American Rescue Plan (ARP) Blog Posts

In the wake of Hurricane Helene, which has brought historic damage to many western North Carolina communities, local governments will be looking for available funding to help repair, restore, and rebuild public infrastructure and to provide direct assistance to their […]

In 2013, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (the “Uniform Guidance”), which consolidated and streamlined the various federal policies governing the award and administration of federal […]

The American Rescue Plan Act Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (ARPA/CSLFRF) provided significant funding to North Carolina counties and municipalities. As discussed in many previous posts, the ARPA/CSLFRF funds may only be spent for certain eligible purposes that […]

If you have obligated and expended all your American Rescue Plan Act Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery funds (ARP/CSLFRF), congrats, you are done forever with this grant. April Fools! Even if you have obligated and expended all your ARP/CSLFRF […]

As detailed in previous posts, North Carolina counties and municipalities received funding from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (ARP/CSLFRF). This federal grant funding has afforded local governments opportunities to make transformational […]

As detailed in previous posts, all NC counties and municipalities received federal grant funding from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recover Fund (ARP/CSLFRF). There are detailed expenditure guidelines, and compliance and reporting requirements […]

As discussed in previous posts, all NC counties and municipalities received funding from the American Rescue Plan Act Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (ARP/CSLFRF). These are federal grant funds that come with eligibility restrictions, compliance requirements, and reporting […]

North Carolina’s local governments have been inundated with federal funds since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.  But the complexity and quantity of the rules applicable to the expenditure of those monies have not decreased since the […]

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (ARP/CSLFRF) program provides significant funding to all North Carolina counties and municipalities. As detailed in previous posts, this federal grant program groups allowable expenditures of these […]

The following are sample policies and other resources for the School of Government’s ARP Basics sessions. We are offering these sessions once a month via Zoom as part of our ARP Office Hours to help those newer to the American […]