$1.3 million in American Rescue Plan Act grant funding available to Carson City nonprofits
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Wed, 08/25/2021 - 2:48pm
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August 25, 2021 (All day) In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its negative impacts, the U.S. Department of Treasury is issuing the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds established under the American Rescue Plan Act. ARPA funds have been issued to provide a substantial infusion of resources to help turn the tide of the pandemic, address its economic fallout, and lay the foundation for a strong and equitable recovery.
The Carson City Board of Supervisors has allocated $1,300,000 to non-profits or governmental entities operating in Carson City to help meet the requirements of the Grant and needs of the Community.
The funds were approved to be awarded for the following categories:
1. Mental health treatment;
2. Substance abuse treatment;
3. Crisis intervention and other behavioral health services;
4. Services or outreach to promote access to health and social services;
5. Affordable housing / rent subsidies / homelessness;
6. Employment or job training services to address negative economic or public health impacts experienced due to a worker’s occupation or level of training.
Guidance can be found here.
On March 11, 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act was signed into law, and established the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (“SLFRF”) program.
The funding distribution will be through a federal assistance, reimbursement program provided by Carson City, Nevada.
1. Please refer to the guidance link to ensure expenses requested are allowable.
2. Awardee’s will be subject to regulatory requirements of the Uniform Guidance (2 CFR Part 200).
3. For this program Carson City requires a Letter of Interest. You can obtain the Letter of Interest on the Carson City website: https://www.carson.org/government/departments-a-f/finance/grant-funding
4. Provide a program budget, including a breakout of line items, such as Salaries, Benefits, Supplies, Equipment etc.
5. Provide a plan of expenditure, which should be no more than four pages in length, please include the following:
a. Brief problem statement(s) explaining why funds are needed.
b. An explanation of how funds are expected to be used to respond directly to the COVID-19 public health emergency or for a secondary effect of the pandemic.
c. Provide internal controls of the agency receiving the funds, as subrecipient monitoring will be necessary to ensure the use of funds meet federal guidance.
6. Funding dates January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022.
7. Any unspent funds will be advertised for a second round of applications, the following year.
8. Applicants will need to e-mail the Grants Administrator by 4pm on September 30, 2021 including the letter of interest, budget, and plan of expenditure; as these three documents are deemed to be the “application”, at grants@carson.org. Documents can be submitted to Carson City by mail but must be received by Carson City no later than September 30, 2021:
Carson City
201 N. Carson Street # 3
Carson City, NV 89701
Attn: Grants Administrator
9. Funding will be determined based on the application, the eligibility of expenses, and the level of need in the Carson City community, as well as dependent on the number of requests received and dollar amount of those requests.
10. All questions can be e-mailed to the Carson City Grants Administrator at grants@carson.org or by phone at 775-283-7069.
Carson City will assemble an Application Review Workgroup (ARW) to review, read and score all applications. The ARW recommendations will be presented to the Carson City Board of Supervisors; thereafter, the Board of Supervisors will have final approval on funding.
