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19 <br /> May Fund payments be used for COVID-19 public health emergency recovery planning? <br /> Yes. Expenses associated with conducting a recovery planning project or operating a recovery <br /> coordination office would be eligible, if the expenses otherwise meet the criteria set forth in section <br /> 601(d) of the Social Security Act outlined in the Guidance. <br /> Are expenses associated with contact tracing eligible? <br /> Yes,expenses associated with contract tracing are eligible. <br /> To what extent may a government use Fund payments to support the operations of private hospitals? <br /> Governments may use Fund payments to support public or private hospitals to the extent that the costs are <br /> necessary expenditures incurred due to the COVID-19 public health emergency,but the form such <br /> assistance would take may differ. In particular, financial assistance to private hospitals could take the <br /> form of a grant or a short-term loan. <br /> May payments from the Fund be used to assist individuals with enrolling in a government benefit <br /> program for those who have been laid off due to COVID-19 and thereby lost health insurance? <br /> Yes. To the extent that the relevant government official determines that these expenses are necessary and <br /> they meet the other requirements set forth in section 601(d)of the Social Security Act outlined in the <br /> Guidance,these expenses are eligible. <br /> May recipients use Fund payments to facilitate livestock depopulation incurred by producers due to <br /> supply chain disruptions? <br /> Yes,to the extent these efforts are deemed necessary for public health reasons or as a form of economic <br /> support as a result of the COVID-19 health emergency. <br /> Would providing a consumer grant program to prevent eviction and assist in preventing homelessness <br /> be considered an eligible expense? <br /> Yes, assuming that the recipient considers the grants to be a necessary expense incurred due to the <br /> COVID-19 public health emergency and the grants meet the other requirements for the use of Fund <br /> payments under section 601(d)of the Social Security Act outlined in the Guidance. As a general matter, <br /> providing assistance to recipients to enable them to meet property tax requirements would not be an <br /> eligible use of funds,but exceptions may be made in the case of assistance designed to prevent <br /> foreclosures. <br /> May recipients create a `payroll support program"for public employees? <br /> Use of payments from the Fund to cover payroll or benefits expenses of public employees are limited to <br /> those employees whose work duties are substantially dedicated to mitigating or responding to the <br /> COVID-19 public health emergency. <br /> May recipients use Fund payments to cover employment and training programs for employees that <br /> have been furloughed due to the public health emergency? <br /> Yes,this would be an eligible expense if the government determined that the costs of such employment <br /> and training programs would be necessary due to the public health emergency. <br /> 4 <br />