# 2020-11 PCSO PSN18 Grant COVID Extension On **November 1, 2020 (effective date)**, the [[Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration — Office of Intergovernmental Services]] (DFA-IGS) issued a Modified Award Document for Pulaski County / PCSO's PSN18 Subgrant `PE20-116-P18`, extending the project period from the original end date of **December 31, 2020** to **June 30, 2021**. The modification was triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic and was applied broadly across PSN-grant subrecipients. The Modified Award Document was signed for DFA-IGS by **Statewide Program Manager [[Autumn Hemphill]]** — succeeding [[Doris R. Smith]] in the approving-official role — and required Judge [[Barry Hyde]]'s blue-ink countersignature returned to DFA-IGS by October 9, 2020 12:00 noon per [[Julie Shelby]]'s October 5, 2020 transmittal email. The Modified Award Document carried no additional federal funds — the award amount remained $75,500. The extension only changed the project period. ## Sources - [[Pulaski County PSN18 Grant Award (Contract 6228)]] — the production-overview source page documenting the Modified Award Document and the October 2020 routing emails (including [[Mariah Hatta]]'s and [[Mike Hutchens]]'s internal Pulaski County forward-the-paperwork chain). ## Significance The COVID extension was the operational accommodation that allowed PCSO to complete its grant-funded equipment purchase in **February 2021** (per the [[SkyCop Invoice 8381 — Pulaski County Genetec System|SkyCop equipment]] inventory's 02/07/21 purchase date) — i.e., past the original December 31, 2020 end date. Without the COVID extension, PCSO would have been unable to deploy the SkyCop+Genetec system using PSN18 funds. The extension also illustrates DFA-IGS's flexible administration of federal pass-through grants under emergency conditions. The COVID-modification process required PCSO to coordinate signature and re-filing in a compressed timeline (5 business days from notification to mailing the signed document), reflecting the standard federal-grant administrative-paperwork cycle.