April 2024

Good afternoon,

Please enjoy this month's edition of the Grants Management Newsletter, where we highlight the latest advancements across Oklahoma utilizing the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF).

As we enter into May, we have a few updates to share from GMO.

First, I want to thank you all for your diligence in getting our office your quarterly metrics. Your swift reporting helped us to meet the Q1 2024 Project and Expenditure Report deadline for the U.S. Department of the Treasury. We want to extend our sincerest gratitude for your assistance.

Second, I would like to highlight the recent updates to the Uniform Guidance by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Subrecipients are responsible for following the Uniform Guidance and I encourage your teams to familiarize themselves with all updates to the federal guidance. More resources can be found in the GMO guidance updates section of this newsletter.

Lastly, we are excited to share that in Q1 2024, GMO disbursed $129.2 million ARPA funds to our 75 projects across the state. This is our second highest distribution by quarter since Q1 2023.

As always, if you ever have any questions, please contact me or my team for assistance. 

Sincerely,

Parker Wise
Director of Grants Management,
Office of Management and Services

Note these metrics reflect data as of April 25. Please visit the ARPA Program Tracker for the most up-to-date information.

• $624,251,216.10, or 33.38%, of total funds disbursed.
• $61,809,181.35 disbursed in April.
• 14 projects fully funded to date.
• $218,467,504.00 projected to be disbursed over the next 90 days.

Remember to check out the GMO's current templates and guidance available on the Subrecipient guidance webpage.

If you would like GMO to consider drafting guidance for your agency on any ARPA-SLFRF-related questions or to submit a question to the U.S. Department of the Treasury on your behalf, please complete this online form.

Updates to the Uniform Guidance

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget recently announced updates to the Uniform Guidance Provision. The following resources have been compiled for your team's reference:

The OMB 2024 Uniform Guidance Reference Guide.

The 2024 Uniform Guidance Redlined Version showing the 2024 revisions.

The Federal Register containing the OMB Final Rule that updates the Uniform Guidance.

• The effective date for the update to the Uniform Guidance is Oct. 1, 2024. Federal agencies may elect to apply the final guidance to federal awards issued prior to Oct.1, but they are not required to do so. For agencies applying the final guidance before Oct. 1, the effective date of the final guidance must be no earlier than June 21, 2024.

The OMB implementation memorandum.

We encourage you to utilize the U.S. Department of the Treasury SLFRF website for more federal guidance resources.

We want to hear from you!

The OMES Outreach team welcomes your feedback. Please take this quick survey to share your thoughts and ideas.

Did you know, at the bottom of the SLFRF FAQs, you can find updates to the document – including all previous versions and highlighted changes?

Oklahoma House lawmakers briefed on $250M impact on aerospace infrastructure

The River Parks Authority receives $4,200,000 in grant funds for improvements

City of Sand Springs receives $2,000,000 grant for system improvements

New AAR maintenance hangar at Will Rogers World Airport to create 200 jobs in early 2026

Know of any positive ARPA stories? Let us know so we can feature them on the ARPA website!

U.S. Department of Treasury SLFRF Recipient Webinar 1
May 8 | 9-10:30 a.m. CT

U.S. Department of Treasury SLFRF Recipient Webinar 2
May 9 | noon-1:30 p.m. CT

Getting to Know Some Key Federal Oversight Requirements when Utilizing Cooperative Contracts
May 23 | 11-noon CT

Compliance Conversations: 2024 Uniform Guidance Updates
June 11 | noon-3 p.m. CT

If you know of any other training opportunities, please share them with us!

This month, we want to recognize Oklahoma Human Services for its progress in expanding Women in Recovery, a diversion program through Family & Children's Services aimed at reshaping the lives of women ensnared in the cycle of drug-related incarceration in northeast Oklahoma.

The state Legislature allocated $10.3 million from the American Rescue Plan Act to expand the program into several rural counties after the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated barriers the program participants already faced. By investing ARPA funds into a proven alternative to the criminal justice system, the state is working to reduce incarceration and recidivism rates, save taxpayer dollars and reunite Oklahoma families.

Keep an eye out for an article about this program to be distributed in our next newsletter.