Agenda - Council Work Session - 03/08/2022

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U.S. DEPARTMENT op THE TREASURY FRAMEWORK FOR ELIGIBLE USES BEYOND THOSE ENUMERATED Aa described above, recipients have broad flexibility to identify and respond to other pandernic impacts and serve other populations that experienced pandemic impacts, beyond the enumerated uses and presumed eligible populations. Recipients should undergo the following steps to decide whether their project is eligible: Step 1. Identify COVID-19 public health or 2. Design a response that addresses or economic impact responds to the impact Analysis Can identify impact to a specific 0 Types of responses can include a household, business or nonprofit or to program, service, or capital a class of householdsl businesses or expenditure nonprofits (i.e., group) 0 Response should be related and Can also identify disproportionate reasonably proportional to the harm impacts, or more severe impacts) to a 0 Response should also be reasonably specific beneficiary or to a class designed to benefit impacted individual or class 1. Identify eCOV|O-l9 public health or negative economic impact onan individual oreclass. Recipients should identify an individual or class that is "impacted" or"'disproportionately impacted" by the COVID-19 public health emergency or its negative economic impacts as well as the specific impact itself. e "Impacted"entities are those impacted by the disease itself or the harmful consequences of the economic disruptions resulting from or exacerbated by the COVID- 19 public health emergency. For example, on individual who lost their job or a small business that saw lower revenue during a period of closure would both have experienced impacts of the pandemic. ~ ""Disproportionately impacted" entities are those that experienced disproportionate public health or economic outcomes from the pandemic;Treasury recognizes that pre- existing disparities, in many cases, amplified the impacts of the pandemic, causing more severe impacts in underserved communities. For example, a household living in a neighborhood with limited access to medical care and healthy foods may have faced health disparities before the pandemic, like a higher rate of chronic health conditions, that contributed to more severe health outcomes during the COV|D'19pandemic The recipient may choose to identify these impacts at either the individual level or at a class level. If the recipient is identifying impacts at the individual level,they should retain documentation supporting the impact the individual experienced (e.g, documentation oflost revenues from a small business).Such documentation can be streamlined in many cases(e.g., self-attestation that a household requires food assistance). Recipients also have broad flexibility to identify a ""class"—or a group of households, small businesses, or nonprofits—that experienced animpact. |n these cases,the recipients should Coronowirus State&Local Fiscal Recovery Funds:Overview mf the Final Rule