ARPA Consulting | Grant Management

Meet community needs and comply with federal cost accounting and eligibility requirements

The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds are a once in a lifetime opportunity to help your residents and businesses thrive and grow. With new federal programs come new challenges and opportunities. We are here to help cities, counties, and states optimize federal funding and comply with Uniform Guidance, cost accounting, expenditure reporting, and subrecipient monitoring requirements.

Services

With over 45 years of experience helping state and local governments optimize their federal funding, our team assists clients with implementing processes and procedures to engage the community, determining eligibility for ARPA funding, managing risk, improving compliance, and meeting federal cost accounting and subrecipient monitoring requirements.

American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) fund management

Provide accurate reporting and verify compliance with federal requirements

Uniform Guidance compliance and subrecipient monitoring

Properly document costs and monitor subrecipient compliance with the Uniform Guidance

American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) fund management

Our team partners with clients to establish grant management processes, procedures, and policies. We take an active and collaborative role, engaging communities and stakeholders throughout the process.

Financial management

Properly document costs with applications, contracts, templates, and other tools.

Reporting

Collect expenditure and performance data and prepare required US Treasury reports.

Project management

Document a risk-based monitoring program and plan for the closeout of an ARPA grant.

Organization development

Engage your community and stakeholders to achieve desired community outcomes.

Uniform Guidance compliance and subrecipient monitoring

The terms and conditions of the ARPA grant and compliance requirements flow down from recipients and subrecipients. We help clients develop a risk-based, data-driven monitoring program that balances compliance with grant optimization.

Uniform guidance

Align grant management practices with Uniform Guidance requirements.

Subrecipient monitoring

Understand your requirements and monitor use of ARPA funds.

Grant management

Review fund accounting transparency and compliance controls.

How BerryDunn can help

Our experienced team of grant management specialists, accountants, auditors, lawyers, and cost analysts can help you navigate the often confusing and shifting federal cost accounting and grant management requirements.

Our team has extensive experience advising cities, counties, and states on governmental accounting standards. We develop reporting, procurement, and monitoring systems that enable clients to manage and optimize ARPA funds.