Illinois Administrative Code › Title 14 - COMMERCE › Part 700 - LOCAL CORONAVIRUS URGENT REMEDIATION EMERGENCY (OR LOCAL CURE) SUPPORT PROGRAM › Section 700.120 - Economic Support Payments Grants Program

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The Department will administer an Economic Support Payments
				Grants Program available to eligible local governments (see Section
				700.40(b))
				through Local CURE Program funding allocated for this purpose (see Section
				700.80(e)(1)).
				The purpose of the grant program is to provide financial support to businesses
				that have experienced interruption of business attributable to the COVID-19
				public health emergency. The funds issued to local governments for the Economic
				Support Payments Grants shall be provided on a reimbursement basis only and
				shall follow all processes required by GATA and 2 CFR 200. Local governments
				that receive grants may be reimbursed for costs incurred by the qualifying
				businesses during the allowed time period set forth in the Local CURE Program
				and posted on the Department's website.
a) Form of Financial Assistance
Financial assistance provided by local governments to
				qualifying businesses may be in the form of a grant, subsidy or expense
				reimbursement only. Regardless of the form of assistance, a business
				participant shall be obligated to comply with the requirements set forth in
				this Part and in any agreement or certification executed as part of applying
				for or receiving financial assistance.
b) Source of Advance Payments
Funds provided to business participants by local governments
				for the costs of business interruption shall be advanced by the local
				governments from a source other than direct federal funds or federal
				pass-through funds, including, but not limited to, any portion of the
				allotments received through Section
				700.80(a).
				The Department will then reimburse the local governments for expenditures
				incurred through an Economic Support Payments Grant.
c) Application Process
1) The Department will post one or more
			 Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) on the GATA Grantee Portal seeking
			 applications from eligible local governments (see Section
			 700.40(b)).
			 The Department may accept several rounds of applications through a single NOFO.
			 A local government may apply for multiple funding rounds. However, a local
			 government may only submit one application per funding round. Applicants shall
			 submit their application materials by the deadlines set by the
			 Department.
2) As part of the
			 application, local governments will be required to provide a narrative about
			 the program, which shall include, but is not limited to, a description of the
			 following:
A) The types of businesses or
			 industries that will be served by the program;
B) The method of selecting business
			 participants;
C) A summary of how
			 the proposed grant program adheres to the U.S. Department of the Treasury's CRF
			 guidance;
D) How the program meets
			 the following criteria for reimbursable expenses:
i) The expense is connected to the COVID-19
			 public health emergency;
ii) The
			 expense is "necessary" as defined by the U.S. Department of the Treasury
			 guidance;
iii) The expense is not
			 filling a shortfall in government revenues;
iv) The expenses were not accounted for in
			 the budget most recently approved as of March 27, 2020;
v) The expense is not being reimbursed
			 through a different emergency response program;
vi) The expense would not exist without the
			 COVID-19 public health emergency or would be for a substantially different use;
			 and
vii) The expense was incurred
			 during the allowed time period set forth in the Local CURE Program and posted
			 on the Department's website and the NOFO;
E) The form of financial assistance being
			 provided to businesses (e.g., grants, subsidies, expense reimbursement);
			 and
F) The due diligence procedures
			 and controls the local government will implement to ensure funds are expended
			 within the parameters of this Part, the CARES Act, and the U.S. Department of
			 the Treasury guidance.
3) Local governments are permitted to receive
			 reimbursements for administrative expenses for administering these grants by
			 requesting reimbursement from their allotments received pursuant to Section
			 700.80(a)
			 only. Local governments are not permitted to receive reimbursements for
			 administrative expenses directly from the Economic Support Payments
			 Grants.
4) Local governments are
			 not permitted to receive reimbursements for indirect costs related to the
			 Economic Support Payments Grants.
5) Grant applications will be reviewed using
			 the GATA merit-based review process to ensure applicants meet the eligibility
			 requirements of this Part.