COVID-19 Resources for Local Government
The Auditor of State (AOS) is working to help local governments manage the financial impact of COVID-19. The resources on this page are a response to the questions and concerns Auditor Faber has heard from our local partners, and we hope they will help our clients better understand and use available resources.
In This Together Ohio | What YOU Can Do
Federal Financial Assistance
- CARES Act and Federal Assistance
Spreadsheet (updated 2/19)
- How to Use the Spreadsheet
- CRF Funding: Where Does It
Come From? (new 12/21) - CRF Funding: Accounting Flowchart
(updated 1/27) - CRF Funding: Schedule of
Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA)
Reporting Flowchart — Small
Governments (updated 1/27) - Example Schedules of Expenditures
of Federal Awards (SEFAs) –
Township, Village, Library (new 12/21) - Summary of UG Applicability
(new 7/14)
- Deadline Extensions (updated 2/3)
- Jobs and Family Services List of
Federal Guidance for Local Agencies - CARES Act USAS Fund Numbers and
Accounting Guidance for Schools
(updated 11/9) - CARES Act UAN Client Fund Numbers
(new 8/5) - AICPA Summary of Uniform Guidance
Applicability for COVID-19-Related
Federal Programs
AOS Efforts to Assist Clients
- AOS Free Training Programs
- UAN "Fee Holiday" Info
- LGS Assistance for Clients
Experiencing Fiscal Distress
Federal and State FAQ
- General Auditor of State FAQs
(updated 2/16) - Federal OMB FAQs & COVID-19
Assistance Listing (new 7/2)
- OBM's Ohio Grants Partnership
- Ohio Public Meetings Guidelines
- More Federal and State Information
Track the Money
Guidance for AOS Clients
- Advisories and Policy Updates
- View AOS Teleconferences
- GASB Emergency Toolbox
- First-Time Single Audit with COVID-19
Federal Funding (updated 2/3)
- What Is a Single Audit? (new 7/14)
- AICPA State and Local Government
Expert Panel (SLGEP) FAQ (new 7/16)
- Deadline Extensions (updated 2/3)
- COVID-19 and the Impact on
Single Audits (new 7/17)
- Have you received inaccurate COVID-19
test results? Let us know here.
(new 8/11) - OBM COVID-19 Federal Grant Training
- Ohio Grants Partnership Summit
- Responsibilities Under Uniform
Guidance Act 2CFR §200 (new 10/9)