Guide to Local Recovery Update: August 25

The reporting deadline for the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds is August 31! The U.S. Department of the Treasury has released a video walkthrough of the treasury portal for the interim report and recovery plan. Here's a list of all the other Treasury Department resources available to cities:

• Reporting and Compliance Guidance: This explains all the required reports in detail and is the best first stop for any reporting questions.
• Reporting guidance technical assistance webinars: Recipients have different reporting requirements based on population and amount of funding received. These webinars provide a good overview of reporting for each recipient group.
• Reporting User Guide: This contains detailed submissions instructions and includes answers to frequently asked reporting questions.
• Recovery Plan template: This provides a sample template for the Recovery Plan Performance Report for states, territories, and large localities.
• Evidence and Equity Webinars: The evidence and equity webinars provide technical assistance for recipients on how they can include evidence and equity in the spending and reporting.
• FAQs: These are the best resources for any policy-related questions related to reporting
• As mentioned previously, the Treasury has released a video walkthrough of the reporting portal. Timestamps are as follows: 4:44, Reporting basics; 14:30, Interim Report; 27:04, Recovery Plan.

Individual recipients may send any questions that are not answered in these materials to SLFRP@treasury.gov.

City officials looking for additional information about the American Rescue Plan Act and additional tools for recovery can visit the Cal Cities Guide to Local Recovery webpage.