Common use of Maintenance of Effort Maintaining State Funds Clause in Contracts

Maintenance of Effort Maintaining State Funds. In accordance with 42 U.S.C.A. § 247d-3a, an entity that receives an award under this section shall maintain expenditures for public health security at a level that is not less than the average level of such expenditures maintained by the entity for the preceding two-year period. The definition of eligible state expenditures for public health security includes: • Appropriations specifically designed to support public health emergency preparedness as expended by the entity receiving the award; and • Funds not specifically appropriated for public health emergency preparedness activities but which support public health emergency preparedness activities, such as personnel assigned to public health emergency preparedness responsibilities or supplies or equipment purchased for public health emergency preparedness from general funds or other lines within the operating budget of the entity receiving the award. PHEP recipients must stipulate the total dollar amount in their cooperative agreement funding applications. PHEP recipients must be able to account for the maintenance of funding separate from accounting for federal funds and separate from accounting for any matching funds requirements; this accounting is subject to ongoing monitoring, oversight, and audit. Maintaining state funding may not include any subrecipient matching funds requirement where applicable.

Maintenance of Effort Maintaining State Funds. In accordance with 42 U.S.C.A. § 247d-3a, an entity that receives an award under this section shall maintain expenditures for public health security at a level that is not less than the average level of such expenditures maintained by the entity for the preceding two-year period. The definition of eligible state expenditures for public health security includes: •  Appropriations specifically designed to support public health emergency preparedness as expended by the entity receiving the award; and •  Funds not specifically appropriated for public health emergency preparedness activities but which support public health emergency preparedness activities, such as personnel assigned to public health emergency preparedness responsibilities or supplies or equipment purchased for public health emergency preparedness from general funds or other lines within the operating budget of the entity receiving the award. PHEP recipients must stipulate the total dollar amount in their cooperative agreement funding applications. PHEP recipients must be able to account for the maintenance of funding separate from accounting for federal funds and separate from accounting for any matching funds requirements; this accounting is subject to ongoing monitoring, oversight, and audit. Maintaining state funding may not include any subrecipient matching funds requirement where applicable.