject to other requirements of the Uniform Guidance? headings within the legal text of Federal Register documents. Regardless of the use of Fund payments for such purposes, FEMA funding is still dependent on FEMA's determination of eligibility under the Stafford Act. documents in the last year, 822 hb```@(1*q-r|MY9pT`` Pu%}$p19j9T`;)',QlqV4C2ut400pttj$ f gPfcXlX` feby}ewEV, @ %X| 1PU fWO The Administrative Procedure Act (APA) provides that the notice, public comment, and delayed effective date requirements of 5 U.S.C. 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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 . Are costs associated with increased solid waste capacity an eligible use of payments from the Fund? Oneida Nation General Manager Mark Powless has announced the Nation's plan for membership distribution of received federal relief funds and tribal contributions. In recognition of the particular importance of public health and public safety workers to State, local, and tribal government responses to the public health emergency, Treasury has provided, as an administrative accommodation, that a State, local, or tribal government may presume that public health and public safety employees meet the substantially dedicated test, unless the chief executive (or equivalent) of the relevant government determines that specific circumstances indicate otherwise. To facilitate prompt distribution of Title V funds, the CARES Act authorized Treasury to make direct payments to local governments with populations in excess of 500,000, in amounts equal to 45% of the local government's per capita share of the statewide allocation. 102-477 Plan and intends to provide the following services in accordance with its approved 477 Use the PDF linked in the document sidebar for the official electronic format. This feature is not available for this document. Keep it Clean. Treasury recognizes that schools are generally incurring an array of COVID-19-related expenses to either provide distance learning or to re-open. Register, and does not replace the official print version or the official Tribal Broadband Learning Community: Data Sovereignty . 007-2021 navajo nation state of emergency; mandating covid-19 vaccinations for navajo nation employees; executive order no. The Treasury Department will finalize the interim rules and continue to publish additional FAQs on FRF that will require monitoring. This means that, whereas payroll and benefits of an employee who is substantially dedicated to mitigating or responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency may generally be covered in full using payments from the Fund, hazard pay specifically may only be covered to the extent it is related to COVID-19. Current Print Subscribers will be prompted to either login to their current site user account or to create a new one. 12. This prototype edition of the are not part of the published document itself. The final rule contains no requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act. Similarly, in recognition of the likelihood of supply chain disruptions and increased demand for certain goods and services during the COVID-19 public health emergency, if a recipient enters into a contract requiring the delivery of goods or performance of services by December 31, 2021, the failure of a vendor to complete delivery or services by December 31, 2021, will not affect the ability of the recipient to use payments from the Fund to cover the cost of such goods or services if the delay is due to circumstances beyond the recipient's control. 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. It is not designed to be, and should not be used as, the sole source of information when analyzing and resolving a legal problem, and it should not be substituted for legal advice, which relies on a specific factual analysis. On September 2, 2020, Questions A.53-56 were added and Questions A.34 and A.38 were revised. staff at nursing homes, hospitals and home-care settings, childcare workers, educators and school staff. Treasury has now distributed 60 percent of the $8 billion dollars to tribes with 40 percent remaining to be distributed. The hallmark of Holland & Knight's success has always been and continues to be legal work of the highest quality, performed by well prepared lawyers who revere their profession and are devoted to their clients. Accordingly, the lost revenue/government services category is the broadest and most flexible. A vaccination site on the. For example, if an administrative cost is already being covered as a direct or indirect cost pursuant to another federal grant, the Fund may not be used to cover that cost. 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. On May 10, 2021, the Treasury Department announced that FRF would be allocated based on a formula that takes into account each tribe's enrollment and number of employees. Federal Register issue. 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). 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. Expenses to improve telework capabilities for public employees to enable compliance with COVID-19 public health precautions. May funds be used to satisfy non-federal matching requirements under the Stafford Act? A unit of local government eligible for receipt of direct payment includes a county, municipality, town, township, village, parish, borough, or other unit of general government below the State level with a population that exceeds 500,000. State, territorial, local, and Tribal governments receiving funds from Treasury should ensure that funds transferred to other entities, whether pursuant to a grant program or otherwise, are used in accordance with section 601(d) of the Social Security Act as implemented in the Guidance. documents in the last year, 282 documents in the last year, by the Coast Guard However, as noted below, recipients may not use payments from the Fund to cover expenditures for which they will receive reimbursement. 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. 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). . Information about this document as published in the Federal Register. 5. Should States receiving a payment transfer funds to local governments that did not receive payments directly from Treasury? May Fund payments be used for expenditures necessary to prepare for a future COVID-19 outbreak? Yes, if the loans otherwise qualify as eligible expenditures under section 601(d) of the Social Security Act as implemented by the Guidance. Such assistance should be structured in a manner to ensure as much as possible, within the realm of what is administratively feasible, that such assistance is necessary. The new COVID-19 relief bill include $31.2 billion for native communities and tribal governments. Yes, costs to address increase in solid waste as a result of the public health emergency, such as relates to the disposal of used personal protective equipment, would be an eligible expenditure. A recipient would not be permitted to pay for payroll or benefit expenses of private employees and any financial assistance (such as grants or short-term loans) to private employers are not subject to the restriction that the private employers' employees must be substantially dedicated to mitigating or responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency. 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. 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. Out of the $31 billion that tribes will receive, $20 billion will focus on combating COVID-19 and stabilizing safety nets in tribal communities. Public health employees would include employees involved in providing medical and other health services to patients and supervisory personnel, including medical staff assigned to schools, prisons, and other such institutions, and other support services essential for patient care (e.g., laboratory technicians) as well as employees of public health departments directly engaged in matters related to public health and related supervisory personnel. establishing the XML-based Federal Register as an ACFR-sanctioned daily Federal Register on FederalRegister.gov will remain an unofficial 54. No racism, sexism or any sort of -ism 6. to the courts under 44 U.S.C. One key part of the CARES Act was the Coronavirus Relief Fund, which provided $150 billion in direct federal fiscal support to governments in states, territories, and tribal areas to cover expenditures incurred due to the COVID-19 public health emergency. 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. 7. Re: HHS-CCDF CRRSA: Use of Funds- Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (CRRSA) Funds . Few details on the specific requirements are known at this time. Check receipts (not preferred)Checks may be sent to one of the following addresses (depending on the method of delivery). Counts are subject to sampling, reprocessing and revision (up or down) throughout the day. 17. for better understanding how a document is structured but Winds light and variable.. Clear skies. The first payment will include 1) an amount in respect of the $1 billion allocation that is to be divided equally among eligible tribal governments, and 2) the tribal government's pro rata share of the allocation based on enrollment. Treasury has made payments from the Fund to States and eligible units of local government; the District of Columbia and U.S. The US Congress passed and President Biden signed the Act, which included an. 1. for 1 day, $16.00 A confirmation email will be sent when a new user account is created, which must be confirmed within three days in order to provide uninterrupted online access through your Print Subscription. Mumbai, Delhi, TN, Gujarat, UP, WB, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, MP. We are developing a Disaster Relief Fund to assist the . At stake is about $500 million. The Guidance states that the Fund may support a broad range of uses including payroll expenses for several classes of employees whose services are substantially dedicated to mitigating or responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency. What are some examples of types of covered employees? The full amount of payroll and benefits expenses of substantially dedicated employees may be covered using payments from the Fund. acquiring computers and similar digital devices; acquiring and installing additional ventilation or other air filtering equipment; incurring additional transportation costs; or. General. Tribe ATG Final Distribution Welfare Assistance CV Distribution ALASKA Afognak 218,806 4,158 ALASKA Agdaagux Tribe of King Cove 437,612 8,391 ALASKA Akhiok . Threats of harming another This Holland & Knight alert addresses the latest FRF developments, important deadlines and some key takeaways for tribal governments to consider as they decide how to prioritize their spending of these funds. rendition of the daily Federal Register on FederalRegister.gov does not PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK. 16. Receiving a PPP or EIDL grant or loan for COVID-19 would not necessarily make a small business ineligible to receive a grant from Fund payments made to a recipient. The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation is operating its CCDF program under a P.L. Federal Register. Expenditures related to a State, territorial, local, or Tribal government payroll support program. For example, a transfer from a county to a constituent city would not be permissible if the funds were intended to be used simply to fill shortfalls in government revenue to cover expenditures that would not otherwise qualify as an eligible expenditure.