CARES Act funding: eligible expenses for Indiana governments

On May 14, 2020, the State of Indiana announced that $300 million of its Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding for local governments would be made available to certain political subdivisions based on population. This provides relief funding opportunities to counties, cities and towns that did not receive their own direct funding under the CARES Act. Click here to view the list of allocations by political subdivision.

Note: Currently, allocations have not yet been extended to political subdivisions such as school corporations, libraries, townships and special districts.

Eligible costs are reimbursable by request through the Indiana Finance Authority (IFA). Guidance on eligible costs and the process for requesting relief can be found on the IFA’s website.

Reimbursable expenses must be:

• A necessary expenditure incurred due to COVID-19
• Not already accounted for in the budget most recently approved for your political subdivision on or before March 27, 2020
• Incurred and paid between March 27, 2020 and Dec. 31, 2020
• Not reimbursed by insurance, legal settlement or any other emergency COVID-19 supplemental funding (whether state, federal or private in nature)

COVID-19-related expenses considered necessary to support government functions that satisfy CARES Act fund eligibility criteria are reimbursable. Expense items that may be reimbursed include:

Medical expenses:

• Expenses of public hospitals, clinics and similar facilities
• Expenses of establishing temporary public medical facilities and other measures to increase COVID-19 treatment capacity, including related construction costs
• Costs of providing COVID-19 testing, including serological testing
• Emergency medical response expenses, including emergency transportation