Leslie Ridle--Girl Scouts of Alaska--Anchorage

Hi, Jodi here from Denali Education Center in Talkeetna, AK!

Happy Rainy day from Juneau

Heidi Stage with Homer Hockey Association

Good afternoon from Anchorage, First Christian Church

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Hello from Fairbanks!

Hi Everyone! Irene Tresser, Anchorage Youth Court, calling from Anchorage

Hello from Benjamin Brown at Perseverance Theatre in Juneau!

Hi! Penney with ACF from Palmer.

Keith in Ketchikan, First Lutheran Church

Jason Kempthorne - Love INC Fairbanks

Mike, AK Botanical, Anchorage

Hello everyone! From Lainie Dreas, Alaska Junior Theater in Anchorage

Bobbi Leichty - SE Region EMS Council Sitka

Roscoe Britton No Limits Inc Fairbanks

Good afternoon! Melinda Myers - thread in Anchorage

Hello, Carmen with Revive Alaska Community Services coming from Anchorage

Eleanor and Jessie with ACF from Anchorage! Hello!

Hi there - Julie Hamilton with Cancer Connection in Juneau.

Hi everyone! Beth Trowbridge from the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies in Homer

Calling in from the Copper Basin, Copper River Native Association, good to be here!

Ken Miller, Anchorage (lower, lower Hillside area! lol)

Hi everyone! Bill Legere at KTOO in Juneau.

Hi. Gus Marx from Juneau Youth Services!

Good afternoon! Mike Miller Homer Foundation, Homer Alaska!

Lara McGinnis, MUSE Consulting Kenai Peninsula working with about 8 nonprofits down here. ;-)

Good afternoon! I am Marianne Mills, Program Director of Southeast Senior Services, a division of Catholic Community Service headquartered in Juneau.

Beth Skow - Palmer Public Library

Hello! Thea Lawton from Koahnic Broadcast Corp./KNBA in Anchorage.

Good Afternoon! Samantha Rutherford with Alaska Geographic Association. Based in Anchorage, currently in NJ

Hi All! Andy Romanoff from Juneau, with Renewable Juneau’s Carbon Offset Fund and AK Heat Smart!

Hi! Matt Walker — NTS Coordinator with Catholic Community Service

Hi Kelsey from Fairbanks Resource Agency

Hello Michele Girault ED of Hope Community Resources based in Anchorage

Hi from Fairbanks Tanana Valley State Fair!

Hello from Juneau. I'm Mike Kinville with Southeast Senior Services

Hi All! Katie Kavanaugh, from the Alaska Community Foundation. Calling in from Petaluma, California

Angie and Gloria from Brave Heart Volunteers in Sitka

Hi All! Kayla with Anchorage Youth Court here.

Mike Walsh - Foraker - in Fairbanks

Hi there, Lori Plaster with Valdez Fisheries Development Assoc., Inc. in Valdez, Alaska

Tiffany Mills, HOPE, Craig

Amie Collins from Best Beginnings, in Anchorage. Hi everyone!

Hi, Jadee from Camp Fire Alaska in Anchorage.

Corey Gronn with the City of Kodiak.

Hello! Shaina Clemens, Dialing in from Chugiak - Dena'ina land - on behalf of Four A's

Hello! Lallette from Ketchikan - First Lutheran

Brian Kirchner, Skiku in Anchorage, AK

Julia Hall from CSS in Anchorage

Andrea Robb from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Alaska

Eddie MatSu Food Bank Wasilla

Hello, Yaritza Mejias from Cordova Family Resource Center in Cordova

Nico Bus - with the Eagle River United Methodist Camp in Juneau AK

Dominique Johnson, Alaska Council of School Administrators in Juneau

Shema with Catholic Community Service Juneau

Traci from Interior Community Health Center - Fairbanks, AK

Dean-LoveINC in Fairbanks

Andrew Mullins from CSS in Anchorage

Eva Welch Camp Fire Anchorage

Hello, Melissa Prince on behalf of Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival in... Fairbanks!

Good afternoon, Wayne Stevens United Way of Southeast Alaska in Alaska's Capital City!

Adrian Avey, thread- in Anchorage

Erin Walker-Tolles from Catholic Community Service and Board member United Way of SE Alaska

LouAnne Carroll-Tysdal Upper Susitna Food Pantry

Hello, Jennifer Schmid from Revive Alaska Community Services

Cheryl from American Bald Eagle foundation in Haines!

Randy Hughey, Sitka Community Land Trust. Hello, all.

As will Mike Walsh :)

Abbe Hensley, Best Beginnings

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Greetings, Celeste from the Alaska Black Caucus

Prince Nwankudu, Revive Alaska Community Services

Marilyn Pierce-Bulger, Alaska Center for FASD

Thanks to Foraker for lobbying and advocating for us!

https://alaskaarpa.org/

alaskaarpa.org

website?

https://alaskacf.org/blog/funds/arpa/

Tks!

All eligible requests must be costs incurred between 03/03/2021 and 6/30/2022.

Can we submit a request that includes both reimbursement and forward funding or should we submit two separate requests?

@Jenny. thanks for starting the questions. I am capturing them and will ask them all at the end

When are funds expected to hit banks? (so we can plan spending over a number of months. June will be here quickly!)

A grant and not a loan?

if not funded in the first round, does the application roll over to the second round?

Can this fund new construction? 100%?

Will staff recruitment/ retention costs factor into "program delivery" assessment. Huge impact for all right now.

One the project budget do you want a line by line breakdown for contract labor or a lump sum?

Can this fund Remodeling?

Are you anticipating having to turn some organizations down completely or maybe reducing their requested amount for funding?

Are 501c7 organizations eligible to apply? They were excluded from most other grant opportunities/funding options.

Indirect costs weren't eligible for CARES, are they for ARPA?

For reporting federal COVID relief funds already received, are we reporting funds received at any time? Or during the 3/3/21 - 6/30/22 period? Thank you!

How long should we wait for email responses?

We have a diverse agency with both healthcare and community based services across all of SE; Our CARES and COVID assistance so far has been fragmented by community across many programs and we'd love a more consolidated grant application and reporting, but I am wondering... since this is competitive should we consider separate applications for different programs/communities in case you'd like to find one effort not all of them? Will you be considering partial funding for applicants that are asking for funds for multiple programs and needs and communities?

So if it's been 3 days?

Is there a sample list of eligible expenses?

Is it just Federal CARES money we need to report we got or passthroughs from other agencies. Example, the money the State of Alaska gave out last summer/fall?

I see on the budget form there is a column for non ARPA funding received.Iis that where the CARES and PPP funds received go?

if not funded in the first round, does the application roll over to the second round? or do you have to apply again?

And to follow up on Leslie’s question, what about private foundation funds given in response to the pandemic?

if we don't get approved in round one doe we need to reapply or will our application automaticly roll into round 2?

What if we don't have a technical loss of revenue, but our funding is mostly from COVID/program grants (restricted), but show we have a loss of operational funds opportunities, can we still qualify for this?

Once the agreement is signed could you start spending the ‘funds’ immediately if you could float those costs internally?

https://alaskacf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/10.21-ANRF-Grant-Application-Guidelines.pdf

Program guidelines link

If we only utilize contract labor and have no year round staff that would qualify correct?

do we include our program income on the budget form or leave it out, because it was factored into the loss of revenue?

will you put some of the answers to these in the FAQ?

Will other income be reviewed as a determination of award? For example, we received a special major gift this spring that we are still determining use, but it inflates our income over and above our FY21 costs. This might look like we received more money than we needed, but ultimately the gift is planned to provide ongoing support.

We are in a situation where there is no housing available in our more remote locations due to additional COVID restrictions in place. One of the solutions is purchasing housing units, would this be eligible as this further promotes partner and internal safety protocols?

Do we report COVID relief funds received before March 3, 2021 or only during the time period.

Should we email and set up appointments with them to help them with time budgeting?

If this funding is utilized for construction is it required the construction be complete by June 30? Or, can it be used for the down payment or initial payment?

Yes thanks so much from United Way of SEAK!

It would be best you call Penney or I when you can or email us. We cannot schedule calls unfortunately.

501 c 7

501 c 7s are not eligible, sorry! We know that's frustrating.

All ARPA/CARES funding, no matter when received, should be reported on the budget spreadsheet, please.

I saw a question regarding purchasing units for housing (for those impacted by COVID), that is eligible. You'll need to ensure it's tied directly back to COVID (Penney and I are happy to discuss the nuances of that with you).

We have received a lot of CARES and COVID funding but we're burning through it very fast -- will there be consideration of whether other support has already been used to support program growth?

So we can potentially forward fund a project - for example we are building a new bathroom and the contractor is waiting for materials to complete the project, we can pay him with the understanding that he will complete the project - correct?

Will you have another meeting such as this? I would like to invite a few other nonprofits to participate. If not how will be able to access the recording?

The ARPA funds get us through July 2022... are there plans for more support after that?

Great questions, we'd be happy to discuss this in more detail but ultimately you should share your story in your budget narrative about why you are utilizing CARES funding the way you are. It wont be a ding but needs to be considered - program growth would be considered as well.

Is there a definition or guideline for what is a frontline worker?

thanks Eleanor & Jessie!

Future funds are entirely up to the state and federal government. If we receive word that more funding is made available, we'll be sure to share that info out.

Does ERC (Employer Retention Tax Credit) factor into any of this funding? Is that classified as CARES funding?

Mike - anyone who is working directly with the public: retail, many programmatic staff, etc. Not just nurses or medical staff.

The Lost Revenue Calculation spreadsheet asks for "Generated Revenue" Does that term mean both earned and contributed income?

Ken - another meeting, unsure about another meeting but we hear your need and we'll see what we can do!

Thank you for a wonderful informational meeting.

Remember this is recorded and feel free to share it out

Jill, the employee retention tax credit is CARES Act funding

THANKS MIKE! - Jessie

https://www.forakergroup.org/covid/

https://alaskacf.org/blog/funds/arpa/

THANKS TEAM!

Thanks everyone!

Grateful for all the advocacy making these funds possible!

Shipping to Kodiak

You can also email Foraker at info@forakergroup.org for more general ARPA/COVID questions

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