ARPA: Compliance and Reporting

Next required annual reporting for ARPA is due by:

 April 30, 2025

and

EVERYONE MUST REPORT

THE PORTAL IS OPEN NOW AND  EVERYONE MUST REPORT EVEN IF YOU HAVE SPENT ALL YOUR ARPA FUNDS - NO EXCEPTIONS

Link to Treasury's reporting portal: 

https://portal.treasury.gov/compliance

Key Resources to Help You Prepare for Your Report

• If you are using the U.S. Treasury’s Reporting Portal for the first time, you will need a Login.gov user account. To create a Login.gov account, go to https://login.gov/create-an-account/.
• U.S. Department of the Treasury resources:
  • NEU Webinar: Portal Demonstration & Overview of SLFRF Reporting and Compliance Responsibilities
  • Project and Expenditure Report User Guide (January 1, 2025, Version 13)
• VLCT resources:
  • 2024 Vermont NEUs Guide to Treasury's Portal - For help designating roles and completing your 2024 Project & Expenditure Report.
  • American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) homepage
  • ARPA: Compliance and Reporting
  • ARPA FAQs

Quick Links

• State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Treasury's ARPA homepage
• Final Rule Issued January 6, 2022, the Final Rule (FR) outlines how Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (CSLFRF) may be spent.
• Obligation Interim Final Rule (November 20, 2023)
• Obligation Interim Final Rule: Quick Reference Guide (November 2023)
• Coronavirus State & Local Fiscal Recovery Funds: Overview of the Final Rule
• SLFRF Final Rule FAQ
• FAQ - Project and Expenditure Report User Guide - Appendix J (April 1, 2024)

"Agreements" - Grant Awards Documents

• Treasury - NEU Agreements and Supporting Documents User Guide
• Award Terms and Conditions. This is your grant agreement. It should be signed by the Authorized Representative for your municipality and dated with your "Date of Award."
• Assurance of Compliance With Civil Rights Requirements. This document should be signed by the Authorized Representative for your municipality and dated with your "Date of Award."
• Budget documents that validate your municipality's top-line budget total provided to the State of Vermont when you certified to accept your award.  

Compliance and Reporting Documents & User Guides

Treasury Resources

• Project and Expenditure Report User Guide January 1, 2025, Version 13)
• Compliance and Reporting Guidance for State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds This Treasury guidance provides details, requirements, and clarification for each recipient’s compliance and reporting responsibilities.  

Uniform Guidance

• Revenue Loss (Expenditure Category 6.1) - For towns, cities and villages that elected the standard allowance and will spend their funds on the "provision of government services" (Expenditure Category 6.1 Revenue Replacement), then only certain sections of Uniform Guidance (2 CFR Part 200) apply to the use of these funds.  Please refer to this 2 CFR Part 200 Table of Contents (modified for revenue loss) that has been highlighted to show these sections.