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COVID-19

Award Condition: Coronavirus Emergency Supplement Funding (CESF) Program -- Additional program-specific requirements (including reporting)

Award Condition:
 

  1. Use of Funds for Purposes Unrelated to Coronavirus Prohibited

    Award funds may be used for only the following purposes: to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus. Applicable law, the “Emergency Appropriations for Coronavirus Health Response and Agency Operations” law (Public Law 116-136), restricts the use of CESF Program award funds for any purpose unrelated to coronavirus.

    For purposes of the CESF...

Grantee Update #2: Guidance on Short Term Administrative Relief for Grantees Impacted by COVID-19

March 21, 2020

Dear OJP Award Recipients—

On March 19, 2020, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued OMB memorandum M-20-17, “Administrative Relief for Recipients and Applicants of Federal Financial Assistance Directly Impacted by the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) due to Loss of Operations,” affording Federal awarding agencies with additional flexibilities to provide administrative relief to funding recipients affected by the loss of...