ARPA reporting was due April 30, 2025
and
EVERYONE should have submitted the 2025 Project & Expenditure Report
If you failed to report, Treasury will send you a "Notice of Noncompliance" and if you do not report within the timeline they indicate, they will ask you to pay back your entire ARPA award.
Link to Treasury's reporting portal:
https://portal.treasury.gov/compliance
Better late than never! Do you need help completing your 2025 reporting?
Email kbuckley@vlct.org for assistance.
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:
- 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 Troubleshooting
Salesforce “Single-Sign On” Issue? Try These Steps
- Ensure you use Google Chrome (download available)
- Clear the Cache and Cookies for Chrome (tutorial)
- Restart Chrome and close all tabs/windows before attempting to login.
- Do not use autofill or copy/paste emails and passwords when logging in.
- Login with the portal in which you registered with and do not use bookmarks:
- Ensure firewalls are not blocking access to the Treasury site.
If the problem persists, reach out to SLFRF@treasury.gov providing detailed information/screenshots of the issue.
Is There a Simplified Reporting Process for Cities That Have Fully Obligated and Expended Their Funds?
Treasury is in the process of formalizing the closeout process. Until it is officially announced, you must continue submitting reports.
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.