Michigan responses to the federal grant review process survey, 2021
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States employ a variety of processes to apply for and administer federal grants. Ballotpedia's 2021 state survey of the federal grant review process examined the general processes applied by the 50 states in order to seek and distribute federal funds.
Research from the Pew Charitable Trusts found that federal funds made up 32% (roughly $639 billion) of all state revenue in 2017, making them the second-largest source of state revenue behind state tax collections.[1] States direct federal funds to government programs related to education, healthcare, transportation, infrastructure, and other policies.[1]
This page features Michigan's responses to Ballotpedia's 2021 survey.
Background
From August 5, 2021, to September 27, 2021, Ballotpedia staff contacted the executive and legislative budget offices of all 50 states via email and/or telephone to update a publicly available 2016 survey on state approaches to the federal grant review process.
Our staff contacted state officials with the following survey questions:
- Approval processes for federal grants
- What is your state’s process for federal grant applications and the approval process?
- What is your state’s approval process when the legislature is not in session?
- How does the legislature monitor the intent of federal grants? What legislative rules allow the state greater oversight of federal funds in the budgets?
- Contingency plans for the loss or decline of federal funds
- What is your state’s contingency plan in the case of a decline or loss of federal funds?
- Quality control processes for federal grants
- What is your state’s quality control process for tracking the effectiveness of federal funds?
- Does your state attempt to estimate the cost of federal fund requirements? If so, how?
- How does your state prioritize federal funds to best meet the needs of constituents?
- If your state doesn’t appropriate key federal funds like food stamps and unemployment benefits, are your state’s federal funds off-budget? How do you track this information?
Our staff also contacted state officials with the following two new survey questions regarding federal funds made available in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic:
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic funds
- Who has decision rights over American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) State Fiscal Recovery Fund allocations in your state?
- Who has decision rights over Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund allocations in your state?
Michigan 2021 survey responses
What is your state’s process for federal grant applications and the approval process?
“According to the Management and Budget Act 431 of 1984 (MCL 18.1384): (1) A state agency which applies for federal financial assistance shall notify the department within 10 days after the application is sent. The notification to apply for federal financial assistance shall be on a form prescribed by, and contain information requested by, the department. Within 10 days after the state agency receives notice that its application for federal financial assistance is awarded, rejected, revised, or deferred, the state agency shall provide notice of the award, rejection, revision, or deferment of the application to the department. (2) Within 30 days after a state agency receives notice that a federal grant has been awarded to the state for which organizations or units of local government are eligible to apply, the state agency administering the federal grant program shall report to the legislature and the fiscal agencies the availability of the grant funds and the proposed plan for allocating the grant funds to the organizations or units of local government. A state agency shall not commit any federal grant funds before this notification to the legislature has occurred and a subsequent appropriation of the funds is made by the legislature. (3) Before December 1 and June 1 of each year, each principal department shall report to the appropriations committees, the fiscal agencies, and the department estimates on the extent to which federal revenues appropriated have been realized and are expected for the remainder of the fiscal year. The report shall detail the estimate by program or grant, and catalog of federal domestic assistance account.”
What is the approval process when the legislature is not in session?
“See last response.”
How does the legislature monitor the intent of federal grants?
“Refer to first answer. And through any additional reporting required of the department/agency by the legislature."
What is your state’s contingency plan for state financing in the case of losses or decline in federal funds?
"Nothing formal – likely internal to the Executive department. On a related note, we have the following language in the General Government budget: Sec. 235. By April 1, the state budget director shall submit a report to the senate and house appropriations committees, the chairpersons of the relevant appropriations subcommittees, and the senate and house fiscal agencies. The report shall recommend a contingency plan for each federal funding source included in the state budget of $10,000,000.00 or more in the event that the federal government reduces funding to the state through that source by 10% or greater"
What is your state’s quality control process for tracking the effectiveness of federal funds?
"Refer to first answer. And, may track through internal departmental dashboards and additional reporting required by the legislature."
Does your state attempt to estimate the cost of federal fund requirements? If so, how?
"It would be handled at the executive department level."
How does your state prioritize federal funds to best meet the needs of constituents?
“N/A.”
If your state does not appropriate key federal funds like food stamps and unemployment benefits, are your state’s federal funds off budget? How do you track this information?
"Off budget and reported through various mechanisms at state and federal level."
Who has decision rights over American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) State Fiscal Recovery Fund allocations in your state?
"Pursuant to the state constitution these funds must ultimately be appropriated by the legislature. Most of the time the legislature operates in consultation with the Executive."
Who has decision rights over Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund allocations in your state?
"See response to previous question."
Other state survey responses
Click on a state below to view its responses to the 2021 survey on the federal grant review process:
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
See also
- State survey of the federal grant review process, 2021
- State responses to the federal grant review process survey, 2021
- State responses by question to the federal grant review process survey, 2021
- Federalism
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