Reporting ARPA Funding
The use of American Rescue Plan Act funds must be reported annually, beginning October of 2021, and can continue through October of 2026. Information regarding how to and what to report will be found below. Please visit the Treasury’s website for the latest information.
ARPA: Project & Expenditure Report 2023
Reporting for spending that occurred from (4-1-2022 to 3-31-2023) opened on April 1, 2023, and is due April 30, 2023!
ARPA funds spent during this timeframe will have a project to report. If no funds were spent, your township still needs to complete the reporting for no projects to report for this reporting period.
Google Chrome is recommended.
Reporting link: https://portal.treasury.gov/compliance/s/. Sign-in using your Login.gov (Email and Password). Select “Continue to login to compliance portal.”
A Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) is NOT required for reporting. The email from SLFRP (Treasury) regarding “Updated Subaward Requirements:” These requirements are only for those businesses that townships donated ARPA money to.
The compliance portal will only allow those that were on the original ARPA application as the Contact Person or Authorized Person to have access to the township’s reports. The only way others can be given access is for the “Account Administrator,” which is either the Contact Person or Authorized Person to add them as a point of contact and assign them the following roles (SLFRF – Account Administrator; SLFRF – Point of Contact for Reporting; SLFRF – Authorized Representative for Reporting).
Project & Expenditure Form Instructions:
Home Page: On the left-hand side under the “State, Local, and Tribal Support Sign” click on = Compliance Reports
SLFRL Compliance Reports: 1. Project and Expenditure Report 2023, Under “Provide Information” click on = Blue box with pencil
P&E Report: On the right-hand side under “Report Information” view the Allocated Amount (This should be the total amount of money received)
Then go to the left-hand side and click on = Recipient Profile
Recipient Profile = The recipient information may look different than last year. It appears that the Treasury’s system pulled over the UEI registration information from SAM.gov. If you are not registered in SAM.gov, your information was updated with general data. The entity type may be listed as “Metro city or county.”
Fiscal year end date = 12/31/2022
Is the Recipient Registered in SAM.gov? = Yes/No
SAVE & NEXT
ProjectOverview = Does your jurisdiction have projects to report as of this reporting period?
-No (Provide narrative why), then SAVE & NEXT
-Yes = Add/Edit 1 Project for all township expenditures
Project Expenditure Category Group = 6 – Revenue Replacement
Project Expenditure Category = 6.1 – Provision of Government Services
Project Name = (i.e., MAT Township Services)
Recipient Project ID = NEU# (i.e., MN1234)
Adopted Budget = Leave blank
Total Cumulative Obligations = Allocated Amount (Total Amount Received)
Total Cumulative Expenditures = Total Amount Spent (as of 3-31-2023)
Current Period Obligations = Allocated Amount (Total Amount Received)
Current Period Expenditures = Total Amount Spent (as of 3-31-2023)
Program Income Earned = Leave blank
Program Income Expended = Leave blank
Project Description = List everything that the town board approved for the ARPA money to be spent on (i.e., Gravel, 2 Laptops)
Add Project/SAVE Project
To edit the project, go under the title “Project Status” and click on the yellow box with pencil or the green box with check mark.
Status to completion = Select option and SAVE (If completed, Confirm Project)
NEXT
Recipient Specific
Revenue Replacement Key Inputs
Is your jurisdiction electing to use the standard allowance of up to $10 million, not to exceed your total award allocation, for identifying revenue loss? = Yes
Revenue Loss Due to COVID-19 Public Health Emergency = Total Allocated Amount (Total Amount Received)
Were Fiscal Recovery Funds used to make a deposit into a pension fund? = No
Please provide an explanation of how revenue replacement funds were allocated to government services = Township board approved for revenue replacement funds to be allocated towards (i.e., Road gravel, Computer purchase, Town hall improvements).
SAVE & NEXT
Certification
Review = Total Obligations, Total Expenditures, Total Number of Projects
Confirm that your Name & Email Address are present.
Certify and Submit
Are you sure you want to submit? = Submit
For questions and assistance with this reporting, please contact a trainer.
Update on the Status of Treasury's Contact Center:
Starting on October 17, 2022 Treasury began curtailing contact center operations due to an administrative funding shortfall for certain recovery programs as we work with Congress to provide the flexibility to spend already appropriated funds across recovery programs. As of that date, Treasury’s contact center ceased its phone operations and all incoming calls are now receiving an automated voicemail messaging referring them to self-service resources available on the Treasury website. As part of this reduction in Treasury’s operations, beginning on November 1, 2022, the Department is also ramping down staff support for its email response operations, and as a result, response times to recipient emails are also expected to be significantly delayed. For additional background on the reasons for these adjustments, please see a recent letter to recipients linked here and reported on here. We continue to encourage recipients to use the self-service resources on Treasury’s website as their first stop for efficiently answering any questions that they have about recovery programs.
June 10 Updated Link:
On June 10, 2022, Treasury released updated Compliance and Reporting Guidance (Reporting Guidance) and the Recovery Plan Performance Report (Recovery Plan) template for the SLFRF program. These documents include updates to reflect the final rule that Treasury adopted on January 6, 2022, which took effect on April 1, 2022. These updates take effect for the next Project and Expenditure Report and Recovery Plan that certain recipients need to submit by July 31, 2022.To access the update Reporting Guidance and the Recovery Plan and learn more about the SLFRF program, please visit treasury.gov/SLFRPReporting
Helpful Tips on ARPA Reporting for Townships
· Your township will need to register through login.gov. If you run into log-in issues, please contact the help line for login.gov. Minnesota Association of Townships staff do not have access to that information to change or help townships.
· If information in the U.S. Treasury portal is incorrect for your township, please contact the US Treasury at SLFRP@treasury.gov and explain the issues.
· After you receive a login from login.gov and sign in, if it doesn’t take you directly to the reporting portal, open a new browser: portal.treasury.gov/compliance . There you will see where you get to the compliance reports.
Download:
How to: ARPA Reporting Portal Steps
Watch:
*New* ARPA Reporting Demonstration Video
This is the newest video/webinar addressing step-by-step ARPA project & expenditure reporting and compliance for the SLFRF program specifically for townships. This webinar focuses on simplified submissions under revenue replacement.
We strongly encourage clerks and treasurers to watch this video / webinar before contacting the MAT office for help or questions, as MAT staff does not have access to your individual township information and are not able to change information for townships. (The U.S. Treasury is the only one authorized to access that information.)
If you are still having issues after all of these steps, including watching the video/ webinar, please contact the MAT office.