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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Treasury Award Redirect Portal

Completing an Award Redirect Submission

https://portal.treasury.gov/cares/s/slt
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Table of Contents

ID.me: Page 3

Transaction Types Overview: Pages 4-5

Accessing and Creating an Award Redirect Submission: 

Pages 6-8

Submission for NEU Transfers to State: Pages 9-18

Submission for the 75% Budget Cap Return: Pages 19-22

Submission for Action Not Taken NEUs: 23-25

Submission for NEU Termination: Pages 26-28

Submission for Miscellaneous Return: Pages 29-32 

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Treasury is leveraging ID.me for secure 

digital identity verification.

All personally identifiable information 

provided to ID.me is encrypted and 

disclosed only with the express 

consent of the user. 

Account creation on the first visit only, 

and takes approximately 15 minutes. 

All previous submitters can log in with 

their previously established ID.me 

account.

For support: https://help.id.me

Treasury Award Redirect Portal Walkthrough
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Transaction 

Types 

Overview

NEU Transfer to State

75% Budget Cap Return 

Action Not Taken (No 

Subsequent Distribution)

NEU Termination

Misc Return
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Overview of Transaction Types

NEU Transfer to State

To be used for NEUs who declined funding and are 

electing to transfer funds to the State under Section 

603(C)(4).

75% Budget Cap Returns To be used for returns in excess of the NEU’s reference 

budget to Treasury

Action Not Taken NEUs

To be used for NEUs considered “non-responsive” after 

the NEU has remained unresponsive for at least 60 days 

after the state began accepting and processing request for 

funding from NEUs

NEU Termination

To be used for NEUs that initially accepted an SLFRF 

award, received funds, and later decided to decline the 

award prior to the end of the established period of 

performance (POP).

Misc Return

A miscellaneous return transaction type to be used to 

account for erroneous NEU distributions. This transaction 

type is subject to discussion with Treasury prior to 

submission.
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Accessing and Creating an Award Redirect Submission

Once in the Portal, select “Go to your Submission” at the bottom of the screen.

On the following screen, all the submissions for your entity will be viewable. Please note that at this 

time, you are submitting award redirects on behalf of your state’s NEUs under SLFRF. 
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Accessing and Creating an Award Redirect Submission

On the submissions page is a listing of all pending and completed submissions for your entity. 

Scroll past previous submissions until you reach “SLFRF Award Redirect Submissions”.

Select “New Request” 

and in the pop-up 

window, click on the 

transaction type you 

would like to create.

You can select between the 

payment tranche, as well as 

the transaction type. After 

the transaction type is 

selected, click on “Create” at 

the bottom of the window.
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Accessing and Creating an Award Redirect Submission

Once you’ve created the award redirect request, it will be assigned a “Request ID”. 

Click the pencil icon next to the award redirect to enter and complete the new 

submission.

Note: The NEU column will populate later in the process once an individual NEU entity is selected 

on the “Local Information” tab.
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Treasury Award Redirect Portal Walkthrough

After reviewing the user instructions, select the “State Information” tab to 

proceed or “Next” at the bottom of the page.

For NEU transfers to the State:
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Treasury Award Redirect Portal Walkthrough

Verify your recipient information is 

correct. It will already be 

prepopulated from your SLFRF 

reporting submissions. Select 

“Next” at the bottom of the page 

when done.
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Treasury Award Redirect Portal Walkthrough

From the dropdown, select the 

NEU for the award redirect.
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Treasury Award Redirect Portal Walkthrough

Once an NEU is selected, the recipient information will populate. Please verify this 

information is accurate. Click on “Next” at the bottom the page to continue.
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Treasury Award Redirect Portal Walkthrough

Once you have answered the first 

question, the remaining fields 

(on the left) will appear. As you 

update the allocation amount, 

the summary will update. 
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Treasury Award Redirect Portal Walkthrough

If “yes” was answered to the previous question:

Final Allocation 

Amount will be 

prepopulated

Enter the 

amount of the 

allocation to 

be redirected

This graphic 

will update 

once both 

amounts are 

entered. Then 

click “Save”.
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Treasury Award Redirect Portal Walkthrough

If “no” was answered to the previous question:

Final 

Allocation 

Amount will be 

prepopulated

Enter the 

amount of the 

allocation to 

be redirected

This graphic 

will update 

once both 

amounts are 

entered. Then 

click “Save”.
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Treasury Award Redirect Portal Walkthrough

Once you have confirmed the amounts under the Summary section, click on “Next” to 

continue.
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Please note that Authorized 

Representatives (AR) for both the State 

and NEU must sign the certification. 

Please ensure the contact information 

appears correctly here and is typed out 

correctly in the text boxes.

You may select to certify with DocuSign, 

or alternatively, the manual option. If 

submitting with DocuSign, the State AR 

will receive the certification agreement 

first, followed by the NEU AR.
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Treasury Submission Portal Walkthrough

Note the submission status changes to “Submitted” and will now enter the verification process.

If any errors are identified during the verification process, the designated point of contact for the State 

will be contacted via email to correct the information before the payment can proceed. Once verification 

is complete, the designated point of contact of the eligible government will receive an email notifying 

them that their submission has been verified. 

Payments will still be processed on a quarterly basis and funds are subject to processing times of the 

financial institution.
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Treasury Award Redirect Portal Walkthrough

Please note that the “Transaction Type” reflects the option you previously made in the 

drop down menu. After reviewing the user instructions, click “Next” at the bottom of 

the page to proceed to the “State Information” and “Local Information” tabs.

For 75% Budget Cap returns: 
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Treasury Award Redirect Portal Walkthrough

After confirming all the state information is correct, select the NEU on the “Local 

Information” tab. The NEU’s information will then populate with the information 

previously provided to Treasury.
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Treasury Award Redirect Portal Walkthrough

Once the NEU is selected, previously reported data will appear. This information should be 

reviewed for accuracy. No fields will be fillable at this time.
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There is no certification needed for 

this transaction type. Select “Submit” 

to complete the request.
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Treasury Award Redirect Portal Walkthrough

After reviewing the user instructions, select the “State Information” tab to 

proceed or “Next” at the bottom of the page.

For Action Not Taken NEUs:
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Treasury Award Redirect Portal Walkthrough

Your state information will 

automatically populate.

Select your NEU

The NEU status will 

populate based on the 

report you have 

previously submitted. 

Please note that the 

status should match 

the transaction type.

Enter the return 

amount for the 

NEU you selected 

here.
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Treasury Award Redirect Portal Walkthrough

There is no certification needed for this transaction type. 

Select “Submit” to complete the request.
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Treasury Award Redirect Portal Walkthrough

After reviewing the user instructions, select the “State Information” tab to 

proceed or “Next” at the bottom of the page.

For NEU Termination Returns:
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Select your NEU

Input the amount to be 

returned to Treasury here.

You may include an 

explanation for the reason for 

return here. 

State information will populate on 

this tab. Click “Next” to continue to 

the “Local Information” tab.

Select “Next” to move on to the 

next tab.
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Treasury Award Redirect Portal Walkthrough

Enter the name and email 

of the Authorized 

Representative for the 

NEU so they may receive a 

notification that this was 

completed on their behalf. 

Select “Submit” to 

complete the request.
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Treasury Award Redirect Portal Walkthrough

After reviewing the user instructions, select the “State Information” tab to 

proceed or “Next” at the bottom of the page.

For Miscellaneous Returns:

Please note: States should not use this transaction type unless told explicitly by Treasury.
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Treasury Award Redirect Portal Walkthrough

State information will automatically 

populate under the “State 

Information” tab.

Enter return amount here.

Unlike other transaction types, 

instead of creating a 

submission for each NEU, 

download the return template 

and complete all columns for 

each NEU impacted.
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Treasury Award Redirect Portal Walkthrough

Ensure columns A-C are 

completed for every 

NEU associated with the 

return to Treasury.

Total amount should 

be reflected in these 

two cells.

Note: Only one return template should be uploaded under this transaction type.
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There is no 

certification 

needed for this 

transaction type. 

Select “Submit” 

to complete the 

request.