Applications for the CMLPI Grant Program must be submitted in the manner prescribed by the Department. Applicants should thoroughly read the Application guidelines and follow all instructions. The Department may be contacted for assistance. Requests for participation in round one of the CMLPI Program are made through a CMLPI Grant Application and all:
1. Eligible Recipients will be required to execute a sub-grant agreement with the Department and certify that the grant awarded under this program is for allowable expenditures under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021, Public Law 117-2, which amends Title VI of the Social Security Act; and its implementing guidelines, guidance, rules, regulations and/or other criteria, as may be amended or supplemented from time to time, by the United States Department of the Treasury.2. First Round CMLPI Program Grant Applications must be received by the Department electronically on or before 5:00 p.m., on August 31, 2022, for first round consideration. The Department has the option to return late applications or accept late applications with or without penalty to the late applicant.3. Acceptance of a Provider's application does not obligate the Department to award a grant to the applicant.4. Applicants are limited to applying for a maximum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) per application.5. If request for grant application funding during the first round or subsequent rounds exceed the amount appropriated or the funds remaining, then the Department may allocate awards based on criteria established by the Department.15 Miss. Code. R. 9-100-3.1.1
Senate Bill 2820, 2022 Regular Legislative Session