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.
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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 3/26)
- 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 3/23) - 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
- American Rescue Plan Spending
Guidance from GFOA - 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 3/26)
- 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)