The State Clearinghouse (SCH) serves as the state's Single Point of Contact for the review of federal grant applications pursuant to Presidential Executive Order No. 12372. Notification of certain federal grant applications must be provided to the Clearinghouse, which in turn distributes this information to state and local agencies for review and comment. The State Clearinghouse does not administer grant programs or offer any grant funding. Some funding opportunities are searchable at the Federal grants.gov site or by searching the internet.

If you are applying for a federal grant, loan, or other form of financial assistance, you may be required to submit information about your federal application to the SCH. To determine if your grant is subject to review, look up the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number on the listing of federal programs requiring state review. To inquire about eligibility, application procedures, and criteria used to approve grants, applicants should contact the appropriate federal funding agency. The State Clearinghouse is unable to provide this information.

If your grant program appears on this list of programs requiring state review, you must send one copy of your application cover form (Standard Form 424) to the SCH. Fax copies of the completed Form 424 are acceptable. Please do not send your full application package or any other supplemental information.

State Clearinghouse
Governor's Office of Planning and Research
P.O. Box 3044
Sacramento, CA 95812-3044
Tel. (916) 445-0613
Fax (916) 323-3018

You should mark the appropriate box on the SF 424 form before submitting your grant application to the federal funding agency.

If your grant program does not appear on the list of programs requiring state review, you are not required to send anything to the SCH. You should mark the appropriate box on the SF 424 form before submitting your grant application to the federal funding agency.

Overview of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)

The Recovery Act was signed into law by President Obama on February 17th, 2009. It is an unprecedented effort to jumpstart our economy, create or save millions of jobs, and put a down payment on addressing long-neglected challenges so our country can thrive in the 21st century. The Act is an extraordinary response to a crisis unlike any since the Great Depression, and includes measures to modernize our nation's infrastructure, enhance energy independence, expand educational opportunities, preserve and improve affordable health care, provide tax.

Beginning on October 1, 2009, www.federalreporting.gov will be available for grantees to submit their federal ARRA (Section 1512) quarterly reports. All ARRA funded grantees are required to submit their first quarterly report by October 10, 2009. Please contact your project officer if you have any questions.

Also, please make sure that you are registered in www.federalreporting.gov to avoid unnecessary delays in complying with this reporting requirement.

California has established a web-site to help applicants with the ARRA process. This web-site has information on ARRA spending in California, applying for funding, reporting, accountability and other information related to ARRA that is pertinent to California.
http://www.recovery.ca.gov