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From: Eric Johnson
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2022 8:05:09 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
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Subject: TODAY: Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund Portal Launch
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County Administrators, Budget Managers, Public Land Counties, Clerks of the Boards/Councils , County Lobbyists – this came in this morning from NACo –
Eric
Good morning, PLSC and WIR Members.
I just got off a call with the Treasury Department and NACo colleagues regarding the Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund (LATCF). You will be alerted directly by Treasury that
the application portal will launch at 3 PM Eastern today, so please check the website at that time to see what your allocation will be and to apply for your funds: https://home.treasury.gov/policy-i
ssues/coronavirus/assistance-for-state-local-and-tribal-governments/local-assistance-and-tribal-consistency-fund?utm_source=Nafoa+Mailing+List&utm_campaign=833d403c59-treasury-tribal-consistency-fund
-alert&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_dcdb537bb2-833d403c59-92382084 <https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/coronavirus/assistance-for-state-local-and-tribal-governments/local-assistance-and-tribal-co
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Treasury informed us that the formula focuses predominantly on federal acreage within each unit of local government, as defined by PILT and the Refuge Revenue Sharing program under the
US Fish and Wildlife Service. Population and various economic conditions (poverty levels, unemployment, etc.) also factor into the formula. The payments will for the most part look
like “scaled PILT allocations”, according to Treasury. Although we have not seen the final numbers and will not until the website launches this afternoon, it appears our efforts helped
Treasury better understand the congressional intent of what constitutes an eligible revenue share county under the statute. This took considerable effort from our members, the state
associations of counties, Capitol Hill allies, and NACo staff over the past year and a half since ARPA passed.
Treasury will email all eligible recipient counties later today with more information on the LATCF application process. They will also host a webinar for counties on October 4, so please
keep an eye out for that invitation as well.
Please let me know if you have any questions in the meantime.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Shuffield
Legislative Director for Public Lands
Liaison to the Western Interstate Region
National Association of Counties
jshuffield@naco.org <mailto:jshuffield@naco.org>
512.965.7268 (cell)
Eric
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Washington State Association of Counties
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