Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund
Active
- Assistance listing
- 21.032
- Agency
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Departmental Offices
Department of the Treasury
- Grant awards
- Not on record
Program facts
- Also known as
- LATCF
- Treasury accounts
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- 20-1897-0-1-806
- 20-0156-0-1-401
- More information
Program details come from SAM.gov Assistance Listings. Updated .
About this program
The Department of the Treasury Departmental Offices administers the Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund (CFDA 21.032), a one-time statutory payment program that distributed $2 billion to eligible revenue sharing counties and Tribal governments under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, with additional funding authorized across fiscal years 2023 and 2024; no new awards will be made in FY 2026.
This program is effectively closed to new applicants. The source explicitly states that no new awards are being made and existing projects remain active only through completion of funded commitments. The program was established as a time-limited federal payment mechanism authorized by Section 605 of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023. All eligible recipients have already received their allocations; the fund is in a wind-down phase focused on compliance and closeout of outstanding obligations.
Eligible recipients are Tribal governments, revenue sharing counties (including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands), and eligible revenue sharing consolidated governments. Recipient organizations may deploy funds for any governmental purpose except lobbying activities. Compliance requirements are streamlined relative to standard federal grant regimes: only specified sections of 2 CFR 200 apply, including audit requirements under Subpart F and debarment compliance, while cost principles and certain pre- and post-award provisions are excluded. Recipients must retain records for five years after all funds have been expended or returned to Treasury.
The program does not issue competitive grant opportunities. Funding was distributed by formula to statutorily defined eligible jurisdictions based on revenue sharing status, making this a payment transfer rather than a grants competition. Because the authorization was time-limited and all eligible recipients have already been paid, organizations should not plan new initiatives around this program. Monitoring existing awards for compliance and audit requirements is the only remaining business activity under LATCF.
Objective and description
- Objective
Section 605 of the Social Security Act (the Act), as added by section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Pub. L. No. 117-2 (Mar. 11, 2021), established the Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund (LATCF). The LATCF provides $2 billion
- Description
Section 605 of the Social Security Act established the LATCF and provides $2 billion in total funding for payment by Treasury to eligible revenue sharing counties and eligible Tribal governments. Section 103 of Division LL of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, amended section 605 of the Social Security Act and made additional funding available across fiscal years 2023 and 2024 for payments to eligible revenue sharing consolidated governments. Under the LATCF program, eligible recipients may use funds provided under a payment made under this program for any governmental purpose other than a lobbying activity. No new awards are being made but existing projects are still active.
Eligibility
- Applicant eligibility
LATCF funding is available for eligible Tribal governments, eligible revenue sharing counties (defined to include, in addition to certain counties, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands), and eligible revenue sharing consolidated governments.
- Beneficiary eligibility
Local, Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments, U.S. Territories
- Uses of assistance
For all recipients, funds may be used for any governmental purpose other than a lobbying activity.
- Use restrictions
Recipients may not use federal funds to directly or indirectly pay for any personal service, advertisement, telegram, telephone, letter, printed or written matter, or other device, intended or designed to influence in any manner a Member of Congress, a jurisdiction, or an official of any government, to favor, adopt, or oppose, by vote or otherwise, any legislation, law, ratification, policy, or appropriation, whether before or after the introduction of any bill, measure, or resolution proposing such legislation, law, ratification, policy, or appropriation. Amounts that are used in violation of the lobbying restriction set forth in this guidance may be subject to recoupment.
- Length and time phasing of assistance
Funds are available to recipients until expended or returned to Treasury.
How to apply
- Application procedure
Not Applicable. No new awards will be made in FY 2026.
- Criteria for selecting proposals
Not Applicable. No new awards will be made in FY 2026.
- Award procedure
Not Applicable. No New Awards will be made in FY 2026.
- Deadlines
Not Applicable. No new awards will be made in FY 2026.
Quick answers
What is Assistance Listing 21.032?
Assistance Listing 21.032 is Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund, a federal grant program run by Departmental Offices (Department of the Treasury).
What is the CFDA number for Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund?
Its CFDA number is 21.032: Assistance Listing numbers were called CFDA numbers before 2018.
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