Year: 2021

The U.S. Department of Treasury has released guidance on the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (Recovery Fund) portion of the American Rescue Plan.  The fund has set aside $350 billion to help support eligible state and local governments in their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Use of Funds In general, recipients may use…

The 2021 County Finance School conference is being held from April 16 – May 26, 2021.  Due to COVID, the conference is being held as a virtual event.  NYSAC and the Office of the State Comptroller have collaborated to create an 11-Webinar series of trainings that will help you earn CPE credits. Venesky & Company…

The annual cost reporting for the July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020 school year will begin on April 26, 2021. The report must be entered and certified through the PCG Claiming System by June 18, 2021. To assist school districts and counties during this process, the NYS Department of Health’s contractor, Public Consulting Group,…

We would like to remind our clients that the deadline for filing the 2020 4th Quarter State Aid is fast approaching.  Many Counties may also be filing an Imminent Threat to Public Health (ITPH) Claim in addition to the 4th Quarter claim to account for expense for the 2020 COVID-19 response. Please note that a County…

There are just over two weeks before the 2021 State Aid Application Filing deadline on February 28, 2021.  Please note that due to COVID-19, there were no changes to the required forms for 2021.  We wanted to remind clients to email the 2021 Application, as well as the forms, to the Office of Public Health…

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have updated their filing deadlines due to COVID-19. The new guidance states: “For any cost reporting period not previously identified and ending on a date falling in the period of March 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020, providers are granted an additional 60 days from the initial…