American Rescue Plan (ARP) Blog Posts

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 […]

As detailed in previous posts, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (ARP/CSLFRF) allows local governments to spend their allocations on eligible projects within four major expenditure groupings: Addressing the COVID-19 public health […]

As detailed in previous posts, NC local governments are receiving significant funding from the federal American Rescue Plan Act Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program (ARP/CSLFRF). The availability of these funds presents many opportunities but also poses challenges […]

UPDATED August 2022: On July 27, 2022, US Treasury amended its Final Rule FAQs to exempt expenditures in the Revenue Replacement category from some Uniform Guidance provisions. Those changes are reflected in the updated post below.  Many NC local governments, […]

As detailed in previous posts, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (ARP/CSLFRF) provides funding for North Carolina counties and municipalities. There are four main authorized expenditure categories: (1) Responding to the pandemic […]

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has stated in its Interim Final Rule and Final Rule applicable to Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (“Fiscal Recovery Funds”) that, with few exceptions, the procurement standards contained in the Uniform Administrative […]

What is the Standard Allowance? The Final Rule implementing the ARP/CSLFRF authorizes 4 main expenditure categories: Addressing the COVID-19 public health emergency and its negative economic impacts: authorizing projects that address the ongoing pandemic or its negative economic impacts on […]

5/9/22 Update: U.S. Treasury released an updated set of Final Rule FAQs on April 27, 2022, that helped clarify the program income reporting requirements. FAQ 13.11 stipulates that the addition method set forth in 2 C.F.R. 200.307(e)(2) applies to program […]

US Treasury issued the Final Rule of the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund program of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP/CSLFRF) in January 2022. With more complete information, local government officials are now looking to finalize (at least […]

The Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP/CSLFRF) provides funding to all NC counties and municipalities to address pandemic-related and essential infrastructure needs. One of the eligible expenditure categories of […]