Office of Budget Operations

American Rescue Plan Act

Signed into law on March 11, 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) provided state, local and tribal governments $350 billion in additional funding via the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) program.  This program is intended to support governments in responding to the economic and public health impacts of COVID-19 throughout communities.

American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) and

Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) Programs

Fiscal Recovery Reports

Pennsylvania will be developing annual Recovery Plan Reports with information about how SLFRF dollars have been used or are planning to be used.

Agency Reporting Requirements:

Please click this link to open a new Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ARPA Project Intake Form (PDF).

This document must be downloaded and opened in Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat to ensure full functionality. Your 'Expenditure Group' selection should prompt different options in the 'Expenditure Sub-category' dropdown.  If this does not occur, please contact us before proceeding.
*Note: This document is published in Portable Document Format (PDF). You will need Adobe Reader software to read and print these materials accurately. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader you may obtain a current version free of charge from www.adobe.com, at the link below.
Using other software may cause the documents that you view or print to differ from the printed documents, which constitute the original and official versions. You assume the risk of any such discrepancies related to communication transmission or other printing problems.

Once complete, please use the link below to  send us the attachment via email.

SAM.gov Registration

All entities must register with SAM.gov to receive a Unique Entity Identification (UEI) number.  A UEI number is necessary to report data to US Treasury. 

 

SLFRF Compliance and Reporting Guidance: Recipient Compliance and Reporting Responsibilities | U.S. Department of the Treasury

Required Programmatic Data as of August 2022

ARPA Fact Sheet for Agencies

Contact Us/Resource Account:

          PA SLFRF Resource Account
          Governor's Budget Office
          Email: RA-OBSLFRF_DATA@pa.gov

Covid State Fiscal Recovery ESN’s

State & Local Aid:

Of the $350 billion, Pennsylvania received $7.291 billion for counties, cities, boroughs, and townships and $983 million for Non-Entitlement Units (NEU's) to meet pandemic response needs.

All funds must be obligated by December 31, 2024, and must be expended by December 31, 2026. 

Pennsylvania NEU Allocations: Pennsylvania NEU Allocations (pa.gov)

Pennsylvania Metropolitan City Allocations: Pennsylvania Metropolitan City Allocations (pa.gov)

Pennsylvania County Allocations Pennsylvania County Allocations (pa.gov)

​Project Template
​Applies to the following Expenditure Categories
​ProjectBaselineBulkUploadTemplate.xlsx
​1.1-7, 1.10, 1.12-14, 2.9, 2.19-23, 2.28, 2.35, 2.37, 3.3-3.5, 7.1-7.2
​Project18_229233BulkUpload.xlsx
​1.8, 2.29-2.33
​Project19_234BulkUpload.xlsx
​1.9, 2.34
Project31BulkUpload.xlsx
​3.1
Project32BulkUpload.xlsx
​3.2
Project236BulkUpload.xlsx
​2.36
Project2128BulkUpload.xlsx
​2.1-2.8
​Project4142BulkUpload.xlsx
​4.1-4.2
​Project51518BulkUpload.xlsx
​5.1-5.18
​Project111210BulkUpload.xlsx
​1.11, 2.10
​Project211214BulkUpload.xlsx
​2.11-2.14
​Project215218BulkUpload.xlsx
​2.15-2.16, 2.17-2.18
Project224227BulkUpload.xlsx
​2.24-2.27
​Project519521BulkUpload.xlsx
​5.19-5.21

 

Transaction Templates: 

expendituresGT50000BulkUpload.xlsx

expendituresLT50000BulkUpload.xlsx

paymentsIndividualsLT50000BulkUpload.xlsx

subawardBulkUpload.xlsx

subRecipientBulkUpload.xlsx

US Treasury Report Submissions: Fiscal Reco​very Reports (pa.gov)

Federal Reporting User Guidance:

Final Rule SLFRF Final Rule.pdf (treasury.gov)

Final Rule Overview SLFRF-Final-Rule-Overview.pdf (treasury.gov)

Recovery Plan Reporting User Guide SLFRF Recovery Plan User Guide - July 2022 (treasury.gov)

Approved Capital Expenditures as of August 2022

Expenditure Categories as of August 2022

SLFRF Frequently Asked Questions as of July 2022

US Treasury Reporting Webinars

U.S. Census Data

Median Household Income of the service area 

Lowest Quintile Income of the service area

Legislation and Related Statutes: 

2022 Fiscal Code.pdf

American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.pdf