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SPARKinfo July 28, 2020
SPARK mission To serve our immediate health and economic needs & leverage these investments to create a better, stronger future
WHAT IS SPARK? • Strengthening People and Revitalizing Kansas • Allocated to local governments to help address the health and economic challenges associated with COVID-19 from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. • Federal funds approved through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act were allocated to each state. • Kansas was awarded $400 million from the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) • The Strengthening People and Revitalizing Kansas Task Force was established to prioritize the distribution of CRF funds to each Kansas county.
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF FUND (CRF) THROUGH THE CARES ACT?
• The Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF)
provided, in Section 5001, $150 billion to
be used to make specific payments to
states and local governments to
offset certain costs associated
with the COVID-19 Pandemic.
WHAT ARE THE THEMES THE STATE HAS FOR COVID-19 RELATED SPENDING? • Health Advance public health and respond to future outbreaks • Connectivity Enable remote connectivity through investments in technology and digital infrastructure • Economic Development Protect livelihoods of affected individuals, invest in communities, and support businesses • Education Provide quality education and resources to our students
WHAT OBJECTIVES CAN THE COUNTY USE AS A FRAMEWORK TO PLAN AND
PRIORITIZE THEIR INVESTMENTS FOR COVID-19 RELATED SPENDING?
• Making our public institutions whole
• Reimbursements for COVID-19 Related Expenses from Public Entities
• Protecting the health of Kansas
• Ensure access to supplies and infrastructure to mitigate disease spread and preparing for
a potential “second wave” in the fall
• Revitalize local businesses
• Ensuring that businesses and non-profits can re-open safely and rebound from COVID19
• Building resilient communities
• Supporting workforce, housing, childcare, social services, and other investments critical
for long-term and community growth
What are the restrictions? CRF can only be used for certain expenditures: • Necessary public health (COVID-19) emergency expenses • Not accounted for in the budget approved as March 27, 2020 • Incurred from March 1 to December 30, 2020
SPARK Funding • Crawford County Commission voted on a plan • Dollars are distributed based upon the application process via reimbursement and/or direct aid requests. • Dollars are to be used for functions related to reimbursement or direct aid • All final funding decisions are the responsibility of the Crawford County Commission. • All final approval on expenditures come from the State of Kansas SPARK Committee.
You can help parts of your community apply in these buckets…
How can I use the funds?
General • Distance Learning • Economic Support • Expenses associated with the issuance of tax anticipation notes Expenditure • Improvements to telework capabilities of public employees Categories • Medical Expenses • Payroll for public health and safety employee • Public health expenses • Transferred to other governments • Other
• Distance Learning
• Counseling and mentorship
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Post-secondary training programs
Distance Learning Strategy & Planning
Expenditure
• Technology hardware to provide online learning Sub-categories
• Staff Training and Professional Development
• Online learning software & subscriptions• Economic Support
• Economic Support Strategy & Planning
• Program Administration
• Workforce Development
• Unemployment Insurance
• Non-Congregate Sheltering
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Facility operations and Rent
Implementing social distancing, quarantine, shelter- Expenditure
Sub-categories
in-place and self-isolation measures
• Family Support Services (incl. personal needs
allowances)
• Food Distribution
• Nutrition Services
• Food Supply
• Housing placement services
• Small business grant programs
• SNAP benefits• Improvements to telework
capabilities of public employees
Expenditure
• Technology hardware for remote work
• Software subscriptions for remote work
Sub-categories• Medical Expenses
• Medical care
• Mental health and substance abuse services
• Emergency medical care
• Long term medical care
• Long term medical treatment
• Medical sheltering
• Construction of care facilities (including nursing homes, state
centers)
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Telehealth cost
Purchase of disinfection products, supplies and services
Private lab testing
Expenditure
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Elderly and disability services (including nursing home cost)
Personnel Training Testing
Transportation of medical equipment and supplies
Sub-categories
• Medical supplies
• Consumable medical supplies when used in permanent
hospital setting
• Restock of consumables and medical supplies
• Durable medical equipment (e.g. hospital beds) when used in
permanent hospital setting
• Specialized medical equipment that will be used in permanent
hospital
• Medical care provided to the uninsured• Payroll for public health and safety
employee
• Additional personnel salaries/payroll
• Contracting
• Travel costs under EOC deployment
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EOC labor/staffing
Technical assistance
Expenditure
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COVID0-19 call center
Staffing backfill costs or hazard pay
Sub-categories
• Temporary staffing
• Overtime for essential workers
• Law enforcement and justice
• Legal services
• Social services admin costsPayroll Examples
• Examples of types of covered employees, or classes of
employees, include:
• Public Safety, Public Health, Health Care, Human Services
• Similar employees whose services are substantially dedicated to
Expenditure
mitigating or responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency
• Payroll and benefit costs associated with public employees who
Sub-categories
could have been furloughed or otherwise laid off but who were
instead repurposed to perform previously unbudgeted functions
substantially dedicated to mitigating or responding to the COVID-
19 public health emergency are also covered.• Public health expenses
• Construction to modify COVID19 facilities
• Safety equipment
• Mobile sample collection
• Contact Tracing activities
• Drive through testing facilities
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Mobile & walkup testing
Funeral assistance Expenditure
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Mortuary assistance
Childcare for medical or essential workers Sub-categories
• Construction of barriers, renovations, etc.
• PPE storage
• Epidemiological & laboratory infrastructure
• Testing supplies
• Public health strategy & planningWhat’s next?
Just apply!
https://www.crawfordcountykansas.org/sparkinfo.htmlApplications Due: Thursday, August 6, 2020 at 12:00pm
Reimbursement • March-July 2020
• COVD19 related
expenses
SPARK Funds
Entities may apply for • August-December
one or both Direct 2020
Aid • COVD19 related
expenses
Small • March-December
Make sure your local small businesses & nonprofits Business/ 2020
Nonprofit
know about this option! Grants • COVD19 related
expensesTimeline
IF AWARDED, WHAT INFORMATION
WILL I NEED TO SUBMIT?
• A short Memorandum of Understanding
• outlines assurances that expenses are COVID-19
related
• issued by the county shortly after the award
• Financial Reporting that includes:
• Categories and subcategories of expenditures
• Check numbers and invoice numbers
• Copies of required expenditure documentation
(receipts)Questions
To learn more…
SPARKinfo
620-238-2304
SPARKinfo@crawfordcountykansas.org
https://www.crawfordcountykansas.org/sparkinfo.htmlSources
• https://covid.ks.gov/spark-county-resources/
• County-Reimbursement-Report-7.15_Final Excel “Resources Expenditure Table”
• Municipality Toolkit: https://covid.ks.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Municipality-
Tool-Kit-Version-1_Final.pdf
• COVID-19 Relief Fund FAQs
• Recovery Office County FAQ (updated: July 17, 2020)You can also read
