NEW / ADJUSTED FUNDS REQUEST (NAFR)

This form is used by the Budget Division and the Governor's Office to review requests for: (1) new or unappropriated federal program funding as well as new or unappropriated private or other endowment funding; (2) significant dollar expansions to existing programs and/or additional personnel requirements; and (3) amendments that change the scope of existing federal or other privately/publicly supported programs or grants.

W.S. 9-2-1005(b) allows the Governor to increase legislative appropriations from non-general fund sources. Through the B-11 process budgets can be increased with federal and, for the most part, other funds that have NOT been appropriated by the legislature. This makes it possible for agencies to apply for and receive federal and other funds that are newly available or that an agency has not received before. However, before this can be done W.S. 9-1-208 requires that the Governor give prior approval.

This is accomplished through the NAFR form. This form is required for:

1. New or unappropriated federal program funding.
2. New or unappropriated private or other endowment funding
3. Significant dollar expansion of an existing program/grant.
4. Program/grant that requires additional state employee positions as a condition of receiving funds.
5. Amendments to appropriated federal or other privately/publicly supported programs that would change the scope of the original appropriation.

Click here for the online NAFR form.
Click here for the NAFR policy statement.

--Complete the form with the requested information such as agency name and number, agency contact, and grant information and amount, etc. Of special note is line 6, that asks if this grant is a new program, continuation, or expansion. This is of interest to the Budget Division because it determines how the form will be processed, which will be discussed later.

--The form must be signed by the agency director. 2 COPIES of the NAFR form with 1 copy of the federal Standard Form 424 or other applicable form, and 1 copy of the grant application should be then forwarded to the Budget Division . One copy will be retained by the Budget Division after the form is approved/disapproved. The other copy will be returned to the agency. It is recommended a third copy of the signed form be retained by the agency as a reference copy before materials referenced above are forwarded to the Budget Division.