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Missouri 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 Missouri'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?
Missouri 2021 survey responses
What is your state’s process for federal grant applications and the approval process?
“Departments are statutorily required to submit their budget requests October 1 of each year. Statute requires this request to include estimates for federal funds, the amount of federal funds required, the federal program number of each federally funded program the department plans to administer, and the amount, if any, of state funds required for each program. Departments prepare and submit federal grant applications. This information is available to the General Assembly. Section 33.812 RSMo: http://www.moga.mo.gov/mostatutes/stathtml/03300008121.html; Section 33.085 RSMo: http://www.moga.mo.gov/mostatutes/stathtml/03300000851.html. Additionally, Section 1.310, subsection 2 RSMo prohibits any federal mandate from being enacted or enforced without appropriation or statutory authority. http://www.moga.mo.gov/mostatutes/stathtml/00100003101.html”
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?
“The legislature monitors the intent and expenditures of federal grants through the appropriation process. Additionally, state law (Section 33.087, RSMo: http://www.moga.mo.gov/mostatutes/stathtml/03300000871.html) requires every department and division of the state that receives any grant of federal funds totaling $1 million or more to make the following information available on the Missouri Accountability Portal (https://mapyourtaxes.mo.gov/MAP/FederalFunds/). Amount of funds received from the federal government. The name of the federal agency disbursing funds. The purpose for which funds are being received. The name of any state agency to which funds were transferred to. The department receiving transferred funds shall report how the funds were used. The State Auditor conducts a single state audit annually. The audit is required to determine whether the scheduled expenditures of federal awards is presented fairly in all material respects to the financial statement taken as a whole and whether the state has adequate internal controls to ensure compliance with federal award requirements. The outcomes of this annual audit are made public. Additionally, any other audit of a department’s funds are required to be included in each department’s annual budget submission.”
What is your state’s contingency plan for state financing in the case of losses or decline in federal funds?
“The state monitors federal funds closely. Each instance of a decline or loss of federal funds is handled individually, generally through the appropriation process. The department, General Assembly, and Governor’s Office determine if there is a need to replace lost federal funds with state funds. In some cases, programs or activities may cease if federal funds are no longer available.”
What is your state’s quality control process for tracking the effectiveness of federal funds?
“State law (Section 33.270 RSMo: http://www.moga.mo.gov/mostatutes/stathtml/03300002701.html) requires budget estimates to include all outcome measures used for each program and fund as compared with the attainment of the established goals and objectives of each program and fund for the past three fiscal years and projected outcome measures for each program and fund for the current fiscal year and the next two fiscal years. This also applies to federally funded programs. Please note, while statute refers broadly to outcome measures, the budget forms used by departments have, for many years, applied this term by requiring measures of effectiveness, efficiency, customer satisfaction, and the number of clients served for all programs, including federally funded programs.”
Does your state attempt to estimate the cost of federal fund requirements? If so, how?
“Before applying to any federal grant, state matching requirements are considered by agencies. In their annual funding request, each department is required to note any federal matching or maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements.”
How does your state prioritize federal funds to best meet the needs of constituents?
“The state expends federal funds in accordance with federal requirements and through the state budget, passed by the General Assembly.”
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?
“Some federal programs are not appropriated through the state budget like food stamps and unemployment. Each department monitors non-appropriated funds differently (i.e. various state data systems).”
Who has decision rights over American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) State Fiscal Recovery Fund allocations in your state?
“These funds are treated the same as all other federal funds received by the state. All funds must be appropriated by the General Assembly. Funds with a predetermined purpose still must be appropriated and used for that purpose. Funds without a predetermined purpose must still be appropriated by the General Assembly in a budget bill which is then signed by the Governor.”
Who has decision rights over Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund allocations in your state?
“These funds are treated the same as all other federal funds received by the state. All funds must be appropriated by the General Assembly. Funds with a predetermined purpose still must be appropriated and used for that purpose. Funds without a predetermined purpose must still be appropriated by the General Assembly in a budget bill which is then signed by the Governor.”
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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